8 Months Old

Our baby girl is 8 months old today!  Where has the time gone?  She is just such a big ball of fun right now.  Here are some things she's doing:

She's been smiling really goofy lately...

"Here mom, take a picture of giraffe!"

 

- Crawling:  She's been doing this for 2 months now, but boy is she fast all of the sudden!

- Standing:  She pulls herself up on everything and now lets go with both hands! She's stood by herself quite a bit now and will stand until she decides to get down and crawl.  She also tries to stand from a sitting position but hasn't figured that out yet...  it won't be long!

- Cruising:  She walks all over furniture all the time.  She also will walk holding our hands now.  In fact, she walked down the aisle at my sister's wedding with Jeremy holing one hand and me holding the other!  It was super cute!

- Eating:  She eats primarily "real" food now, not pureed stuff.  She doesn't want the purees.  She wants the chunky stuff we're eating.  There's not really anything we don't give her, she'll eat it all!  She hasn't had any food reactions thus far, so hopefully she won't have any food allergies! 

- Growing:  Boy does she do that fast!  She's around 20 lbs (YIKES!)  but seems to be pretty proportionate.  Honestly I think most of her weight is muscle.  She is so STRONG!  Way stronger than most babies her age or older.  I can't believe some of the things she can do/push/pull!  For instance, she loves to open our desk drawer that is filled with files.  It takes a lot of effort for ME to get it open.  She opens it with no problem!  She's well into her 12 month clothes now.  Hopefully she'll spend more time in this size than she did in the last!

- Talking:  This has never been a problem for our Anna!  She LOVES to talk and babbles more now than ever!  Yesterday morning she woke up happily chatting/shouting in her crib.  From then on, she shouted all day long!  She's loud and likes to be the center of attention!

Having a tea party with daddy!  He's the best daddy ever!

Every time she sees the camera, she comes racing towards it... So close-up facial shots are becoming quite common :-)

This one's for Papa, enjoying her Illini basketball!  Ignore the super terribly put together outfit!

Slam dunk!

And finally, as an 8 month old, she already knows the finer things in life.  She absolutely LOVES backrubs from daddy!  They're just too sweet together, I am so blessed!