Sweet girl, you are 8 months old! We can tell that you are getting big because you are so much more involved with everything in our house.
Weight: Not sure, but it is getting much harder to carry you in your carrier....what a workout!
Height: Not sure on this one either
Sizes: You are wearing a size 3 diaper. You seem to be sort of in between sizes right now. Many of your clothes are 6 month, but they are getting a little snug. You are wearing all 9 month pjs, so I know that it won't be long until you are wearing mostly 9 month clothes. I laugh every time I put you in a onesie and pants because you can wear 9 month onesies, but your 3 month pants still fit! Ha! You are such a short girl - just like your mommy.
What you're up to:
There's so much to write this month! You have gotten so busy.
- You love to stand in your jumper chair/exersaucer. You push the buttons and "dance" (bounce up and down) when the music comes on.
- You love to sit on the floor in the middle of your toys and play to your heart's content. You never want one toy for more than 2 minutes, so you lean and grab another one.
- You must have gone through a growth spurt this month because you've been waking up occasionally in the middle of the night and you've been eating us out of house and home! I mixed your rice cereal with some banana-flavored oatmeal and you really like it. So you have oatmeal every day at least twice or 3 times along with some baby food. Your favorites are anything with apples or anything with bananas. We also started eating meat this month....gross. It's hard for me to feed it to you because it grosses me out!
- You also started eating puffs this month. I knew you were ready, so I bought some. The first time I gave them to you, you made such a funny face because of the texture, but I could tell you liked them. The next day, I put 3 of them on your high chair tray to entertain you for a bit, and when I turned around, you were picking one up between your thumb and finger. Then, you put it into your mouth and ate it! So now there are puffs everywhere - stuck to you, stuck to your jump seat, in the bottom of the high chair, in your pack and play....I keep finding them! You put them in your fist and then hold onto them forever!
(P.S. - If you look closely at the 8 month picture above, you'll see a puff in your hand. It was the only way I could get you to stop trying to crumple the sign!)
- We had a special treat this month. You and I got to go and help Aunt Sarah pick out her wedding dress! She tried on a lot of different ones and we found just what she was looking for! Baby Manning came with Mrs. Martin. It was so crazy how small she felt when I picked her up! I can't believe you used to be so small.
- You went camping for the first time this past weekend. We went to Texas for our annual Burkhart family campout. You had a great time being outside, watching the dogs run around, and, of course, playing with your Marmee, Grandad, Aunt Allison, Uncle JB, and Aunt Ashley. Sadly, the night was not fun for any of us. You were up constantly from being cold or from your stuffy nose. Your Daddy and I got VERY little sleep. But you were sweet and slept great last night so that we could all catch up. I know you must have been so worn out because today you fell asleep on the way to Ms. Amanda's house.
- You are about to be on the move! You aren't crawling yet (and I am just fine with you taking your time), but you are rolling all over the place to get where you want to be. You roll back and forth until you make it to your destination. It cracks me up. If I take my eyes off of you for 10 minutes, you are on the other side of the room!
Camping picture with Aunt Allison
- This last week, you have started to give "kisses" on my mouth and chin and nose. Who knew I would ever end up so slobbery on purpose???
Bottle time with Uncle JB
- You definitely have developed an attitude/temper. If something you want doesn't happen just the way you like, you throw such a fit. But I think you are starting to realize that you don't always get your way because you will scream for a minute and then stop when no one is doing what you want. You actually stomped your foot at me the other day....yikes.
I took away the "8 month" sign...big mistake
- You are starting to say some "words", even though you don't know what they mean. You say "da-da" most often and you love it when we say it back to you. You also have been saying "ba-ba" for awhile. Just this week I heard you say "ma-ma" more clearly than you have before. We are working on associating those sounds with actual things.
You sure do love your daddy!
One of my favorite parts of the day is when I get to pick you up from Mrs. Amanda's house. She comes to the door with you and you practically jump out of her arms to get to me. You do this a lot when you're excited. We call it your "swimming" because you look like a little frog kicking and moving your arms. People at church think it's the most precious thing ever.
Part of me is sad when I see that you're getting big, but mostly, I'm just overjoyed when I watch you learn and grow. I love seeing each thing that you can do, and I especially love that I can tell how much you love me.
You are just too wonderful. We love you so very much, Elysen Ashleigh.
