8 Months Old

Aubrey Nicole, you are 8 months old!  This post is a little late, but you make it very difficult to take your pictures now.

You are about 18 lbs and 28.5 inches long.  You wear size 3 diapers during the day and size 4 at night, 9 and 12 month tops and 12 month or 12-18 month pants and pajamas.  You have such long legs.

Things you have learned/do this month:
 - Dada is currently your favorite word.  You said it a lot for a few days, then suddenly stopped for over a week.  Then we "talked" to Daddy over Skype and now 3 days later you are still saying Dada all the time. During that week break your favorite word was "hiynya" which I thought sounded like a Chinese version of "hi ya" like if you were karate chopping something.  It was so funny that almost everyone would repeat it when you said it.
 - You touch everything with your pointer finger.
 - You just started clicking your tongue but as soon as I try to get it on video or do it back to you, you stop.
 - You area pro sitter now.  You still tip over every once in a while.  Mostly when you get really excited and wave your hands in the air.  You don't quite know how to get down to the floor gracefully so that looks like you are falling over as well.
 - Your favorite game is sitting on the ground and reaching for my hands to pull up to stand.  You are still very wobbly when standing but apparently you don't know that b/c you'll let go fairly often.
 - You have started to respond to my talking.  You will say something and I'll repeat it and you stare at me trying to figure out what I'm doing, then you'll say it again a little louder and I'll do the same.  You start going quicker and then just grin really big.
 - You realized you can reach the top of your head and that there's something soft up there.  You are not a fan when it hurts after you've pulled your hair though.
 - You have started to make this really funny face that looks like you think something stinks.  You scrunch your nose and upper lip together and despite my best efforts I haven't been able to get a picture.
 - You eat a lot of new foods now but your favorite is still carrots.
 - You tried your first solid food (puffs).  Not a fan.  You don't quite know how to chew it yet so even though it dissolves pretty quickly you act like it tastes gross and is choking you.
 - You have started to hold you bottle by yourself.  You won't take it and put it in your mouth, but if I make you put your hands on it then you'll stick it in your mouth and hold it.
 - We spent a whole week apart and I think you did way better than me.  You had started taking naps better at home and did great the whole week.
 - One day after your 8 month birthday you started Army crawling.  Since I hadn't got this posted yet or taken your pictures, I'm going to count it here.  I've been trying to get you to crawl for several weeks, but you didn't really like my help.  Then you just decided you were ready to move forward and crawled all the way across the room.  You are pretty quick but you're going to be fast once you figure out how to get your belly off the ground.

I want that paper, Mom!

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