Our sweet baby girl had a wonderful April (month 8), but not so great May (month 9). During the month of April, we traveled to Daddy's annual MS150 ride. We stayed with Lou Lou and Opa for a few days before we headed to the half way mark to meet Daddy. It was a rough weekend, because she started cutting her 2 bottom teeth. They came in just a few days shy of when her brother's protruded. She also said her first words, "Bye, Bye" while waving. She said it for me one morning and when Luke and Dad walked into the room, she said it for them. Luke's first word was 'duck' at 7 1/2 months. Haydn was pretty close to the same time frame. We are in for it if we have two big talkers! Since then, she says several words, 'da-da, ah-duh (all done), mum mum (a snack she likes), ma-ma, muh (more), dog. She is also pulling up. She will pull up to her feet, but is most comfortable on her knees. I think she is becoming a little cautious about it due to a few falls from pulling up on not so sturdy objects.She loves to play peek-a-boo and will put something over her face to do it herself. She laughs pretty hard at this, too. Oh how I wish we could freeze this stage for awhile. I love 9 months...she's so fun!
This was one of the pictures taken for a surprise Father's Day gift (shhhhh!!) She is 8 months in this picture.
This is month 8, as well. She loves playing with Luke's cars and trains!
About to eat....her favorite pass time!Sadly, the month of May was horrible for sister girl. I started dropping a few feedings for her to get to 4 feedings a day and then the sickness began! It started off with fever then a rash (Roseola), then we had 2 weeks of diarrhea, and top it off with a nasty cold for the last week and a half. May should be coined, 'survival mode month' for this household! ugh! It was awful! Because of all the sickness for her and lack of sleep for me, we did not take any pictures of her during the month of May.
I have a video of her eating below, though. Man, can the girl eat! She's totally off baby food and will hardly let us feed her applesauce much less pureed anything. She is very independent and wants to pick up food and feed herself. She loves everything I give her especially foods with color, veggies are her favorite with fruits coming in a close second. She could hardly stand the BRAT diet that I had to give her for 2 weeks of her sickness. She wanted the good stuff. Her favorite would probably be broccoli or green beans. We really have to watch that we don't over feed her. Sometimes she won't stop and it all ends up coming back up and until we see it again we have no idea how much she's eaten. I know...sick....but she can eat as much or more than Luke some days! Even with that, she still only weighs 15lbs 12oz. I think it's the 5th percentile or so. She lost alot while she was sick, I think.
*Just a qualifier...The video you are about to see is not pretty. She has bed head and was seriously getting after the food!
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