8 months

I'm not exactly sure where the past 8 months have gone. Lucas is growing up and changing so fast. All the important milestones of infancy seem to be passing by so much more quickly with our 2nd child; it makes me very sad, but at the same time I cannot wait until Henry and Lucas can really play together. 

Lucas continues to be a nearly perfect baby at 8 months old. We are so blessed with his happy and easy going demeanor and adoration for his older brother (and as you can see Henry is still pretty excited to be a big brother!) Lucas enjoys sitting up and chewing on anything. He is in the process of getting his first 4 teeth all at the same time! He has not yet shown much interest in crawling, which we are perfectly okay with. Our only dilemma thus far is that Lucas refuses to take any "solid" food (or even formula for that matter). We've tried pureed baby food, baby "puff" cereals, pieces of bread, crackers and pieces of whole fruit. He would initially gag to the point of almost throwing up, but now just clamps his mouth shut and moves his head side to side in order to avoid any further insult of food. I'm not worried, however, I've been told my 2 boys will likely eat me out of house and home when they are teenagers. 

(I added the last photo for all of you that do not think that Henry and Lucas look anything alike... Lucas just needs a few more teeth, and they look exactly alike, slanted smile and all!)