8 Months Old

8 months old

Am I seriously going to have a one-year old in four months? What is up with that?? I know I'm a few days late here, but just a few short days ago little miss Evie turned eight months old and boy, oh boy! That girl is on a mission! She must have heard me talking one day to the kids when they asked me how long it will be until Evie is walking. I told them that Abby was the earliest walker at 8 1/2 months. Apparently Evie decided she could totally beat that record. She took her first steps at 7 1/2 months old. It was four steps to mama. And she's been getting better every day. Just tonight she took about ten steps to me while at vacation bible school. She monkey crawls, waves bye-bye, signs "all done", claps, and started climbing stairs. Holy cow, that girl can move!

With the speedy mobility has come the joys of fishing things out of her mouth...constantly. But the worst part is that she won't lie down in her crib. She stands up, latched on to the bars with her little hands, and screams like she's being tortured. Not "sad" screams. No, no. I call them "horror film" screams. She's not just unhappy. She's (for lack of a better term) royally pissed off! Thus, the days of sleepless nights has come to pass. I don't sleep through the night because she doesn't sleep through the night. At all. She gets up every hour...on good nights. It's exhausting. So, do I sneak in a little co-sleeping? Yup. And I don't sneak it in, either. About half way through the night, I flat out give up! She lays that little head on my pillow and is out like a light. I partially pass out shortly after. Altogether now, say, "Mommy complex!" She's got it bad. This too shall pass though and I will miss parts of it.

Otherwise, all is well with Evie. She's eating more solids everyday and gaining weight like a chubby little pro. I haven't had her officially weighed, but according to my scale, she's about 18 pounds. She's a sweetheart and I'm just so happy that I get the privilege of being her mama! She's at that fun age where she is learning so fast and I'm having a fun time watching her grow.

 

Here she is standing on her own. I am going to try to get a video of her walking tomorrow and post it. You know...in all my spare time. :-)