8 Months

Sadly, I completely missed the 7 month photo shoot.  I think I was too preoccupied with having the computer stolen last month to think about posting any updates.  But we're back on track this month, and Alaka'i is loving 8 months of life!  He is very social, and very talkative.  He is saying "da", "ba" and "na" pretty regularly, and I hope before long will be able to understand that Jacob is "da-da"!  He also learned how to sit-up unassisted while we were on Kauai, and has improved his "crawl" quite a bit.  He's not officially up on his knees, but he does a very efficient scoot, which works well on hardwood floors.  It's just like everyone has told us; he keeps getting more fun all the time!

It was much easier to take the photo before I placed that tempting piece of paper by the bear!

 Within just moments, he had snatched the sign.

Here's the best we could do.  

He's finished.