Life has definitely gotten busy for miss Kate. I could hardly get her to sit still to take a picture. Who am I kidding?? --- I couldn't get her to sit still long enough to take a picture. She kept trying to grab at the camera and peak over the edge of the arms. She is a little rascal. What new is going on with us?? Well, we are in the beginning stages of crawling. She will go from sitting to all fours and then just sit there for a bit. She will then either take a couple of pulls forward, or slide down to her stomach and scoot backwards. She thoroughly enjoys scooting on the hardwoods in the kitchen. My favorite part? She can even push herself back to a sitting position (if we aren't right there with her - if we are, she fusses until we do it for her). She definitely already knows how to work it!
Still no teeth... she does keep pushing her tongue over her bottom gums, so I'm thinking that something is slowly coming.
She is trying to pull up on everything and loves standing. Her favorite, of course, is standing at our kitchen door/window looking at the dogs. She is still obsessed with them!
She is feeding herself puffs and teething biscuits. I crack up watching her try to put the puffs in her mouth. It is hysterical. She has gotten the hang of it though. Millie sure does enjoy when she drops them on the floor.
She has really developed a bit of a temper. (Should have seen that coming) If she is playing with something and we take it away, she pitches a fit. We have had to really start telling her no. It breaks my heart, but I know it's what we need to do. The worst is when we are trying to change her diaper and get her ready for bed. She fusses and screams and turns her hips every which way. It is quite amusing. She really is a sweetie though - when we finally get her dressed, she holds her arms out wanting a hug. So sweet!
She says ma ma, da da, and bye bye. And she does this cute little squeal that makes me smile every time! She's really started mimicking, too. She'll clap her hands if you clap and shakes her head if you do.
She is having some mama separation issues (which doesn't hurt my feelings at all). If I leave the room, she starts fussing, but when I come back, she is happy. She has gotten a bit scared of strangers and starts whining when someone new holds her. I hear that's normal... but it makes me nervous with holidays coming up and family around that she isn't used to.
I know I say this every month, but I am loving this stage that she is in right now. She is just so precious. I can hardly believe that 8 months has already gone by. I can't wait to see what this next month brings!
Kate had a great time, too. She was spoiled by a ton of people and she got in some quality time with daddy.
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Clayton cleaned the entire house, baked cookies, bought flowers, and stocked up on my favorite drink! He even bought some pumpkins for the porch and dressed Kate up for a photo shoot.
