8 Months

Sophia, you are 8 months old! I am LOVING this age! I have loved each moment with you and I don't take a single second for granted, but you are really developing quite the personality and it makes my heart melt. Here is what you have been up to:

*You wear 6-9 month clothing. I have to roll most of your pants over a time or two at the waist because your waist and booty are non-existent. You can wear 3-6 in pants, but they are usually too short.

*You are still in a size 2 diaper. Again with the no waist/no booty.

*I'm not sure about your weight. My guess would be 18 pounds? I'll have to remember to get on the scale with you soon.

*You have a tooth! It started to erupt about 3 weeks ago and took about a week to completely cut through. You were a champ when it came to that tooth, nothing like what I'd heard it would be like. It messed with your sleep, gave you bad diapers, and you spit up for a couple of days, but there was nothing a little Motrin and ice cubes couldn't cure! I just pray the rest of the teeth are this easy! I can see that another tooth is about to erupt...

*You are army crawling like a fool. You go really fast and sometimes get too excited and lunge yourself across the room. You have gotten on all fours several times, but haven't gotten anywhere just yet.

*You clap all.the.time. It is your newest "trick" and you are so proud of yourself. You clap when we say "Yay!," when someone walks into the room, when you hear clapping on TV, and, well, just about anytime you see fit.

*You are beginning to wave goodbye. It is so stinkin' cute!

*You say mama, mamamama, babababa, and have begun dadada. You jabber all the time. Looks like you are going to be a chatterbox like your momma!

*You are in love with Micke.y Mous.e You will break your neck trying to find the TV anytime you hear his voice. It's so cute watching you stare at him in a trance and smile/"dance" when you hear the music. (*disclaimer: We don't use the TV as a babysitter. A little MM Clubhouse in the mornings gives momma time to get ready for the day ; )

*You still love bath time and have begun throwing fits when it's time to scrub you down and wash your hair. You would rather splash and play than get clean and get out.

*Your hair cracks me up. It's like a toupee with a comb-over. I'm thankful you have hair, though!

*You are still seriously the best baby ever! You LOVE people watching and you are beginning to be a real ham. I love love love your little personality!

*You are beginning to want to go to bed around 6:30 and wake up at 5:00 am. I go in, feed you, and you go back to sleep while mommy gets ready for work. Then, I get you up at 7:00 to get you dressed and ready to go.

*You eat 3 bottles while at Ms. Cain's and nurse morning & night with me. We made it to 8 months with this and I am so proud of us both! We are now in the weaning process because I'm just not able to pump even half of what you need. You are taking to formula pretty well. I'm still nursing morning & night until that supply tanks, too.





When you first began trying to crawl, you went backwards the easiest and would often find yourself stuck under the furniture and in corners. silly girl!


<~~~Happy Valentine's Day!

<~~~Rockin' a ponytail (and her momma's big forehead. Sorry sweetheart ; )

<~~~Poppy got caught trying to share his sucker

<~~~Memaw brought presents!

<~~~You are getting SO big!

I am slowly going crazy..

..1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, switch! Crazy going slowly am I, 6,5,4,3,2,1 switch! Anyone remember that song? I'm pretty sure it was from The Elephant Show. haha

But, seriously, I'm going crazy. Tomorrow will be day 3 of snow days for the week. 6th for the year. Not cool. Not cool at all. I'm all for a snow day or two for the year, but 6??? We'll be in school until Father's Day at this rate! Guess I should start looking up some Father's Day activities for the kiddos.... Oh, and before you think "quit complaining, you have the rest of the summer!", that's not the (whole) point. That is over a week of instructional time. A week that I won't get back until AFTER the state assessment. As in, the big, standardized, important test that weighs so heavily on teacher's shoulders? Yeah, that one. That big 'ol test won't be moved back to accommodate the 6 snow days. Nope, that just means I have 6 less days to teach and prepare the kiddos for that ugly old test. SIX days is A LOT of days! Okay, breathe Jess...

Besides all of that, Sophie and I are going a bit stir crazy. I LOVE spending these days with her, but there is only so much we can do within these walls! It's too cold and icy to get out and about, so we are spending our days playing on the floor, practicing crawling, watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, snuggling, being cranky because of cutting teeth, and laughing our heads off at the mere sight of the dogs. It's fun stuff. Really. But, I'm sure Sophie is getting tired of my ugly mug and would like to have some other interaction besides with me. We'll probably head to the mall or something tomorrow because the "real" roads aren't bad. Oh, to top it all off: Jeff has been working 10 hour shifts all week, plus Saturdays so we haven't seen much of him lately! Boo. hiss.

We also had a little photo shoot today to pass some time. Sophia has some really cute Valentine's clothes, but has had nowhere to wear them! So, we dressed up in a couple and took some pictures. She's ready for her close up! Well, she'll be more ready once that tooth finishes cutting through...she hasn't been very smiley since it began poking out. Oh, and I've been feeling crafty lately, so I've been sewing during her naps. The housework will get done later...I hope...

<~~~Excited to see daddy finally come home. This is an outfit I made. My first attempt at ruffle pants and they turned out pretty good if I do say so myself!

<~~~If you look closely, you can see the drool and pink cheeks; courtesy of teething. I made the ruffle butt onesie and the ba.by legs. Love!


<~~~The front of the onesie, I just used iron-on letters to put her name on the front of the ruffle butt onesie.