Living Our Fairy Tale: 8 Months Old

You turned 8 months old in July. What a busy month you had too! You learned so many new things. There are days you don't even seem like a baby any more!

You started crawling this month. I am not sure how it happened. One day you just got up and did it. You are so good at it already and can get any where you want. Crawling opened up a whole new world to you. You have found so many things throughout the house to play with.

As soon as you started crawling you were ready to start standing. It didn't take you long. About a week after you started crawling you started pulling up on stuff. You try very hard to stand by yourself, but your little legs are just not quite strong enough. You think that standing is just about the best thing ever. I do have to keep my eye on you though because you are still a little unsteady even though you don't think so. I have found you on your head in the toy box a couple of times because you stand up and try to bend over and just topple in. You aren't a fan of that at all!!

You started taking a bath in the big girl bath tub this month too! You have so much fun crawling back and forth chasing your toys and splashing in the water. You keep trying to stand up in the bath tub though and that is very nerve racking for your mama!

You celebrated 4th of July and Father's Day. You started babbling a little bit and "talking" almost non-stop some days. You also started teething. You have two bottom teeth trying to come and they are making you super cranky. They are taking their time coming in too! We have been waiting for them for over a week now!

You recognize the camera now and as soon as I get it out you stop doing whatever cute thing you were doing that I wanted a picture of and you put on a big grin and pose for a picture. You crack me up.

You no longer like to be rocked to sleep for naps or bed time. You drink your bottle and will play all night long until we put you in bed and turn on your little bug that shines the stars on the wall and plays music for you. You might cry a little and play for about 30 minutes and the you lay down and go to sleep.

You still enjoy eating your baby food. You prefer the vegetables over the fruit. Squash is your favorite so far, although you do enjoy oatmeal with a little fruit mixed in.

You also learned the word "no." You are still learning what things you can and cannot play with, but most of the time if I tell you no you will immediately remove your hand.

This month all of a sudden you are getting so grown up. You are learning so many new things and exploring. I can see you growing in to a little girl right before my eyes and I am not sure that I am ready for that! You are so cute and make your Daddy and me laugh almost every day!