Eight Months

After an amazing month 7, I can't wait to see what is in store for month 8! I think we are off to a good start because her first tooth has surfaced!! After four excruciating months of teething, I wasn't sure if it was going to happen!

Lady A is still sleeping great and totally full of life! She sits up, smiles so big, laughs a lot and talks non stop. She is saying "Ma-Ma" when she needs something or is sad and she babbles "Dada-Dada-Dada" all day long! Dada was basically her first word.

She lights up when you walk in the room and it melts my heart to no end. We are definitely in trouble with this one. I mean, look at those eyes!

Yes, you can have anything you want. 

And not to mention...a little ornery!! 

Spring Oh-Thirteen

Here are some photos from Spring 2013. I wish I had time to blog in more detail about all of these photos but it's either "photo dump" or nothing at all. So I chose to just dump them on here.

Easter:

What a little muffin                                                   Her first Easter 

HUGE eyes

Photo-bomb by MC

Extremely proud grandparents 

Getting their Easter baskets from Pops and Milly

Raising kiddos with this girl is the best

She got a recordable storybook from Milly

Swim Lessons:

 With cousin Miles Crew

Blowing Bubbles

She is so chill in the water

My little fishy 

Hanging at home:

The girl loves this chair! 

Five Months

Little Girlfriend is 5 months old and so full of life!! 

This post is definitely picture overload but can ya blame me?!
The cheesy faces and smiles are just too much!

A few updates:

• She is weighing in at 13.5 lbs.
• Lady A is rolling from her front to her back
• Laughs (and squeals) a lot
• "Talks" all the time!
• Has been sleeping a little better, still very inconsistently 
• Is VERY particular about who she will go to and let hold her - this is a little hard at times!
• Not crying as often - WOO-HOO!! 

Four Months

Well can you believe it....we have ourselves a big 4 month old!!

This month has probably gone the fastest. I'm guessing it is because it is December and we have had so much going on. We've also had to say "no" a lot more than normal. We have learned that Lady A does MUCH better on a routine and becomes VERY overstimulated, very quickly. 

There were lots of big moments this month. A few of them being:

• She is no longer sleeping in the swing - this is HUGE for us.
• She has found her voice big time. Like WHOA! She squeals when she is happy. And when she is not so happy. Less crying. More squealing. 
• She is a teething maniac. Wow. If I survive teething, it will be nothing short of a miracle. :-/

Here are some photos of the last month. Christmas included! 

Carriage ride on the Country Club Plaza

Christmas Eve with the Cleveland cousins

Grandpa Bob 

Christmas Eve service at church

Christmas morning...before the blew out of these jammies

After the blow out

Big girl in the bumbo

Dad surprised her (and me) with a big giraffe! 

Cool toy...

...but the paper is way better

With her great grandparents 

With her Pops and Milly 

With cousin Miles

Such a little muffin on her first Christmas!

Happy 4 months to our little full-of-life-expressive-as-can-be little girl!