6, 7, 8!

Mommy is a little behind with her blog updating duties! With the Holidays, work, unusual amounts of snow and a baby that has had a hard month being sick, we've been a little busy!

6 months
Lila had an eventful month 6! At her 6 month appointment she was in the 97th percentile for height and 30th for weight. She saw her first snow, testing out crawling and Christmas. She knew just what to do with all those Christmas presents and had a big time ripping open the wrapping paper. Santa was good to Lila, she was such a good girl this year ;)

Lila started to get stranger anxiety around the Holidays which made visiting friends and family interesting! At daycare she would cry if anyone new came into the room and at home she only wanted to be with Mommy or Daddy. There were also a few nights in there where only Mommy would do. We think we've gotten over that now!

7 months
By far month 7 was the most active from a developmental standpoint! She learned to crawl (and is quite fast), pulls herself up to standing and loves taking walks around the house holding on to Mommy and Daddy's hands. She has just started to walk herself around the coffee table and couch. She is babbling more and more. We are half-way to saying Dadda- she exclaimed "Da-ba" one day, exciting Daddy! She also loves saying "a-boo" which we interpret to mean I love you! She has also started kissing Mommy (full on open mouthed slobber filled kisses on Mom's cheek) :) And...her first little tooth finally popped through after months of teething agony!

She is trying all sorts of new foods, especially loves bananas and peach yogurt. We are up to 3 meals of "solids" a day. Her favorite book is "The Peace Book" by Todd Parr. She especially loves the page that says "Peace is having enough pizza for everyone", grabbing the picture each time we get to the page, which proves she is Daddy's girl!

Poor baby had a rough month with a few ear infections and a respiratory infection. She is finally on the mend and has been a brave little girl through it all.

She also experienced 2 blizzards in January/Feb, the most snow DC has ever seen!

8 months
Lila is 8 months today! We are excited to see what new adventures are in store this month!

Pictures to follow...