8 months

This little lady is now 8 months old! It's amazes me how long these summer days can be, and yet how quickly time marches on.

Ellery is finally attempting to try to move. I use the word "attempting" very loosely, because she still can't stand being on her stomach. She kind of sits there and leans forward and bounces on her legs. We like to call her inspector gadget, because she seems to be able to reach just about anything with her arms. If she is sitting in her bumbo on the counter while we are eating, two things are certain. She will knock over somebody's milk, and she will put her hand in the fish bowl...it doesn't matter where on the counter she is sitting. It's her trademark move.

She continues to be a mama's girl. If I set her down and walk away to do something, she will cry until I pick her back up. She is okay sitting as long as I am sitting right there with her talking to her....and during such occasion, she thoroughly enjoys her toys :)

We are trying to teach her to pick up small pieces of food. This makes her quite angry, and she flails her arms around screaming alot, because she would just assume we put it in her mouth. She can feed herself a graham cracker tho :) She also drools constantly, but still has no teeth.

She continues to love sleeping in her cradle with her pink pig. Most days she takes 2 good naps, depending on when she gets up in the morning. I've been trying to get rid of her evening nap, and just put her to bed a little earlier for the night.

She loves the water! When the temperature is right, she loves to splash around in the pool, lake and bathtub! She gets so excited!

Enjoying time with her cousin!