Every month I tell myself that this sweet girl of mine couldn't get much cuter, but she sure continues to prove me wrong. Now at 8 months old not only is she the cutest thing ever but her little personality is unfolding and she is becoming loads of fun too. She is really starting to babble quite a bit and after conquering mama she moved on and started saying dada on Father's Day. I'm sure it was sheer coincidence but I like to think that it was a planned gift for her daddy for all he's done for her. After all, he made her entrance into the world just as calm and serene and he possibly could have and didn't even drop her slippery little body as he guided her out.
She likes to dance a LOT which is so stinkin' cute, she shakes her head as in saying "no" quite a bit too but doesn't truly know what it means yet. She just knows she's being cute and gets lots of laughs and attention when doing so. She also recently learned how to make music with her mouth by running her closed fist back and forth across her lips while humming. Oh the look of pride she shows off when she realizes others are amazed by her talents.
She has learned to pull herself up on her crib bar and is working on getting the crawling thing down. Every day she seems to crawl further and further. She has definitely mastered getting up into a sitting position though which is helpful for those times she topples over and she can get herself right back up again.
She still loves her binky and has been our only baby to be as attached to it as she is. One day I may regret her being so hooked to it but for now I really love the fact that I am not a human pacifier as I have once been before. In fact I'm finding that now that she's eating solids and loves it and has also become quite the busy lady these days, I'm having a harder time getting her to sit still long enough to nurse much. I'm sure she's getting more than she needs though because her thighs tell me so. ;0
She is beginning to prefer finger foods that she can pick up and feed herself instead of mashed up foods. It makes it somewhat more challenging for me to try and figure out what she can handle and what she can't but it is also helpful to put her in her seat and let her feed herself. But her favorite food so far is... you'll never guess. mac and cheese. If you know my other three than this will be no surprise to you. The kids had a sleepover at our friends the Mackie's on Saturday night and they took them to Sonney's for dinner. I asked Gracie what she had for supper and she told me mac and cheese, corn bread and french fries. Oh my, we've got a lot of work to do! :)
After being so patient with Maggie and bedtime for 8 months now, she is finally learning how to sleep. For most of her life so far she has only really slept in her swing but I've been trying off and on to ween her from it. But the problem is on the nights she'd sleep in bed she'd hardly sleep at all so out of my desperation for sleep I'd put her back in her sleep machine. Our routine for now is I nurse her to sleep (yes I know, BIG mistake but we're taking baby steps here) and I lay her down in her crib. Typically she'll go right to sleep but on a few occasions we've had to put her in her crib and let her cry herself to sleep. Thankfully it usually doesn't get to that point though because that's hard on this mama's heart. She has been waking up once at night to eat and if I'm good I'll put her back in her crib (which is still in our room) where she'll usually sleep until morning but if I fall back to sleep then she'll stay in our bed maybe waking up again to nurse at some point in the night. Saturday night since we only had Maggie we went out with Katie and Austin and our friends Terry and Rachel so Maggie wound up staying up late being a party animal. It was so much fun and reminded us of years ago past when we just had Colton and would bring him out in his infant carrier to meet up with friends. She was so tired by the time we got home that she slept straight through and I even had to wake her up Sunday morning to get ready for church.
We have come a LONG way baby so this new sleep pattern is awesome to us! Through times of not getting much sleep I have never let it get me down because I know all too well how soon this stage will pass and honest to goodness I will miss the demands of my wee little one. But oh how I welcome sleep back into my life. It's a glorious thing for sure.
On that note look at this glorious little girl who makes our hearts sing each and every day. Can you believe she's 8 months old already? We are filled with crazy amounts of love for this little honey bun of ours.
Don't you worry 'bout a thing, as soon as photo #4 was clicked I ditched the camera to dig the flower from her mouth. But it was so darn cute seeing her execute her plan of action and watching her close her eyes as she tasted success!
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I LOVE when she has these little bows in her hair. I don't know why I don't do it more often than I do. In case you are curious how I get them to stick, I found a little secret online and I tried it and it works like a gem. A little dab of Karo syrup does the job perfectly and with a little water it melts right off.
Sleepy girl has had enough photos I guess. It's nap time baby.
Smart girl I say!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my farmhouse sink! I have always dreamed of having one of these and if it meant going through all the restoration process that we have gone through and are still going through than so be it. I am glad for it because there is no better way to bathe my babe.
2 comments:
Can she get any cuter? Awesome pictures, can you take some of my kids? :)
LOVE LOVE LOVE! and nursing to sleep? Andrew did and it turned out just fine. He actually weaned himself completely at 13 months! No worries. Sometimes you just have to do what works.
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