Emilie- Eight Months Old!

Eight Month Stats:

17 lbs. 7 oz.

It's no surprise that this month flew by as quickly as the others. What has been really fun is that this really was the month of Emilie! She has really changed and (for lack of a better word) blossomed this past month. She is really developing more and more of her little personality every day, and so far it is completely joyous and fun, and sunrise to sunset chock full of smiles!

* Emilie is doing a lot of army crawling. Although she gets up on all fours, she doesn't do much of her moving that way. She is beginning to try to pull herself up, which means that soon we will be lowing the crib mattress- a true sign that there is no longer a tiny baby in the house (sigh). Although Emilie does move her feet to "walk" a little when you hold her hands, she definitely doesn't seem in a hurry to walk.

* Emilie is doing a lot of "talking". She says da-da and ba-ba. Ba-ba her first "word", and da-da came very shortly after. She says da-da a lot. It seems as though she has full conversations with herself and I just love to listen to her! It is the very sweetest sound.

* Emilie is still completely enamored by her sister. I think I have said before that watching the two of them interact together is the greatest joy in my life. This remains true, and is only getting better. Emilie is reacting much more to Marin now, versus just Marin reacting to Emilie. Emilie just completely lights up around her sister. Marin is starting to play more with Emilie and I'll catch her asking Emilie sweetly, "Emilie, may I please play with your little Minnie?" and then, "Mommy, Emilie said I may borrow this!" Whatever Marin does, Emilie wants to do too.

* Emilie is holding her bottle. She holds one hand on the side, and the other at the end of the bottle. It's a pretty good idea, and it cracks me up.

* Emilie really knows her name well and responds well to it when you call her name. In fact, she turns and smiles when you call her name. And she loves the camera!

* Emilie is really laughing now. It's not really a squeal, but she is really giggling, and remains the happiest baby on the planet. Recently she went sledding with her sister (just down a little hill) and I could hear her laughing from the top of the hill. Emilie kicks her legs whenever she is excited about something. And she can really get those puppies moving!

* Food still isn't a priority for Emilie. She will eat solid food, but she's not thrilled about it, and she's pretty picky. As I did with Marin, I am making her food. Emilie is very particular about the consistency of her food. If it's not just right she won't eat it. I always keep some Earth's Best baby food on hand just in case I'd run out, and she gobbles that stuff up right way. She even leans forward for more. Here I am, making her food and packaging it all away and then she's lunging for the stuff in the jar.

* I think she's teething, but like her sister at this age, not the slightest sign of a tooth. She chews on anything and everything in sight, however.

* Emilie had her first antibiotic this past month, for an ear infection after a cold. Poor baby. She seems to be fine now though, and we'll go for an ear re-check next week.

* Emilie loves reading books with us. She loves to reach for the pages and flip up the flip books or feel the fuzzy pages. She loves to snuggle with her soft animals and she still loves her Sophie giraffe.

Emilie is an absolute joy all the time. She hardly ever cries and is extremely laid back. She totally goes with our (sometimes crazy) flow and smiles at people along the way. I love watching her become a little person. It goes without saying that we love her like crazy.