The Willa Bean is 8 months old today...2/3 of a year old! These photo shoots are getting more and more difficult. It takes a circus to distract her from wanting to grab the piece of paper...and the pictures are a bit blurry because it is nearly impossible to get her to sit still.
She actually ate a chunk of this paper...I couldn't get it out of her mouth fast enough.
Things about Willa at 8 Months Old
1.) She is not crawling yet, but she is SO close! I thought she was going to today. She scooted around her whole bedroom by herself, but I wouldn't call it a crawl...
2.) She claps her hands on command. It is so cool!
3.) She continues to laugh and smile a lot.
4.) She mimics us whenever we blow raspberries.
5.) She has seemed a little more frustrated lately. I think she is just ready and wanting to crawl/walk.
6.) No teeth yet! The doctor thinks they will probably all come in at once.
7.) Her hair is growing very slowly and it seems to be getting blonder (Koss genes).
8.) She has gone down in height/weight from the 95th percentile to the 75th percentile.
9.) She is amazingly good. She is so good at going with the flow, and welcoming new people and experiences.
10.) She is eating lots of finger foods. She is not crazy about being spoon fed by us- She would rather feed herself.
11.) She gets really excited when we pick her up to dance. In her "Baby Signing Time" video, there is a segment called "The Diaper Dance". She loves to dance to this song and watch the other babies dance!
12.) Her naps have gotten a little better, but she is still a pretty bad sleeper at night.
13.) She likes to chew and suck on frozen washcloths. I think it soothes her gums.
14.) She has been loving drinking water out of a sippy cup.
15.) Eddie is still one of her favorite things! He is sure to put several smiles on her face every day.
I can't wait to see what this next month brings. She is changing so fast and her personality keeps getting cuter and cuter. She's a little person now.
Here are some pictures from the past couple of days:
We took lots of walks this weekend...We wanted to drive as little as possible as it was "Carmegeddon"in LA, where they shut down a chunk of the 405. There was supposed to be unbelievable traffic issues, but it ended up not being bad at all.
We went to our friends' (Colleen and Matt...they have 1 year old twins) parent's house in Brentwood yesterday. They had a pool and lots of fun toys for Willa to play with. We swam, ordered pizza and just hung out. It was a lot of fun...and they had a beautiful house.
Stroller ride to Starbucks. Daddy is still fighting jet lag, so there has been lots of coffee around here.
Napping with daddy. She is so happy to have him home from Cambodia.
At the Brentwood Country Mart for Frida's tacos today for lunch. She was wearing her cute new hat from Sarah and Sheila.
