Grace is 8 Months Today!

Grace has turned 8 months old! Incredible! I feel like she is growing in leaps and bounds. Since she began crawling, she has now tried to pull herself to standing position using the coffee table (but wasn't able to). She has gotten into everything...or has certainly tried. She enjoys playing with our coasters...and tupperware. She is babbling more clearly ("ba ba ba ba"). She has said, "mama," though only a couple times...mainly when she was waiting to be nursed. She recently has done a full arm 'bye bye' wave. This is all just within the last week or two! She can also drink from all sippy cups...on her own.

Miss independent lady! Who knows what she'll accomplish in the coming month! What does month 8 have in store for our little one?

August 15th--A New Milestone

Yesterday Garcie crawled for the first time! She was not nearly as excited as her mom and dad. After all, she has been moving around pretty well...doing the inchworm or belly crawl. But on Saturday, Grace moved knees and arms to propel herself forward. Yay! The video here is the closest we got to capturing the event on film.

Now we need to babyproof--pronto!

Update

So what has Grace been up to?

Well, she had her first chance to swim last weekend. Here she is with Daddy. Happy, right? Until her toes touched COLD water. She wasn't too thrilled! I think a heated pool is in her future!

She's as adorable as ever, of course! She is now about 7 1/2 months old! Hard to believe. She's still trying out new foods...no finger foods yet...and no teeth yet. She is, as she has always been, very curious...with no sense of danger. Yikes! She makes it a point to give me a tiny heartattack each day!

Grace is also getting into crawling position. Right now she just bounces...and seems to know that she has to move her arms...but she hasn't figured out the legs yet. We need to babyproof pronto! She can move quite well without the added mobility crawling will bring! Who knows what she'll get into! Everything, I imagine! She's a curious and strong-willed little one!

7 Months

Grace is 7 months old now and seems like she will be on the move soon! She has started getting into crawling position, but lunges forward so that her upper body falls. She keeps trying though! We will be in trouble once she figures it out! The tummy roll has already increased her mobility. She can also maneuver pretty well on her tummy and can move at lightning speed! She also enjoys belly time so much that she often flops onto her belly as soon as she is put down. This truly becomes a problem when changing her diaper. Sometimes I feel like I am a calf roper in a rodeo and the calf won. Needless to say, diaper changes are not as quick and easy as they used to be!
We are now in Ohio...this is Grace's third trip via airplane, her third airline (she has traveled Virgin America, Delta, and now Continental), and fourth state (she has been to NJ by car). My oh my!

Gracie News

I apologize for not keeping this updated! It has been a busy summer! In fact, we will all be going to Ohio at the end of the week to attend our friends' wedding reception (they married in Italy...would have LOVED to have made that trip!).

Grace can roll over like a pro. She can sit up too. She has even managed to drink from one of her sippy cups. (The other sippy cups she has are a bit more difficult.) She is growing, growing, growing! So is her personality! She has been trying more foods...sweet potato, avocado, apples, peas, pears, acorn squash...and various medleys of each.

Today she met some extended family on her father's side...and was quite the social butterfly. She is (for the most part) a happy baby!