Practicing new sounds (8.5 mos)

It is so fun learning more and more about our little guy. We have always known that he is very social but at the same time laid back and kind of quiet. Aside from his hysterical laughter he has yet to make many other sounds, especially loud ones. However.....just a few days ago we noticed him making a very quiet puh or buh sound...almost a whisper.
Now these very sweet and whisper-like sounds, which to us seem like he is practicing before he tries them for real, are a regular activity. This morning he was off to a great start with his buhs and puhs and luckily I got the camera in time to catch some of these sweet practice sounds on tape. You have to really listen for them and watch him put his lips together to make the sounds because it's a little hard to hear.

Other fun new things....He has followed the lead of his girlfriend Maya and now likes to hold a spoon in his own hand while we are feeding him. He still accepts foods like a baby bird with a huge wide opening mouth but sometimes his own spoon is in the way so you have to wait until he gets it out of the way for us to pop in the food. Since my last post he has tried spaghetti with red sauce (even with a tiny bite of meat), lentils and rice, cheese and hummus. All seem to go over very well. In fact so far, there is nothing that this kid doesn't like.

[Papi is soooo funny]