Adventures in Mommyhood: 8 months

Charlotte turned 8 months old on the 24th so I gathered some pictures from the last month to showcase how much she has grown. She seems like such a little peanut, still wearing 6 month size clothing and not a lot of chub on her body. It's hard to get chub and baby fat when you are on the move as much as she is. She has gotten noticeably taller within the last 2 weeks, things she couldn't reach before are suddenly within her grasp. She is really on the move lately, crawling all over, attempting to touch and play with everything her sister is playing with. She loves the cats and tries to catch them any chance she can. Merlin is way to fast and wants nothing to do with her, so he usually just runs away. Morgan is much slower and lazier and so she is often able to pet him and taste his fur. He is so patient with her, allowing her to "pet" him. We are working on the term gentle and what that means. She pulls herself to standing on almost everything, even if you would think it was impossible. The other day she pulled herself up to stand next to the oven (not on) by smashing her face into the door and using her arms to spiderman her way up the wall, the whole time with her mouth wide open licking the oven door the whole way. You can't help but laugh at her determination and spunk. She is frequently seen clinging to my legs, standing up while I try to do something in the kitchen. I feel like she'll be walking in the next month or so. She now has 2 teeth on the bottom with a third growing in, and 4 teeth on top. She has begun to eat real food (soft foods) cut up into very tiny pieces, we are mostly done with purees. She sleeps from about 7pm till anywhere from 5:00 am till 6:30 am. It would be fantastic if we could get more days where she sleeps till at least 6 am. She is very inconsistent and will frequently wake up at some point in the middle of the night for no apparent reason other than to have a baby party. She naps ok, taking a few small ones and usually one longer one throughout the day, but when those actually take place is pretty inconsistent. She is full of toothy smiles and laughs, and loves when you make sounds at her and goofy faces. She has begun to make lots of noise herself, showing off by screeching at the top of her lungs- it's lovely. John and I are wondering if somewhere in my lineage there is a little bit of pterodactyl? Because it seems like that is what she sounds like most of the time. Enjoys the pics!

At the Arboretum