The Happiest 8 Months

It's 9/24 my dear readers, which you know by now means that it's another month birthday for our little princess. I don't want to sound like a broken record, but every month we fall even more in love with her. Matt and I were happy when it was just the two of us, but her laughter can light up a room, her sweet smiles force our own mouths into an upturn, and her snuggles and kisses melt our hearts. Each stage has been so very different, but so much fun and while we're certainly not asking time to move any faster (hello it's been 8 months already?!?!?!?!) we are so excited for the many new things to come.

So, in her eighth month she started creeping and then crawling, getting into a sitting position on her own, babbling a LOT more, and heaven help us...pulling up, standing, and climbing the stairs. She DEFINITELY knows who Mommy and Daddy are and we are always rewarded with smiles and shrieks of recognition. She started waving hi and bye at the beginning of this month and is getting more consistent with it. She also started really solidly sleeping through the night, save the week known as THE COLD. :) She's nursing less, but eating more big kid food adding baby meats, yogurt, and finger food puffs to her very easy to please palate. So far she still only dislikes peas, although she wasn't a huge fan of chicken noodle baby food tonight either. Also on the nursing front we had our first strike for three days, don't know why, but she returned to it. She's started biting Mommy now too, and HARD, so we'll see how long that lasts. She has learned what No means, and she's pretty good at responding. She listens better to Daddy, go figure, but it's hard not to laugh or smile at her because she gives us a knowing grin, as if to say, "Okay, I'll listen...for now". Finally, she LOVES cause and effect; banging things to make sound, splashing the water, and knocking blocks over. I'll end this blog with pictures of her playing her favorite c&e game of "Where's Riley?" tonight after her bath. But before I go, a message for our girl...Happy 8 Months Princess! Thank you for all the love, laughter and happiness you have brought to our lives. We love you forever and always.