8 months going on 8 years!

Our little Taj is growing up way too fast! I really think he sometimes thinks he's a big kid..... hence, the "going on 8 years!" He's always getting into things, exploring, playing with anything he can get his hands on, always pulling himself up and standing, and wants to be sooo independent! Whats the hurry little one? He's very eager to do everything, and I'm so afraid he's going to walk sooner than we are ready for him to, and I will miss my baby Taji!

For starters, he drinks out of a sippy cup now, all on his own....He loves to feed himself with finger foods! I use a mix approach of baby led feeding and pureed spoon-feeding, but more and more Taj prefers to get his hands dirty and feed himself, even the pureed food! Maybe its all the homemade "superfood" brain food (chicken, beef, avocado, spinach, egg yolk, organic yogurt, blueberries, and the HAPPY MELTS....) he's eating lately that is making him so smart, hee hee!

Crawling is so yesterday, LOL! Taji cruising around from furniture to furniture, pulling himself up, standing on everything, pulling out his own toys to play with, and crawling up stairs is the new exciting thing now!

Here's a video of him crawling up our 3 hallway steps:

Taj is always looking for the next best thing to attempt..... i wonder if this is going to be part of his personality. If it is, we are in for one heck of a ride...... His Montessori teachers have mentioned to me how he's doing things that some 12 month olds aren't even doing!!! I can't help feeling simultaneously proud AND frightened!