8 Months!

8 months, 8 months, 8 months!!!  I keep thinking if I say it over and over I will believe it.  It is so crazy that I am the mama of an 8 month old, but I LOVE it!  How could you not love this face?

Gracie is getting so big!  As i am writing she is pulling herself up on the chair I am sitting in, I can't believe how much she can do!  She loves when we hold her fingers and she can walk around.  She is not content to sit and play anymore, she wants to move!  The problem is, she hasn't really figured out how to do more then scoot in a circle.  I am guessing she will figure out how to crawl in the next few weeks though.  She loves to be next to the couch, her play mat, a chair, or anything she can pull herself up on.  

She is very vocal and lets us know how she is feeling with feeling.  I love listening to her babble and figure out her voice.  

As you can see from the pictures above, Gracie will grab anything that is within her reach! Since we haven't been to the doctor this month I don't know how much she weighs or her height, but i do know she is getting harder to lug around!!

I couldn't get a good picture of her laying down, so I finally let her sit up and got a few good ones. 

Gracie is still my little buddy and likes to be right in the action no matter what is going on.  Her new favorite is the walker!

within the last week or so she figured out how to go forward instead of just backwards.  We have had to hide the garbage can because she would head straight for it EVERY time! Gracie's other favorite is to sit in the laundry basket while I do laundry, get dressed, or just for fun! 

I hope that next month I can report that we have a crawler.  Right now all she does is back herself up under the couch!