A few days ago, we took Amelia to North Park, which is a few blocks from our house. She is now big enough to swing in the tot swings, and she liked it! It's hard to believe how fast she is growing up. At 8 months, she has been in 9 month clothing for about 2 months and will soon be growing out of it. Now that it's cooling down, she's wearing long sleeves and bib overalls, which make her look like a big girl, not a baby girl. It's hard for me to fathom how much she has changed. Her hair is much longer, and much blonder (the thing EVERYONE notices). She's starting to crawl, or shall I say, army crawl around the room. She can get up on her knees, but hasn't figured out how to actually crawl, so she just kicks and pulls herself to where she wants to go. Suddenly, she's across the room and I have no idea how she got there. She's maneuvering herself under tables and foot stools, and I've already started changing the room to "baby proof" it a bit more. I wish that I could stop time and enjoy her a little big more at this "just-before-mobile" stage. Soon we'll have baby gates everywhere (Mac will probably go crazy), and I won't be able to leave her in one place and come back to find her in the same place. She's eating all sorts of foods now too...cereal, fruit (her favorite is apples & blueberries), vegetables (squash is still her fav), meat (beef, chicken & turkey), and I think soon we might start cheerio's. Except she still has NO teeth! A friend told me that the later they get them, the better their teeth are, so hopefully that is true. I'm thankful for no teeth as I am still nursing too! We are also on an excellent routine with morning nursing, playtime, cereal & fruit, then nap. Then more playing, vegetables & meat at dinner and another nap after mealtime. She sleeps through the night AND for the most part, always sleeps past 8:00 am. She's starting to say "mama" and "dada," but I don't think she's connected that that is who we are. Just cool sounds to make. So basically, she's growing too fast. Make it stop!
