House of Hassens: My Valentine turned Eight Months

Liam turned eight months old on Valentines Day. We ran some errands, went to the bookstore so he could pick out some touch-and-feel books (his favorite) and spent lots of time playing.

Liam has started to do the following things this past month,

Claps hands on command, and sometimes just to show off
says ba-ba-ba (no meaning, just babbling), says ma-ma (this one I think he is starting to understand)
Tries to be louder than the garbage disposal, food processor, running bath water by squealing and banging or splashing. This is really funny to watch.
Army crawls all over the place. I am always cleaning the floors because he can find the smallest piece of string and pick it up.
Loves standing up. We "walk" around all day and if you sit down next to him, he pulls himself up on you and wants you to help him stand.
Started eating more solid pieces of food. Blueberries, cheese, cheerios, puffs, yogurt melts, banana and kiwi are some of his favorites.
Sleeping much better. Goes to bed at 9:00 and wakes around 4:30 to eat then back to bed until 8:00/8:30. Sometimes he wakes up around 1:00 and cannot get himself back to sleep so one of us will go in and rock him back to sleep.
Becoming such a flirt. Men and women always stop and say how cute he is, but when a woman talks to him for a second, he really gets her with big smiles and some clapping. Starting a little too early for Mama.
Loves music. Stops whatever he is doing to see where it is coming from. Especially loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse songs.

He doesn't see the doctor for another month, so I am not sure how much he weighs or how tall he is. What I do know is that he has started wearing 12 month clothes. Shorts can still be 9 months but he is so dang tall that 9 month pants look like clamdiggers on the kid. I am sure that he is still at the top of the charts for height but I think his weight has evened out a bit more.