EIGHT months!!!

Yesterday Morgan turned eight BIG months old! It's getting harder to take her picture in her chair (we had a little mishap in the shoot yesterday!) because the theme of this month is "moving"! She's not crawling yet, but she is a wiggle worm. The girl has some moves. Here's the progression of her fall off the chair yesterday:

Wow, that is perfect. Now, just hold that position and let me take a few more...

This is where she gets herself in trouble. She rolls over her leg and leans/reaches so far that it lands her on her belly...

And then, the leverage from her noggin landed her on her back (with my hand on her chest trying to break the fall!). No tears, just BIG eyes!

And, in honor of her 8th month, I decided she needed a skirt on her crib...finally! I'm so mad that I didn't do this when I made her bumper pads. Oh well. I guess I wouldn't have found the cute yellow ball fringe on sale if I had tried to do it back in November!

We brought home the Tigger from my parent's house. Mallory wasn't a fan (at all), but Morgan loves to bounce, jump and move around. She's been in 2 Jumperoos and goes crazy! This is similar, but not quite as fun. She makes the most of it. Mallory likes to "help" her jump!

We are officially ending breastfeeding. I started weaning her late last week, and we are already down to 2 feedings a day! I'm pretty sure we'll drop the morning one this week and and then drop the bedtime one shortly after. I'm sure I could have persevered, but it was getting really hard. She has become quite distracted with everything around her. It was frustrating me and her a little too. She's still a little distracted with her bottles, but not as much as with me:) I remember after I finished with Mallory, I realized how nice it is to bring bottles and stay in a room for a conversation, not have to leave church, giving me a break...I could go on. I really enjoy it while I'm doing it, but then I really enjoy the bottle stage just as much:)

She's still kind of funny about baby food. She always makes a face for the first bite. Seriously. Even if she loves squash, she'll make a face first. We know for sure she doesn't like green beans, applesauce or mixed vegetables. Favorites are the orange/yellow veggies, bananas, oatmeal cereal and puffs. She's tried crackers, small pieces of cheddar cheese and water in a sippy cup!

Morgan has learned how to project this month too! She's always been more of a screecher than a babbler, but it has gotten LOUD this month. Like, blood curtling screams. Wow. The really neat part is that Mallory likes to copy her after she does it.

She's still a great baby. Easy to distract when she gets bored (she loves to sit by the back door and watch Connor, loves it!), sleeps great (2 solid naps now), goes with the flow while we're out and about, has the best smiles, is so ticklish and still LOVES her sister!

And, just for fun...Here is Mallory's 8 month picture in the chair. I am positive I birthed them both, but some days, I really wonder...