8 Months

Wow - time flies when you are having this much fun! Fiona celebrated her 8 month birthday yesterday with a fun-filled day at daycare and a robust play session in the evening with Mom, Dad, Yogi, and Uncle Kyle.

These days, the little bug is:

• Waving: She started by just waving at Daddy, but yesterday at day care, everyone was fair game.
• Standing: She is getting really good at holding herself up and thinks she is cool stuff!
• Hissing: because she can.
• In love with Yogi: she will watch him play, run, roll and loves to touch him. He is a little apprehensive of her (she pulls ears) but loves her too.
• Thinking about crawling: She is beginning to make the crawling motion from the sitting position. However, the girl can roll and pivot anywhere so the motivation is limited.
• Loving outside: it's just awesome out there. But grass is tolerable at best. Stroller rides to the park however are great!
• Looking for the source of noises: She wants to know what is happening in her world. Our neighbor's lawn tractor a couple nights ago blew her mind.
• Eating lots of table foods: some favorites - chicken (!!!!!! - she can eat her weight in chicken) and baked beans. not so favorites - cottage cheese
• Drinking formula: Mommy's supply made the decision on its own and no longer supported Fiona's eating habit. So she has transitioned to formula and I have packed away my pump.

Eating spaghetti

"Sharing" spaghetti

Teasing Yogi with dinner scraps

Practicing her standing skills