these two...

It's fall!

Eight months.

Betsy is coming for you. So she can claw her way up your body. And stand up. And, no, she doesn't want to sit down, thank you very much.

 

 

Eight months old everyone. It keeps happening - she keeps growing up. Our littlest roommate is hard at work getting all her baby stuff done.  WILL YOU JUST STOP IT AND STAY LITTLE FOR AWHILE LONGER??!!

She crawls when she is in the mood. She is not terribly interested in doing it too much or in getting anywhere fast. What she wants to do is stand. If you are near her, be prepared for her to lunge for you and climb her way up your body with her little monkey hands. The view from way up high that standing up affords her is too addicting.  Yet, she is not so steady at standing. She wobbles like a drunken sailor. And falls over a lot. 

 

Her pincher grasp is getting much better (though not quite there yet) which is great for meal time as she is able to feed herself easier. But that also means she finds the tiniest little things on the ground which go directly into the mouth.  When she discovers the cat food, we are in trouble. 

 

She is NOT the easy little lump she was 6 months ago. But she is definitely more fun. And sweeter every day.  We are so lucky to have this little blue eyed girl to complete our family. 

 

 



 

 

This blog needs new pictures

So much hair. (okay, not really, but it's there!)

grape sculpture

Oh, hi.

soccer tricks

Married for seven years. Only 78 more years to go.

!!!

GO PUMAS!

Could she look anymore like her dad? Hello little Andy.

Seven months

(evidence of teething that kept me up a lot last night)

Well, hello beautiful girl.  Could she be more beautiful? Somehow this little pumpkin is seven months.  The girl is a full fledged, 'I want to get my hands on everything I can', baby.  She pulls our hair all the time. Andy gets woken up in the middle of the night to clenched fists ripping out his chest hair only to find a smiling little angel face looking over at him.  Oh well.

Betsy bullet points at 7 months:

• She is 17 pounds now (Curtis was maybe 19 pounds at one year)
• The girl likes to eat - pretty much everything we have given her, she has liked
• She would like to exclusively feed herself but is still working on that pincher grip
• She has two lower teeth and the top will be here any day. (see picture above)
• She still doesn't sleep through the night (sigh)
• She is trying her hardest to crawl - she gets on her hands and knees and rocks but only manages to go backward.
• She has no interest in rolling over - she does it, but it always seems to be an accident. 
• Curtis is still her favorite.
• She has the cutest butt on earth.  

two wheeler

And just like that he can ride a two-wheeler.  Andy held on for a few minutes and he just got it and took off by himself. That boy.