8 months old

Our Hallie May is 8 months old! As the days and months continue to move on, our love for the this precious little girl grows and grows. She is such a sweet little baby. Just to look at her brings a smile to our faces. She's so much fun to have in our house! It's fun to watch her grow and develop. It's amazing how quickly they pick up new tricks. Speaking of new tricks, here are some of the new things that she is doing this month:

*She is able to support her chubby weight (21.11 lbs.-she has plateaued this month finally) on her hands and knees with a little help from us to get her to that position. She really tries to get up on her hands and knees all by herself, but ends up pushing herself backwards instead. It's kinda funny to watch. She hasn't really had the desire to be mobile until just recently. Rolling was a short lived trick. She only rolled for about 2 weeks and then decided that she didn't like it when she rolled onto her belly. So that was the end of that. She is rolling a lot more lately and I think this will help get her stronger and help encourage her desire to get moving a little more.

*She has figured out how to drink through a straw. She still hasn't figured out how to swallow all of it at the same time, so it ends up being kinda messy, but she really likes it. In this picture below, it looks like she's drinking Pepsi out of the straw, but it's apple prune juice. No we don't let our baby drink pop.

*I seem to be a little on the cautious side when letting her try new foods because I don't want to end up with a food allergy and not know what food it came from. But I've been branching out a little more this month letting her try new foods. She LOVES the biter biscuits and graham crackers. They sure do make a mess, but she loves them and it keeps her happy for quite a while. I usually give them to her while I'm making dinner. Definitely keeps her occupied.

*I think my most favorite new trick that she has learned this month is how to clap. It is so cute. She started doing it one day at the doctor's office. She started clapping when the nurse came in. Ever since she claps all the time.


*She has started to make these funny faces when she gets excited. You can kinda see it in the video as well. But she starts shaking and sticks her lower jaw out a little. It's a face that Mikkele used to make when she was little also, so we think it's pretty cute to see Hallie doing it and pulling some of the same faces as Mikkele.

*She has tubed put in her ears the day before she turned 8 months. We have been battling one ear infection after the next with her since November. So we finally got them in on Wednesday. She did great! All the nurses kept commenting on how well she was doing for being sleep deprived and hungry. And she came out of the anesthesia so well.

We wonder what she will be doing next month. Maybe she'll be crawling by then...maybe she'll have teeth by then...maybe she'll be feeling back to her 100% self and sleeping through the night again (I really hope so). But one thing I do know, is that she will continue to melt our hearts and make us fall more and more in love with her. We love you Hallie May!