8 Months

I can't believe my little pudge has been around for 2/3 of a year! Where is the time going?! She's at such a fun age right now- probably my favorite so far (although I've said that about every age along the way)!

It's so much fun to see her personality continue to develop. She's a happy, silly, strong-willed, determined, on-the-go little one.

She eats pretty much everything we eat and gets really excited when we put her in her highchair or open the fridge. Her favorite foods are raspberries, veggie tots (they're tater tot type things I make), pancakes (I make a wide variety- everything from spinach to pumpkin to cinnamon and pear), and slices of fruit.

There are two little bottom teeth in her mouth. I think they are just the cutest things, but recently she has had some vampire moments while nursing (ouch!).

She hasn't been to the doctor since her 6 month check up, so I'm not exactly sure how much she weighs, but my guess is close to 20 pounds.

Her current favorite toy is a measuring cup. She carries it around, chews on it, taps it on things, and throws it so she can crawl after it. Her current favorite game is called "slalom skier". Basically, I swing her back and forth while walking through the house and pretending like she's going down a hill. I narrate her trip down the hill and talk about how she needs to watch out for the poles, trees, and people. She thinks it is wildly funny.

She likes to go wherever I go. If she's playing in the living room and I walk into the kitchen or bathroom, she crawls as quickly as she can after me. She likes going on field trips to the zoo and target, but still isn't a huge fan of being in her carseat.

Bedtime starts around 6:00pm. We have lotion time, diaper time, then jammie time. Then we go into her room, read a couple of books, sing a couple of songs, rock, and into bed she goes. She sleeps on her belly, face down, with her bunny under her face or in her hand, every night. She usually ends up in bed with Dan and me sometime around 4:30ish so I can feed her and then stays in bed with us until sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 when she wakes us up for the day.

The last 8 months have been crazy, but I wouldn't trade them for anything!