8 Months

Hi! It's Lainey again. It's been a while so I wanted to update you on what is new with me! The last two months have been fun, and I have grown and changed a lot. At 6 months I weighed 17.5 pounds. My Mom weighed me today and I weigh a whopping 18.2 pounds.

Every few weeks I have a day or two where I act like I might start sucking my thumb. I don't know what the big deal is, but when it happens mom goes crazy and insists on pulling it out of my mouth. I usually give in and stop after a day or two, but every few weeks I decide to try again.

My siblings love taking pictures of me with Mom's camera!

I am ticklish, and my family thinks its fun to tickle me all the time. My legs, my belly, under my arms, my chest, it all makes me laugh.

One of my favorite spots!

My latest trick is to clench my jaw and breath through my teeth/gums. Mom loves that!

I am mostly on a schedule, but just when Mom thinks she can get comfortable I switch things up on her, or decide to wake up in the middle of the night again. Gotta keep her on her toes!!!

We went to my Aunt's house for Labor day weekend. After my nap, I grabbed everything I could reach on the dresser next to me and pulled it into the crib with me. What fun!!

Not only can I crawl through the entire house at great speed, I am also pulling myself up on EVERYTHING! I pulled the trash over on myself a few weeks ago. I thought it was great and went right to work playing in the new things that were surrounding me. Mom was using words like "Ewww!" and "Gross" and I don't know what the big deal was!

I have started trying to stand on my own. Its a new thing, so I am not very good at it yet, but I get a little more brave every day. My mom keeps saying she should knock me down. I don't know why she is so mean!

The first time Mom caught me pulling myself up to stand.

Nothing makes me as happy or as calm as music. Sing to me, turn on the radio, whatever.  I love music!

Dad and Emma are the only ones that can get me to sleep outside of my crib.

I love to eat! So far my menu consists of bananas, peaches, pears, applesauce, brown rice, oatmeal, peas, sweet potatoes, and carrots. I really really hate green beans and refuse to eat them! Mom also likes to let me eat waffles and pancakes and bread sometimes too!!!

I can't wait to see what's next!