Our little Elna is 8 months old today! This was a big month for little E!
happy clapper
trying to get her books
At 8 months, Elna:
-is crawling! All over the place.
-claps when I start singing "If you’re happy and you know it” or doing pat-a-cake with her. She will also randomly just start clapping because she’s happy!
-puts her hands up above her head in a V.
-waves.
-LOVES to stand! For over a month she has been pulling herself up onto everything and walking while holding on.
-seems to have some eczema that won’t go away.
-loves bath time, but because of the eczema, I’ve been giving her less of them, cooler ones, and for less time.
-hums when we sing in church or when she is really tired and I am rocking her to sleep. It is the sweetest thing!
-finds every piece of teensy tinsy garbage that is invisible to the rest of the world and puts it into her mouth.
-still only has the 2 bottom teeth she got right before 4 months.
-is totally up and down with her sleeping. One time last week she slept from 6:30 until 8:00 a.m. (only waking up once at 5 to eat)—the fact that I can remember one good night is indicative of how bad a sleeper she is. Super inconsistent. The night after that good night she woke up 4 times.
-loves to do this funny thing where she sits in front of me, facing me, then plunges her face into my lap, expecting me to grab her and flip her over. The second I set her back down she dives her head down into my lap again, ready to do it again and again. It’s pretty funny
-is fearless—with her new skills of crawling and standing she tries everything over and over again, even if she sometimes gets hurt in the process.
-LOVES books and reading. Behind her rocking chair in the nursery is a bookshelf with some of her favorite books. She often cranes her neck back while we are sitting or when she is done nursing because she wants a book. I let her choose the book to read and she usually picks “A Baby is Born.” I don’t remember who gave this book to her, but she loves it and we read it several times a day. She also likes to turn the pages.
-is as sweet as they come!
I love to go back and look at the changes in Elna from the month to month pictures. Maybe you could put them all together in a blog when she turns 1. She just gets more beautiful all the time.!
ReplyDeleteThese photos turned out so good, Lucy! I love the last one especially. She is beautiful! And hooray for a love of books.
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