8 Months

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Our girl is 8 months today! She seems to grow and change so much every day, let alone in a month. Since last time, she has continued to become quite the little spit fire. She is at this point where she is fiercely independent, but still needs our help. She never wants to just sit-she wants to walk like crazy, but although she has mastered the steps, she is still working on her balance. When she is not trying to cruise the furniture, she is reaching and rolling and crawling [sorta-with her face in the carpet haha crazy child!] for our hands so we can 'walk her'. Not pick her up-but give her our fingers to hold on to and then let her walk/run wherever she has to go right that second. She is always in a hurry it seems, which is good bc she is still eating like a champ.

Her hair is finally starting to grow in more, right along with her legs. With us for her parents, we aren't expecting her to be particularly tall, but at least right now she is sprouting like a weed! She is as playful as ever, and although she gets tired, she is tries to fight it so she can stay up with us. Its pretty cute to watch bc she will rub her eyes like theres no tomorrow, all in the effort to stay awake. We put her in her crib after she's chugged a bottle, and is wrapped asleep in her special blanket, and within five minutes she wakes right up. When we come to get her back down she laughs and buries her face trying to hide and then waits a few minutes before doing it all over again. After about three times, she will fall asleep most of the time, but still-it is both adorable and a little difficult. She is the same way with her baby food-she loves eating it but will spit spraying it everywhere. When we try to get her to stop [in various ways] she knows she's being disciplined and will smile huge and do it again. Its always hard to find the line between showing her we're serious and that she can't do that, while melting into butter when she flashes that smile or laughs. She's a tricky one, and she knows exactly what she's doing! 

Although she is just as friendly as ever, she still likes Daddy and Mommy the most. We visited Texas, and while she loved being around more kids and having so much to do, I think it will take a little time for her to get used to the amount of people and stimulation once we get home. She does well in most situations, but she does best with a routine.

She talks non stop, about anything and everything in her babbles-its fun to hear her respond directly to when we ask her a question, or hearing the tones she uses to communicate what she's feeling. She is just like her Mommy in that respect. She calls me in a series of oma and mama and while I do think she's trying to say it, I don't think she's doing it on purpose necessarily. Still its fun to hear. She loves to be outdoors, in the sunshine and water whenever she can. 

While she is different and growing every day, she is still friendly, fun, smart, pretty and our biggest blessing and she give every day purpose. I am lucky to have so many good friends, but I never ever thought I would ever be as close to someone as I am to Lester. I was wrong-while it I love her in an entirely different, maternal way she is a part of me, and sometimes it is hard to separate where I end and where she begins. Other then Lester, she is my very best friend and I don't know what I did before her.

[little miss in a hurry..]
[wanting to be part of the action..]


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