8 months old

It seems like I just posted Hannah's 7 month pictures! She turned 8 months old yesterday. We had a great day together. We took our monthly pictures (very difficult now!) and then Aunt Jess came over to help with a project (will post pictures after Christmas, so we don't give away any surprises) and watch Hannah while Mommy got some shopping done (spent $28 at Publix and saved $45 Woohoo!). Then we ate dinner at the Connors while Daddy worked hard. After dinner, Miss Heather, Madeline, Hannah and Mommy piled into the car and headed to Picture People. The girls took separate pictures and then some pictures together. We'll post soon! Santa Claus was a hit with Hannah, but not so much with Madeline. Maybe next year will be better.

Here are a few highlights from this month:

• sleeps 11 hours a night with 2 naps during the day

• crawls everywhere now - still mixed with some army crawling, depending on how fast she needs to go

• pulls up on everything - whether or not it's stable!
• is finally free of the terrible diaper rash - bananas were the problem
• is behind on introducing food, thanks to the fruit troubles
• does not like to sit still to get her diaper changed
• LOVES to be read to (and will actually sit still to listen)
  
• LOVES music (cute real piano pictures to come soon)
• LOVES Kodak
• LOVES to laugh and smile
• can be louder than a smoke detector
• eats Puffs - started feeding them to herself right away
• is kind of starting to get the hang of the sippy cup
• will play in her crib for a while after waking up
• never stops moving (even in her sleep!)
  
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