2 Little Love Birds: eight months

e i g h t m o n t h s o l d

| LOVES |

Feeling textures.
Apple sauce.
Bath time.
Sitting/Standing/Crawling/Walking
Cooing/Talking
Spoons

| HATES |

Green beans.

Getting dressed.

Vacuum.

| DEVELOPMENT // GROWTH |

Lyla's new tricks this month ... saying her first word ("da da", I think we've officially figured out who is the favorite and I'm 0 for 2 in the first word department haha), clapping, and spitting (it's hilarious when she does it while crying haha). She wearing some 6-12 month clothes and some 12-18 months, size 3 diapers, and she is finally starting to grow out of those 0-3 month shoes. ;)

| SLEEP |

Lyla has FINALLY started taking two naps most days, one around 9 and the other around 1. She typically wakes 1 or 2 times at night. She slept all the way through the night for her first time once this month!! 7 pm to 7 am and I woke up in a complete panic and celebrating all at the same time! We added blanket type bumpers around the bars of her crib and she loves to snuggle against them in the night.

| EAT |

We resumed solids this month and it has been touch and go so far. Before I was trying baby led weaning but with her reflux issues we are sticking with purees only for now until she completely stops spitting up. So far she has loved sweet potatoes and can suck down a squeezable apple sauce in less than a minute. She has hates most of the veggie ones of course and loves fruits. She is nursing before and after each time she wakes up.

Dear Lyla,

How are you 8 months old?! I've almost had you in my arms as long as I had you in my tummy! I'll never understand why time moves so quickly with you here and crawled when we anxiously awaited your arrival but they have been some of the best months of our lives with you in them. I can tell we are going to have one busy summer with you because you are mobile as can be. You have the cutest crawl ... it is essentially a swan dive/belly flop (you can only move your arms a couple times before you drop on your tummy). haha It doesn't stop you from getting where you need to go though. You also do this downward dog yoga pose where you get up on your hands and toes, such a strong baby. Speaking of strong, if we put our hands out, you can pull yourself up on your own already. You are starting to giggle more!!!! Mostly at whatever Liam is doing (usually dancing) but some times you give your daddy and I the time of day too. ;) Summer is officially my favorite season to dress you ... showing off all of your rolls in bloomers and rompers! My favorite time of the day is right after nursing you to sleep ... you lay your head on my shoulder, your heavy body against my chest, and you start to snore. It is one of the few moments during the day that you are still and I walk around your nursery for a few extra minutes every time just soaking up those quiet moments with you. We gave you your very first pony tail/spout this month and your dad and I die over it every single time! Which is a good thing because you've started destroying your bow collection by pulling them down and chewing on them any time I put one on you. You've had your first trip to the zoo, your first stroller ride, your first ride in the shopping cart, and your first time sitting up in the bath tub on your own. You are the best thing to happen to all of us and we love you so much!!!
Love, Momma

| EIGHT MONTH PICTURES |