Eight months

My baby is not such a baby anymore. It seems like in the last couple weeks especially she's been changing almost every day, getting strong and more vocal and more mobile and more fun. She's not crawling, but can get to most things she wants by scooting around on her belly. Just this week she's started getting the hang of "uh-oh" - it comes out more like"uh-uh-uh" but she's definitely using it correctly, like when she drops something from her highchair. And she is definitely, definitely teething. And it is not fun, poor little bug. She's been sucking on her fist today every time she doesn't have something better, so i constantly have to be giving her food or something else interesting. She was very happy with a ginormous frozen blackberry to gnaw on (or more like devour). Even though she hasn't been quite herself lately, i'm impressed with how happy she is. In spite of the challenge it is taking care of her sometimes, i couldn't ask for a better baby and certainly don't want a different one - it's pretty awesome to be the mom of a tiny person like her.