A New Kind of Normal: 8 Months Old

Wow. I can't believe our little Elli Bean is 8 months old!! She is growing up so quickly. Elizabeth is just such a joy and a blessing to our family. She is smiling and laughing all the time. When she has a dirty diaper and we tell her we have to change her diaper, she laughs. When we tell her it is time to settle down and go night night, she laughs. When she is getting told no no because she can't have the dog food, yep..she laughs.

Elli is so curious she is so afraid she might miss something if she closes her eyes for 5 minutes. If she is almost asleep in my arms and someone walks in the room, she sits straight up to see what is going on as if she wasn't just half asleep 2 seconds ago.

She is discovering how to open drawers, cabinets and how to open and close the toilet lid and doors. We have been doing some serious baby proofing. It is funny how one day she doesn't get into any of these things and then the next day - BOOM she is into everything.

She has also moved into her convertible car seat and out of the infant carrier. That thing got very heavy after a while and she was getting too long for it.

We are going to continue to work on more solid foods. She loves her stage 2 baby foods as long as we mix them with some fruit or yogurt. She is starting to master the pincer grip which means she can use her finger and thumb to pick up small objects. So we have been giving her shredded cheese and puffs to practice with. We might try some small pieces of banana soon.

Elli is more mobile than ever now. She crawls fast and on a mission. She loves to play on the floor with her toys but she does not like it if any of us leave the room. She wants to be right there close by but she loves it when we play on the floor with her. She especially loves to climb all over Daddy for playtime.

Now I am sure all of this reading and you are all probably just wanting to see pictures of the cutie patootie. Keep in mind that because she is more mobile than ever now getting pictures of her sitting still is quite the challenge.