8 months

I can't believe Charlie is already 8 months old!

She's getting so big! Her hair is finally coming in so she's no longer bald :)
This month Charlie became a cousin again. Her new cousin was the same size as her when he was born.
She also became a second cousin again too! and this new relative is smaller than Charlie was if you can imagine that!

She impressed me this month, Charlie can sit up on her own! I first noticed the other day that she was doing it and I was so excited but then i realized that this was just the first time i realized what she was doing she's been sitting up on her own for weeks and i just did notice! I'm one proud mama :)

Still no crawling but she's almost there in the next week i bet she'll be doing it :) she wants to walk me than crawl. she always wants to be up on her feet all the time so she pulls herself up on everything she can.

She is also starting to sleep better at night. she still eats in the middle of the night but she can fall back to sleep on her own if i let her and she will put herself to sleep when i lay her down in her crib. she fights her morning naps like there's no tomorrow but her afternoon naps she usually does willingly.

This month we also started going on walks everyday and Charlie loves them :) and they're making me feel better too!

Poor baby also got her first real cold this month :( she's all stuffed up and cranky but is handling it reasonably well no fever or anything.

she likes to hide under the couch

7 months with a Stay At Home Mommy

Charlie turned 7 months old! this is nuts! she's getting so big so fast its crazy.
This month Charlie learned to pull herself up to standing! scared the crap out of me when she did it too. she was in her cradle and decided it was time to stand up so she did and i thought she was going to come out. so, needless to say she is now in her crib which has higher sides and its harder to come out of.

She hasn't quite figured out the whole crawling thing yet but she's working really hard on it. she gets very angry that she can't crawl :) her head is just to big. she cant have both her head and her butt in the air at the same time it doesn't work one or the other or both always ends up going back down. could have something to do with that fact that her head is in the 70th percentile and her body is around the 50th lol

She loves real food now. If she can she always wants it instead of her bottle. bread and cheerios are her favorite apart from Oreos' :) she isn't the biggest fan of baby food though. i think its to mushy for her, she like to be able to bite it with her teeth, which she still only has 2 of but lately it seems like she may be working on more.

This month also marked my last day of work, I now get to be a stay at home mommy with my little midget :) I'm excited. I hasn't really sunk in yet because really I've only missed 2 days that i would normally have been working so far. I'm so happy that I get to watch my little one grow and be there for her all the time now.

bath time in the sink after eating an oreo :)