Eight Months

My sweet girl is 8 months old!!! I thought I'd be prepared the second time for how quickly time flies, but it seems to be going by even faster! Probably because I have two to keep up with now. Which is why my blogs are currently few and far between.

Maelle is a pretty happy, laid back baby. She has been sitting up for over two months now. At first, I'd prop her up and she'd occasionally fall over. Now, she won't stay in one spot for long! She wants to move so badly, but can't quite figure out the coordination to crawl yet. Instead, she stretches, reaches, rolls, twists, wiggles, gets on all fours, and just recently tries to pull herself up on whatever she can get herself to (including at one point, the toilet!) Sometimes, she lays there on her tummy and kicks and flaps her arms up and down trying so hard to get to me. She looks like she's trying to swim and it makes me laugh. And she's starting rocking back and forth, almost like she's going to through a temper tantrum,when she gets happy or excited about something.

Maelle is a total Mama's Girl (I love it!), but she does tolerate Daddy and is getting better at being with other people. She absolutely LOVES her brother. Adores him. She lights up when she sees him and will just squeal and laugh at any attention he gives her. And Jack can really make her laugh. Like nobody else. She thinks he is the funniest thing. I can't wait to see how their relationship develops.

She's eating all sorts of new things. She has gotten really good at feeding herself, and prefers whatever it is we're eating. Her favorite right now is blueberries. Anybody with blueberries is her friend. And she makes sure not a one goes to waste.

And she's still a noisy girl. She loves to talk and shriek and laugh and squeal. She has to add her two cents in. She's so helpful. And she has this look she likes to give us. Kind of like she's smiling with her mouth closed. Like we're sharing an inside joke. So cute.

She is definitely MY child and LOVES the water. She's so happy when she's in the pool, bath or shower. She splashes and shrieks and is just in her happy place. She'll be swimming before we know it!

She's a pretty good sleeper too. Neither of my kids have been great nappers, but she does go down usually for a long stretch at night. The other day she slept until 6 in the morning! (I, of course, kept waking up to check on her.) I'm pretty laid back with her being my second, so I just let her sleep when she sleeps, be it in the car, the stroller or my arms (love it when it happens!)

I'm still waiting for some teeth to come in...and she'll be figuring out the crawling thing any day, now...my babies just keep learning and growing...love them!