8

Braelyn is 8 months old now and is hitting the milestones left and right now!  On the morning she turned 8 months, I walked in her room to get her up and she was standing in the corner of her bed looking over at her monitor that was now in the floor.  The look on her face was priceless when she saw me.  It was like "Oh no, I've been caught!" but it quickly turned in to a huge smile looking pretty proud of herself!  On Thursday, her bottom two teeth in the front finally broke through.  We have thought she was going to get a took since she was probably 4 months old!  When she finally decided to start eating from a spoon, she went at it and never looked back!  She loves the orange and yellow veggies and pretty much all of the fruits.  Green veggies are another story...she typically gags!  Her crawling skills have definitely progressed, it takes her no time to get all the way to another room.  Her new favorite place to get into trouble is the entertainment center and just today she decided to grab the rocks in the bottom of the fireplace.  Her mobility has put her big sister's patience to the test.  Some days are much better than others!  We are already starting to get a little of the "she's touching me", "Braelyn's got my (fill in the blank)"!  Wow, it is really going to get interesting when Braelyn can talk too!  The funny thing is that it does not phase Braelyn in the least when Em gets upset with her which I think adds to the frustration!  It is so cute to see them playing together though.  More times than not they are so good together.  Braelyn's little personality is definitely developing and she keeps us smiling.  She has gotten much more laid back and it happy the majority of the time.  She has also gotten much better about being around people that she doesn't know very well.  Before, it pretty much had to be me or Shawn holding her.  She was passed from person to person and Emerson's birthday and was totally happy.  She is the perfect little piece to complete our family!

She discovered her shadow on the wall.

She spent probably 15 or 20 minutes just playing with the straps on her carseat.  She loves her new ability to explore!

The cutest little feet curled up under her while she was sitting on her knees!

Her shirt has looked like that for months...now she finally has some teeth to show for it!