8 Months

I'm really enjoying Maddie at this age. She is crawling around. She is able to get into a sitting position on her own. And she can even pull herself up to a standing. She has also finally figured out opening her mouth for the spoon to eat. She still really prefers veggies but will eat a little bit of fruit. And she's eating table food like waffles and crackers. It almost seems sometimes that she is not happy with her jar food if she sees me eating something she wants, like the bread from my sandwich. I have to give her little pieces or she will scream.

Her and Nate are starting to play together. He likes to make her laugh, usually by getting in her face. Or his favorite and our least favorite, screaming. He screams, she laughs, he laughs and then screams again. Oh, the joy! They also like to "wrestle" around. Basically, this is rolling on top of each other. Maddie is pretty tough but I have to keep close watch because Nate doesn't understand how big he is in comparison to her and will sometimes get a little too rough.

She is doing pretty good at night, still getting up at 12am and 4am. She now has 4 teeth and is working on some more.

She always been a big mommy's girl, but in the last few weeks it has become much worse. I can't even leave the room without her getting upset. It's even worse when she's teething, and then she just wants me to hold her the whole time.