8 months!

You are 2/3 of a year old, Maximilian! Mama still loves you more than anything, in case you were wondering.
You had your first haircut today! Your hair in the front went down to your nose
You now can properly crawl, although half the time you still do your army crawl thing. You did it once a couple days ago, but today right after your haircut we set you down and you crawled all over like you'd been doing it forever.
You started pulling yourself up on your first Valentine's Day! More about that here.
Still no teeth...
You eat any food we give you. This month, the new foods you have tried include: chinese noodles, rice, cooked carrots, beets, chicken noodles, pizza crust, mashed potatoes, cooked onion, cooked broccoli (didn't really like that), real peaches (peaches just don't seem to be your fave), hard boiled egg, and cinnamon toast.

Still nursing. You have calmed back down a lot so it is easier to get you to breastfeed for longer.

You wake up around 7:15, take your first nap around 9, second nap around 1, sometimes a short nap at about 5, bed around 8. It seems like you've been waking up during the night more often again. If you have gained quite a bit at your 9 month doctor's appointment, we will probably take steps to get you to sleep more.

You've started vocalizing more. It is sooo cute. You definitely try to tell us things, but we just can't understand you yet.

You've recently taken up head-butting. I'm not sure it's not on purpose. I don't know if it had anything to do with your dad buying UFC for the Xbox. You gave mama a fat, bloody lip the other day.

I love you more than anything. There is nothing that warms my heart more than when you lie your head on my shoulder after a long day and I sing you to sleep. You are and always will be my baby boy.