Eight Month Update

Eight months old 4/22/13

Today I turned 8 months old!  It was a Monday, so I got to spend the day at home with Mommy.  We went to baby story time this morning and hung out at home and played the rest of the day.  It was pretty chill!  It's been an exciting month!  I've started eating some table foods, got another tooth, and started sitting up and playing by myself a lot!

Eight Month Stats
Weight: 20 lbs 8 oz
Eye color: hazel (sort of)
Clothes size: 6-9/6-12 mod
Diaper size: 3
Teeth: 3 (going on 4!)

Eight Month Habits
Eating:  I've started eating more table foods just for the last few days.  It's sort of hard work, but it's yummy!  My favorite new thing that I've tried is banana walnut pancakes.  Yum!  I eat on pretty much the same schedule, breastfeeding with Mommy in the morning and then taking a 6-8oz bottle about every 4 hours after that.  I eat solid foods with some table food and some purees at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.  Dinner is not usually my favorite, though, because I'm pretty tired by dinner time, so I sometimes get cranky.
Favorite foods: applesauce, puffs

Sleeping: I sleep at night from about 7pm-6:30am and take 2 naps a day at around 9 and 1.  I usually take a shorter nap in the morning and a longer one in the afternoon, but it depends on the day.

Play/skills: I'm really good at sitting up now.  I can reach and pick up toys and sit back up without falling.  I like to rock forward and back, so every once in a while a rock too far back and tip over, so Mommy and Daddy still put a pillow behind me just in case.  I get frustrated when I'm playing on the floor because I haven't figured out how to move yet.  I've started to really love music.  When I get upset, sometimes Mommy and Daddy start singing silly songs, and it helps me calm down.
Favorite toys: lovey blankets, star stacker ring toy, piano play gym, touch and feel books, and anything I can chew on

Video of the Month
Check out this video of me sitting up and playing with one of my new favorite toys!

Other Favorite Pics

Floor time fun at Matey's house in Savannah

Spending Mommy's money :) 

Soaking up the sun

Daddy's little Braves fan

Pigtails!

Easter at the Beach

Last weekend I went on another plane ride!  We went to Savannah to visit Daddy's family for Easter and stayed at the beach house on Tybee Island.  It was so much fun!  Mommy and I left first on Friday morning, and then Daddy met us there later that night.  I had a great time on the plane, and Mommy said I was a very good girl!  I had fun playing and looking out the window, and I even took a couple of naps.

Playing with Mommy during our lay-over in Nashville

Lunch break between flights!

Watching out the window while we landed

On Friday, GiGi and Matey and Uncle Sean picked us up at the airport.  By the time we got back to the beach house, I was super tired and hurried to bed.  Saturday we spent the whole day just hanging out at the beach house.  We walked down to the beach for a while, and Sean had a great time running around and playing.  He also had a blast back at the house later dyeing Easter eggs.  He didn't even save any for Aunt Brennan!  I can't wait until I can keep up with him!  Then on Saturday night, Daddy's uncle Michael and aunt Joanie and the Criders (some friends of GiGi and Daideo's) came over for dinner to say hi and meet me.

Family beach shot

Snuggling with Daddy

Uncle Sean hard at work with his Easter eggs

Hanging out with GiGi

Then it was Sunday morning and my very first Easter!  I got my first Easter basket from GiGi and Daideo, and it was full of goodies!  I got some new toys, 2 books, a new lovey blanket, and a new outfit.  After opening baskets and playing with some of our new things, we had to hurry up and get ready for Easter mass at St. Michael's.  That's the Catholic church on Tybee Island.  We went to the earlier service so that we could get back in time for me to take my morning nap, but I was tired from waking up and playing in my pack n' play from 3-4am the night before, so I fell asleep at church. ;)  Then later that day, we went over to Matey and Great-Grandaddy's house for Easter lunch, and guess what?  I got another Easter basket!  This time there was a sun hat, another book, and my favorite, a duck puppet in it!  That puppet is so funny!  (See the video below.)

Checking out my Easter basket

Getting into my new goodies 

Dressed up in our Easter best

Sitting on the porch with Uncle Sean

I wore Mommy's old Easter bonnet from when she was a baby.

Family picture at Matey's house

Daddy left on Sunday night cause he had to get home to go to work on Monday, but Mommy and I stayed over until Monday afternoon.  I got to spend another day playing with Sean and GiGi, and we even went over to see Matey and Grandaddy again.  Then Mommy and I got on a plane and came home.  It was an exhausting but super fun trip!  Looking forward to going back this summer and playing at the beach!

Fun with Uncle Sean at Matey's house 

He's so silly!

Check out this video of my hilarious new puppet: