Addie at 8 Months

If Addie became "alive" at seven months, she became "wild" at eight months.

No cup, piece of hair, earring, bite of food is safe around her because she will definitely grab it, yank it, and then try to throw it on the ground. We have been feeding her in her bumbo chair on the kitchen island, but she is relentless with the grabbing so we have started confining her in the high chair.

She now prefers to play to eat. I will be giving her a bottle in our rocking chair and she will twist and wiggle out of my arms to get to the ground where she can stand and play with her toys.

Changing her diaper is a mess. It's hard to put a diaper on her backwards, and she got into her excema ointment which was close by the other day and I had to call Poison Control on her! (it was fine)

She likes to do lots of loud babbling- now when we're out in public at a store or restaurant- and she LOVES riding in the shopping cart with Collins. The other day they were in the rocket ship together at Harris Teeter, and Addie kept trying to grab Collins's hand and I looked down at one point and they were holding hands. :)

Addie now prefers standing to sitting. She always makes a happy sound when she gets in her standing position.

And she is now able to play a little bit at the park. She loves swinging, and she can stand on the slide as we follow Collins around.

It has been a fun month with Addie!

Official photo...(getting harder and harder to get with this wiggle worm)

Favorites from month #8...