8 months!

Eeyore has been missing since our move. Piggy is standing in.

Abby is 8 months old. That means we're 2/3rds of the way to a year. It's hard to believe. It feels like she's always been apart of our family and then it feels like she was just born at the same time. Abby is such a sweet baby. Her favorite things are: milk, Lily, the cat, tummy tickles, Gerber puffs (kind of like breakfast cereal), and 'talking' to other babies. She loves being around other kids and watching them play. She seems to get frustrated sometimes when she can't get up and run around with them.

Abby definitely recognizes her favorite people. She gets really excited when her sister comes into the room, especially when Lily comes downstairs after nap time when she hasn't seen her for a while. She's very excited to see her Daddy come home at the end of the day and wants him to pick her up. When she sees him she often starts bouncing up and down to get his attention. Another favorite is her buddy Ripley. Ripley is the little sister of Lily's friend Skylar and is 3 months younger than Abby. They like to sit next to each other and "talk". They actually have long conversations going back and forth with each other. But if Ripley leaves Abby gets very upset and starts to cry. She loves Ripley. She also likes to try and hold her hand (she likes to grab things that are moving in general and Ripley likes to flap her arms up and down when she talks). And of course the new cat. Abby loves the cat. She loves her so much she almost can't stand it. She squeals when the cat walks near her. She tries to reach out to touch her. She likes to grab her feet or her tail when they move. Fortunately Cookie mostly puts up with this.

Abby also learned her first sign this month. We're very proud of her. Her first sign is for "milk" of course, her favorite thing in the whole world. She also always says "mmmm, mmmm, mmmm" while she's doing the sign. She does kind of use the sign interchangeably with "Mommy" but usually when she wants mommy she wants milk too.

Favorite toys: Lily's baby doll, books
Favorite foods: puffs, anything she can pick up
Least favorite food: pureed baby food, cottage cheese
Favorite activities: tummy tickles, watching Lily play, yelling

Sitting in the bow of Papa's boat.

Abby sitting on Aunt Cat's lap in Papa's boat.

Practicing her standing at the library.

Abby's 8th month had a lot of snow.

And we moved into a new house! (Currently hiding behind a lot of snow).