8 Months

Little Miss Clara is 8 months old!  She had a wonderful month.  A high was Clara's first Christmas.  A definite low has been our first teething battle.  Any and all suggestions are welcome.  Here are some other tidbits about our sweet girl.

 

--Did pretty well on her flights to and from Boise. This is a shot of Clara mid-travel

I like this one because it looks like a selfie.  Really she was just reaching for my phone.  She wanted an iphone for Christmas, but we didn't get her one.

--Got professional pictures done in Boise.  The whole first photo shoot all she would do was suck her toes.  It sounds cute, but it was infuriating.  On a side note, if anyone in Boise is looking for a photographer, I super-recommend Carrie Rainey.  She is the best. 

 --Is very curious.  She wants to put her hands (and mouth) all over everything and will stretch and squirm when you hold her until you take her to what she wants to see.

--Loves to watch football with her Daddy.  Go Seahawks!

....but sometimes it gets boring

--Has two brand new teeth.  It was not a fun process to get them, and it has royally messed up her sleep schedule.  We are all a little loopy.

--Can army crawl.  She's not up on her knees, but she's getting faster and faster every day

When I was getting her dressed the other day I heard my phone ringing in my bedroom.  I left the nursery for 30 seconds to grab it and by the time I got back Clara had shuffled all the way across the room to her toy basket and pulled it over.

--Eats lots of veggies and a couple of fruits.  Her favorite food is corn.  We just got her a high chair.

Please excuse the garbage can in the background

--Loves to arch her back and flop backwards.  She did that while making her debut as Baby Jesus and thought she was hilarious

--Weighs 16.5 lbs

--Enjoys reading stories

I like this picture because it looks like she fell asleep reading

-- Has been working very hard on baby signs.  The only one she knows is "puppy".  I have no idea how I birthed a daughter who loves puppies

--Can sit up really solidly now, so she's been coming in the shower with me.  She loves it and sounds like a little seal puppy every time she hears the water start.

She continues to love technology.  She army crawled a really long way to get to this laptop, and it didn't help that I kept shifting it

--Wears size 6-9 month clothes and 9 month clothes, and size 2 diapers

This curled-lip smile is new.  I think it's a response to her new teeth

 Even though we're all a little sleep deprived, we continue to enjoy Clara.  It's fun to see her little personality come out more and more each month and to watch her learn things.