8 Months!

It's hard to believe how quickly 8 months have passed! Grace turned 8 months old on the day of Uncle J and Auntie B's wedding, so we're a few days late posting this monthly update.

Grace is certainly mobile, but has yet to start crawling. She will push herself backwards on her belly and she can roll pretty quickly so she has no trouble getting where she wants to go. She is sitting strongly on her own and we don't put a pillow behind her anymore. She loves sitting up in the bathtub and splashing around. She babbles all day long and we love listening to her 'talk!' We're still signing to her and she has been signing 'milk' when she sees her bottle, although we're still not sure if she's made the connection but we like to believe she has!

She is still a good sleeper, and has started dropping her third nap some days. She does well picking up and eating wheat puffs from her high chair tray, but is still working on perfecting her pincer grasp. She is eating solids twice a day and loves fruit of any kind. She loves drinking water and is doing great with her sippy cup, and she really likes getting sips of water from Mommy or Daddy's glass.

She still loves her Jolly Jumper, exersaucer, and going for walks. She loves to swim and doesn't mind the cooler water of the lake. She likes her little tube, but prefers to be held in the water so she can splash more.

She gets excited when she sees Cuda at Zilla and Grampers' whereas before she hardly noticed her. She also loves Duke, her Great Aunt and Uncle's dog. 

She weighed 18lbs, 5oz as of two weeks ago. She is wearing some 6-12 month clothes, but mostly 12-18 month sizes.