Eight Months!

My babies are eight months old already.  While I love seeing them grown and learn new things every day, sometimes I feel like times needs to slow down so I can fully appreciate each and every stage of the girls' lives.  I look back at pictures from just a few months ago and wonder what happened to my little babies.  The good news is that they are turning into such amazing little people.  They are happy and thriving and make me so happy every single day.

They are very interested in each other and everything that is going on around them.  Tannah started trying to pull her sticker off as soon as I put it on her.  Then it was in her mouth.  I tried to stick it to the chair behind them, and she turned around and started trying to lick it.  I just can't fool her anymore.

Tannah

Harper

• Both girls are very mobile these days.  Tannah can crawl (and she's pretty fast) and pull herself to standing.  Harper creeps, but gets up on all fours and rocks and pushes herself into a downward dog yoga position.   I have no doubt that she will be crawling everywhere very soon.
• The girls are both babbling away.  Their favorite sound is "da" (much to Wei-Yand's delight), but they also throw in some "ah", "ba", and "la's".  Still no "ma's" (not for lack of trying on my part, but they just laugh at me).
• Speaking of laughing, they love to laugh.  I say "boo", and they laugh.  Harper looks at Tannah, and Harper laughs.  Wei-Yand rubs his face against their bellies, and they laugh.  They are so much fun!
• They love toys that make noise, especially their piano and tea set.  Sophie the giraffe and Mortimer Moose are also big favorites.
• They are in size 9 month or 6-12 month clothes.
• They are in size 3 diapers.
• They sleep from around 7 pm to 6:30 am, but are still generally getting up at least once per night.
• Tannah has two teeth.
• They are both fully enjoying eating.  They are still doing mostly puree's but we've started some finger foods.  They really like puffs, yogurt melts, and bananas.

**Update - Tonight while I was preparing their dinner, I heard "ma ma" for the first time.  It was still just babble, but pretty amazing all the same!