Eight Months

It's been a busy month of growing and hitting some milestones!
At eight months Aubrey:
~ Can play peek-a-boo back with you
~ Loves the exersaucer!

~ Attempts to drink from a sippy cup.  She doesn't quite understand that she has to tilt her head back further to actually get the water sometimes.
~ Moves around so much when she sleeps that we find her in the craziest positions!

~ Crosses her legs and feet when sitting.  Mom just thinks this is pretty cute :).
~ Laughs at her touch and feel book

~ Went for her first swim this month

~ Started scooting in a circle when she is sitting to follow and get objects
~ Got her first tooth!  She's so busy and moves so much I still can't get a good picture of it!
~ Can go from her tummy to a sitting position all by herself.  This has made play time so much more fun :).

~ Pulled herself up on our ottoman and the same day pulled herself up in her crib.  Time to lower the mattress!

~ Went to the church nursery for the first time this month and did well!
~ Is still a great solid food eater!  Only food she dislikes so far is avocadoes.
~ Feeds herself little crackers. Not very well yet, but she's starting to get the hang of it.

~ Almost crawling!  She gets up on all fours but then lunges forward and hits her belly on the ground.  This pretty much gets her to wherever she wants to go and looks funny at the same time.  Hopefully she'll get the rhythm of actually crawling soon.

~ Laughs at her shadow on the ground

~ Likes to look at you through her legs when she gets on her hands and feet and picks her body up.  Maybe it's just looking at her world upside down that excites her :).
~ Likes to look at herself in the mirror

~ Developed some object permanance.  She knows that an object is there even though you've taken it away.
~ She's had some pretty fun tantrums when she is told the word "no" :(.  Boy can she scream!
~ Weighs 15 1/2 pounds