Eight months Aug 15 - Sept15

Dear Harper,

You are so ACTIVE!!!  Oh my goodness!  I have to keep on my toes and have my eyes peeled at all times with you!  You are crawling, climbing, standing, pivoting, into everything!   I am definitely busy keeping up with your sister and you!  You are usually going in different directions but when your paths cross it's crazy!  Maddie is territorial of everything and my little innocent Harper are simply cruising around and exploring your new world.  You have always hated it when anyone takes anything from you.  Since you were just two months old you hated it when I took anything out of your hand and now you have to deal with your sister!  

Here are your updates this month!

Sleep: You're a great sleeper.  For not taking a pacifier, you are easier than I would have thought.  I have a little purple hippo lovey that you sleep with and a knitted blanket that Jill made for you.  You sleep with both of those and your sound machine.  

Teeth:   You have seven!!!!  You are a teething machine!  You have four on top and three on bottom.  You've been wearing your teething necklace and you haven't been in agony but I can tell your teeth are bothering you.  You chew on veggie fries (like veggie potato sticks), frozen waffles and rice cakes.  Those are all my go to's when your teeth are bothering you.  

Food: YOU ARE THE MESSIEST EATER!  Oh my, Harper!  I had to move you from puree'd foods to finger foods pretty quickly because you were so messy it was just getting out of hand!  You love all vegetables, all meats, noodles, rice, etc!  You are easy, schmeezy!!!

We LOOOOVE picnics!

We also love playing in water whether it be the beach, a bath or our splash pad!

Crawling:  Um, yeah...there is no where you haven't crawled in this apartment!  You are everywhere.  You are down the hallway, in the bathroom (your favorite), in the dishwasher (another favorite) your sisters room, your room, the living room, Mommy and Daddy's room.  EVERYWHERE!  You are a go getter, my dear!

Sign Language: You know the sign for "milk".  We are working on night night, hello and good bye.

Talking: Nothing yet but I can't wait!

Clothes:  I can't stop buying you clothes.  You would think that after having a big sister you would have enough clothes but I shop for my Harpee!

General Temperament: (Copied directly from your sisters 8 month update):  Fiesty and sweet all at the same time.  You stand when I place you in your car seat, refusing to bend your legs and screaming.  Then I give you a toy while I buckle you in and you are ready to ride!  Ditto!  That's you too, Harper!

We went to the nature museum on this day.  This is a picture of us on Clark St in Chicago while Daddy parked the car.  We ate lunch at a little deli and then went to the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum where we visited the butterfly house.

Night time Routine: 7:00 you get a bottle and it's time for beddy bye.  

Playtime: You play anytime we are home and aren't running errands.  You LOVE crawling down the hallway as fast as you can and when you hear me coming you laugh and crawl faster!  You love to go into any room with an open door.  When we see you going toward the hall we quickly run and close all of the doors.

Weight:  

8 months:  no update

Length:

8 months:  not sure

Diaper Size:

Size 3/4 .

Clothes Size:

12 month!

Hair Color:

8 months:  Blonde. You have curls starting to show.  They are so pretty!

Eye color:

8 months: bright blue

Firsts-
Pivoting while standing.
Walking from one piece of furniture to another
Climbing up on a small child's chair
Pulling up
Paying attention to books
entire meals with solid foods
moved into a child seat, no more infant seat!
sit in shopping cart
first time going from stand to sit