8 Months, Baby!

Callie Jean is 8 months old today.  The poor thing has pretty much spent the entire last month being sick with colds and ear infections.  Even with all the crud she hasn't slowed down much.  A few days after I wrote her 7 month post she started really crawling.  Now she alternates between crawling on her knees and crawling on her toes.  She has also started pulling up on everything.  Callie is trying hard to keep up with those big girls.  She wants to be everywhere they are.

Still no teeth.  One of these days she will probably get a whole mouth full.

Calina is also still very sensitive to dairy.  I keep hoping that she is going to outgrow it, but it hasn't happened yet.

She has also become quite the Mama's girl lately.  I'm hoping that it is due to all the illness.  We're putting our new Ergo to good use lately, since she wants Mommy to hold her a lot.

Happy 8 months, baby girl!

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Honey ... I Lost the Baby

Fi is quite the mover these days. She was never a baby that held still, but with her new found mobility she is never in the same spot for more than a few seconds. The other day she was playing in the living room and I ran down the hall to grab something. I was not gone for more than a few seconds and could hear her happily babbling to herself the whole time. So you can imagine my surprise when I walked back into the living room and did not see a baby.



Our living room is pretty small and there is not a lot of furniture in it. There is a baby gate up, so no little people can escape from the living room. I could still hear Fiona happily talking away, but I didn't see her. I had a few moments of sheer panic. My heart was racing.



I calmed myself down and followed the sound of her voice to behind the couch. She was just chilling back there chewing on a block. Of course the second I went to grab my camera she crawled out.



Hi, Mom!

What a little stinker! But, such a cute one!

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8 Months Old

How is that my tiny baby is speeding steadily towards one year old and becoming less and less babyish everyday? What happened to that tiny baby who wanted only Mommy and was content to snuggle with me all day long? Now I have an active, happy 8 month old little girl.

Fiona has gotten to be quite the busy little baby lately. In the last few days she has finally mastered "real" crawling as opposed to her little army scoot, which was pretty comical. She also figured out how to pull herself up and that is all she wants to do these days. She is not happy to be held and snuggled much these days while she is awake. She wants to go, go, go. She is a pretty happy baby though, so that is a blessing. She is starting to get more friendly again and a little less shy. The other day in Church she spent the entire time flirting it up with some girls sitting behind us.

One of her favorite things to do these days is dance. She loves to dance with us or just stand and bounce. The one song that she will dance to pretty much every time it is on is "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga (gag me). I am not a huge fan of the song, but it is very funny to see her bouncing up and down when the song comes on. I really need to get that on video.

She is learning new things every day and it is so much fun to watch. I can't wait for all her other "firsts".

Happy 8 Months, Fiona!!