8 Months old!

Our Layla Rose turns 8 months old this week! It is crazy what a difference a couple of months can make. Last time I posted about her at 6 months, she was not crawling or sitting up for long periods of time. She has also discovered that she loves to eat baby food and cereal. In a few short months she will be on whole milk and done with nursing! Kind of bitter sweet, but I will look forward to the days when I can leave the kids for more than just a few hours and not worry that Layla is freaking out for mommy!

Layla has been such a mild tempered and sweet baby. She is sleeping more and more through the nights, which of course is AWESOME! She still takes a good long nap from about 11am to 2pm. She goes to sleep around 8pm most nights and sleeps until 6 or 7am. She loves to watch people around her. I can move her from room to room with me as I work around the house in her activity center and she is content to play and observe the world going on around her. She has brought so much joy to our family. 

Layla and Bella playing together. They have become really good buddies while Alyssa is gone to school all day. Bella is a good little helper with her.

 You can see that she finally cut her 2 bottom teeth finally after teething for months. She has been a trooper about it though. She is in the stage of everything goes into her mouth to chew on it. She chewed up one of Alyssa's library books the other day because she left it laying on the carpet in front of her.  

 She has almost completely mastered crawling! She may not be very fast yet, but she can get from point A to point B just fine by herself now. We are almost into the toddler lockdown stage. Soon nothing will be safe from her grasp!

 This is Layla with her friend Charli. They are about 3 months apart in age, and aparently on the same track on their growth chart. Both are70% in weight and have 90% heads! Their mommies are great friends and so naturally they are great friends too!

 Layla is still a thumb sucker! She is a self soother, which is really nice now. I just worry about her sucking her thumb when she is 3 years old or something. But for now it is pretty darn cute!

Happy 8 month birthday baby girl! We love you!