8 Months Old!

On Thanksgiving day my baby turned 8 months old. In the hustle and bustle of the day we ended up not taking any pictures at ALL! :( However this was taken the following day and shows just how active our little girl is becoming. She loves standing and has even pulled herself up to a standing position using furniture. She also loves walking (with help) and will ALWAYS try to get whoever is with her to help her walk around. She has recently learned to sit up on her own from a laying position and loves to practice it... especially at bedtime! Her crawl is quickly morphing from an army crawl into a full out crawl on her hands AND knees... almost. She loves "talking" and a few of her favorite games are peek-a-boo and flying around the room with Daddy. She is wearing more and more 12 month size clothes. Still in size 3 diapers. Her favorite foods remain carrots and sweet potatoes but she is actually beginning to eat more and more non-pureed foods and seems to just prefer the real thing. Oh, and she can now feed herself the cheerios instead of waiting for me to put them in her mouth. She is down to 2 naps a day and also (finally) usually sleeps a good 11 hours at night. She rarely cuddles yet always wants me right with her to play. She understands what it means when you say "yay!" and start clapping. She even tries to join in the clapping although doesn't have it quite down yet. We took her to the doctor for more shots yesterday and here are her stats: 27.3 inches & 21.6 pounds. It seems like her rate of gaining weight is finally slowing down but her cheeks and double chin would make you think otherwise. :) We love our baby bear and are still constantly amazed and blessed to see her development and growth into a sweet little girl.