8 Months Old

8 Months old... ALREADY?!  Part of me is so sad to see the sweet baby disappearing before my eyes, but the veteran mom part knows that there is nothing but fun around the corner, that each phase gets more fun (and dare I say easier) and that the best part, the sisterly love, will just continue to get better and better!

There is the fact that she wants to be held all day and rocked to sleep to help the sweet baby part stick around a bit.  Other than those few things, she has five teeth, some wonderfully loud squeals and babbles, a big vocabulary of mamas, babas, dadas and lalas, pretty much pulls to standing on her own and wants to spend all day there, and has quite a stubborn streak!  If she wants to be held and you put her down, she will cry until you pick her up.  If she wants to stand and you sit her down, same thing.  As a result, she currently spends most of her day in my arms or standing and laughing with her bestie, big sisty.

At 8 months, this sweet girl is a little more challenging than her big sis was, but her smile is just as big, she just might make you work for it!