8 months old

Gabby turned 8 months old on Sunday :) She is 2/3 of a year. Crazy.

At 8 months, Gabriella:

- hugs back. It's the cuddly nestle-her-head-into-your-neck thing, and I love it :)

- loves to talk. She started out with"blah blah blah!" and then progressed to "dadadada" (which Paul loved) and then to "mmmMummmMummmMummm!" and lately has been saying "nanananana". When we're driving, she loves to yell from the backseat to make sure she's included in the conversation!

- eats lots of solids. She can feed herself mum-mums, and still loves veggie purees, applesauce, bananas (no longer mashed, just in chunks) and cereal. She can almost feed herself cheerios, but that usually means she'll put one in her fist, and then stuff her fingers into her mouth. It's very cute. She's mastered getting water out of a sippy cup. Still a boob girl. :)

- loves bathtime. We just got her those foam alphabet toys today, and she seemed very entertained when I was spelling words for her on the side of the tub.

- loves to play on the floor with her books and toys. She likes chewing the books just as much as she likes to look at them.

- has waved "bye-bye" a few times.

- is working on sleep re-training. I think that it's just as hard the 2nd time around, if not more so now that she can roll onto her tummy. (this picture is of the first time she ever did this after her nap, she was not impressed that rather than pick her up, I ran for the camera...)- can roll from her back to her tummy going LEFT, and we've seen her return to her back from her tummy, but that's still pretty new stuff.

- does the backwards scoot. Sometimes she'll also do the plank (on her hands and her tippy toes, straight body) and will almost scoot forward. Any day, now.

- Makes the funniest faces - we've yet to catch them on camera.

- likes picking out her own shirts. Shockingly enough, she usually goes for the brightest, loudest patterns :) - has cut her first tooth (bottom center left) on Wednesday, June 17

- is still teething and unhappy about it

- loves cell phones and remote controls (to chew on, mostly). And is very curious about the tv - again, if you're in her way, she'll lean around you to see what's going on.

- STILL has blue eyes and curly hair. Seriously, is this our kid? :) (she's got paul's ears. so I think she must be!)
- can work the light switch.

- loves playing Peek-a-boo, and almost always laughs when Mommy or Daddy laugh :)

- loves looking at herself in the mirror, and will lean if you're in the way. And smiles back at her reflection.

- can walk with help, loves to "run run run!!" if you hold her up just an inch above any surface.
I think we love her even more now than when she was first born, as we get to know her better and better. I'm so stoked for her to learn more and more things, and to teach her things. It's so exciting as she develops new skills, and understand more stuff. I'm so glad Paul talked me out of becoming a gypsy 5 years ago :)