Baby Girl: 8 Months

Oh, Baby Brynn! Seriously, this stage of babyhood is just the shiz. Brynn is generally happy, eats like she hasn't eaten in days (when in reality she ate 4 hours--or less--ago), takes great naps, goes to sleep easily and is just the coolest.

Playing at the park with Grammy and Tate while Mom and Dad are in Mexico.

Brynn got sick (Side note: Projectile baby vomit is the weirdest thing you'll see) a few days after we got back from Mexico. All she wanted to do was sleep and be close to me, poor baby!

We went to the park and she loved swinging.

She also loved digging in the sand.

We went to her baby best friend's first birthday party.

She's started pulling herself up, though she's not very good at it and she forgets she needs to hold on to something and falls.

Loved getting to play with Courtney.

More standing

First bird show at the zoo.

We hiked Timpanogos and she was a trooper. She's asleep in this picture. Which is  the first time she's ever fallen asleep in the ergo.

There were lots of outtakes for this month's picture.

Likes 
Eating real food...no more baby food :(

Standing

Watching Tate be silly

Playing with Tate's toys 
Splashing in the tub

Hates
Baby food
Being left alone
Not being allowed to play with cell phones and computers

 
Happy 8 Months, Baby Girl!

Weight: About19 pounds
Height: About 26 inches
Clothing Size: 6-9 months, some 9-12 months 
Diaper Size: In cloth diapers but would be in size 3 
Milestones: Getting up on her knees and bouncing back and forth. Inch-worming (on her knees, reaches out hands and pulls her self forward). Trying to pull herself up to standing. She can occasionally do it by herself but usually needs some help.
Eating: Brynn usually wakes up around 6 or 7am and nurses then will eat baby food for breakfast around 8/8:30. At lunch she'll eat baby food again and kind of nurse, same for dinner then right before bed I try to nurse her again but she is often not very interested.
Sleeping: Usually naps 2 times a day for about 1.5-2 hours each, occasionally longer. Since we returned from our trip to Mexico, Brynn has been sleeping horribly. She wakes up at least 2 times a night and having her in the same room as us makes it really difficult for me to ignore her long enough that she'll go back to sleep. I really need to get her back on her sleeping schedule!
Communication: Still yells just to hear herself yell, tries to mimick Tate which usually turns into a screaming contest, blowing raspberries, lots of jabbering, makes "ha ha" noises and sounds a lot like Nelson from The Simpsons.
Nicknames: Baby Girl, Brynners, Baby Brynn, Brynnie, Pumpkin Butt (no reason on that one, it just comes out sometimes)

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