Eight Months Old

Genevieve, you're EIGHT months old!

• You still wear 6-9 months clothes and size 3 diapers.
• You weigh 18 pounds.
• Your hair has really started to come in this month. It appears that you are going to be a little blonde baby just like your daddy was.
• You love to go places! It doesn't matter where we go--restaurants, grandparent's houses, craft shows, grocery stores--you love being around people.
• You are such a good baby. As long as you have someone or something to study, you are the happiest baby in the world.
• You are a side sleeper! When we put you in your crib you immediately roll to your side, snuggle with Lovey, and go to sleep. Cutest. Thing. Ever.
• You have been sick with one thing or another every week since the middle of September (darn daycare). The latest illness was "not RSV but something like it." Seriously--that was the official diagnosis. You had to use a nebulizer for several days and you were such a trooper. Thanks Aunt Cameron for the great tip about the bouncy seat in front of the TV!
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• Your favorite letter right now is "d" so of course you say "dada" all the live long day! You've only uttered "mama" a handful of times and the majority of those times were when you were crying. Daddy thinks it is loads of fun when I tell you to say "mama" and you immediately say "dada." Awesome.
• Everytime you see Layla you say dog!! Well, you really say "dod" but I know you mean "dog"--mother's intuition, you see.
• After a few weeks of sneaking fruit into your veggies, you now eat fruit all by itself. Also new this month--PUFFS! You love to feed yourself, but I think you might like to tease the dog with your food a little more.
• You've become quite the rolling machine this month. You have realized that you can move from place to place just by rolling. Who needs to crawl when you can roll?
• Since you decided to enter this world a little earlier than expected, you have officially been "out" longer than you were "in." My, my, where has the time gone?