Ayte munts 'nd all iz a whale!

Remember last month when we were so excited because Eva finally started falling asleep without crying? Remember those wonderful two weeks where she slept like a lamb for every nap and slept soundlessly at night? Well, in the words of Celine Dion, "those days are gone". Eva is a wonderful happy little girl, despite the refusal to sleep reunion tour, and she now has two teeth (on the bottom), and she is eating all kinds of mashed food.

Here she is pointing to her teeth for you,

She could probably crawl right now if she wanted to, but why use your energy when you have two perfectly good adults around to get everything for you.

She is finally getting some hair, and it is growing in a beautiful auburn color. She has recently learned how to "cluck" her tongue off of the top of her mouth and she likes clapping for herself.

She's officially 8 months old (hence the title of this post).  She weighs around 16 lbs and is about 27 inches long.  Since increasing solid intake this month her output has also followed suite.  We've gone through so many diapers and almost a whole case of Oxyclean. So far she enjoys the veggie puree over the fruit.  Those include peas and green beans (both disgusting).  Other things she loves: leaving the house.  She LOVES going anywhere that isn't home.  Katie and Eva have been going to story time at the library and Eva just sits and checks out the other babies and parents.  They also go on lots of walks and have plans to feed the ducks this week.
Each month gets better and better!  I love watching her grow and develop.

Michael turns 3!

Michael turned 3 on Tues!  We had a photoshoot and a party to celebrate.  Which pic do you guys like best?

 

This is him totally zonked out on cake...he has a huge peice in this pic and he ate the whole thing!

Family photo yeah!

Flourless Chocolate Cake

I've made this cake two times in the past two weeks and I've eaten it by myself (mostly).  I thought I should share the recipe for Flourless Chocolate Cake from the TV show The Taste.  Click here to see the recipe.

Penny did not put a title for this post

Look at this for something really spooky

http://www.youtube.com/user/acoisacoisada1/videos

Katie is a superstar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eja6RBZk4FU

7 Months Old!

 This little kid is 7 months old!  She's not a little baby anymore!  She's still little though.  She weighs 14 lbs (7th percentile), is 26 inches long (45th percentile), and has a big Johnson head (17 inches or the 75th percentile).  She's a pretty happy baby especially now that she's cut her first tooth.  It took two weeks to make it's first appearance but seems to be stuck in the gums with only the tip showing.  I can see another one right next to it that's on its way out.

 Eva likes (actually LOVES) making noises all the time.  She screams, jabbers, laughs, coos, giggles all day long.  I love hearing her.

 She's getting pieces of the act of crawling but hasn't quite put them all together.  She can lift her chest and butt up but not at the same time.  She has her own very slow army crawl to reach toys (glasses, paper, garbage on the floor) or anything she can put into her mouth.  Bennett caught her chewing on my shoe today.  I guess her taste buds aren't involved in her desire to stick stuff in her mouth.

 BEST NEWS EVER!!!!! She stopped crying for every single nap and goes to sleep when I put her down.  This has been my prayer for the past 7 months and I honestly never thought it would happen.  It's so hard to hear your babe crying and it's soooooooooo nice when she doesn't cry at all and just goes to sleep.

She's finally getting some red/brown hair.  I hope she grows up with red locks because I think it's pretty cute.  It will match the food on her face.

She started eating solid foods (can you tell?).  She has eaten everything I've given her but she wasn't a big fan of mashed potatoes and formula (hence the video below).  So far we've tried apples, pears, bananas, carrots, bread (loves bread!), Cream of Wheat and rice cereal.  I'm impressed with how willingly she's tried and eaten everything.  So far meal time hasn't been a battle (hopefully our battle in the sleep field was enough for a lifetime and we never have to fight another battle- not over toys, not over clothing, not over curfew or boyfriends...).

I love this baby.  She makes me happy.  The end.