8 months old!

Emily is 8 months old! Well, technically she has been 8 months old for two weeks now, but whatever. People are busy!

We took her 8 month photos at her Aunt Katie's house while visiting last weekend (yes, we were late on that too.) To say it was a disaster would be an understatement. Again I say WHATEVER! This is how life is with a baby who recently learned how to crawl - she just wants to go go go. Sitting still for photos is for babies! 

So here are a bunch of awful photos that would be a total waste of film if we still used film. *Side note - Emily will never know what film is! She won't ever run around taking shots of trees and other random things just to use up the last few pictures on a roll, then have to wait a few days for her prints to come back just to see if anything on the roll was any good. That's kind of sad when you think about it. 

ANYWAY - here are the shots, which aren't frame-able, but are definitely true to life!

Updates on Miss Em below....

About 3 weeks ago, the crawling thing just "clicked" and she went from rocking back and forth on her hands, to scooting around the room, from one day to the next. Since then, we have been baby proofing like crazy and cuddling away some tears after a few bonked noggins.

She follows us from one side of the room to the other and as soon as we set her down she makes a beeline for the nearest air vent or electrical cord. She will pull herself up to her knees but she has yet to try to stand. I know it is coming any day now!

Emily had her first ear infection this month. Actually, she probably still has it - we are on our 3rd antibiotic right now so hopefully we will get rid of it this time.

She also sprouted two teeth this month! She looks so stinking cute with those pearly whites shining through when she smiles. Teething wasn't so bad with her - maybe a day of whiny-ness, which could have been caused by her ear hurting as well.

At her last Dr. appointment she weighed 17.15 lbs. She still eats pureed baby food - fruits are her favorites! We keep trying other finger foods like cheese cubes or steamed vegetables, but so far she doesn't seem to care for anything with much texture. Except french fries - little lady loves her some fried potatoes. That's my girl!

She is still mostly sleeping well, those she has lately started crying when we first put her down for the night. Usually if she doesn't settle down in a minute or two - and we can tell when she is fussing just to fuss and when she is seriously getting wound up! - we will go get her and let her hang out on the couch with us for a few more minutes. After that, she is ready and falls right asleep when we put her down again.

Yes, we know we are being manipulated but we have decided to choose our battles! Even with this little extra step in the routine, she is asleep by 8pm every night and sleeps straight through until 6am, so we don't really have much to complain about.

I have a ton more pictures to upload, and I got them all on here and typed up a post the other night, and it wouldn't load so I lost it all. I will try again when I have more motivation.

Some upcoming excitement in Emily's life - we start her new daycare on Monday! Emily will be attending Nashville Christian now. She probably could care less, but Mikey and I are excited about the program.

Also, we are taking her on her first plane ride in about a week when we go to California for Mikey's cousin's wedding. Fingers crossed that the ear infections clear up by then, or it could be a very expensive flight after we have to buy drinks for everyone seated around us! Ha!

Here are the photos from her first 8 months: