Audrey is 8 Months Old!

I cannot believe that 8 months ago we gave birth to our sweet Audrey Grace.  She is seriously the most adorable baby I have ever  seen since Emily was a baby. :) She is precious and excited and bubbly and loving and smart as a whip.  We just love her so much!  Here's what she's doing right now:

- She can sit completely independently for an extended period of time.  I usually put a Boppy around her just in case (especially if we're on a hard floor), but she never falls over anymore.  Sometimes she'll lean back enough to fall but she has super strong abs and just goes down gently. 

- After leaning herself back, she will roll ALL over the floor.  I'm serious- you can turn your back for a second and she'll be across the room, stuck under some piece of furniture or chewing on one of Emily's toys.  It's crazy!  Reminds me a WHOLE lot of this little girl:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emily, 8 months

Audrey, almost 8 months

- She has now tried all the vegetables and all fruits except pears, which we're doing this week.  She loves everything but peas.  Can you blame her? :)

- She moved up to 6oz bottle this month.

- She wears size 3 diapers.

- She has starting doing a lot of pre-crawling movements like pushing herself WAY up on her hands, inching forward, pushing with her toes/feet, humping the floor, etc.  I even caught her today with her knees under her body!  Won't be long now...

- She can transfer items to each hand and when she loses her pacifier, she either gives up on it and uses her thumb...OR, she can now pick it up, turn it the correct way, and put it back in.  So helpful!

- She has begun to babble a little bit- says ah-goo a little and used some new consonant sounds this month.

- She likes to use toys sitting up now- we need to get out some more toys for her to play with in this position.  We're trying not to clutter up the house (with boxes and things out it's a hard task) but she needs some new things!

- She loves to be tickled and when you make "I'm gonna get you" hands at her she breaks into peals of laughter- it's adorable!

- She goes on Tuesday of this week for her follow-up swallowing study.  Paul will be taking her to the appointment.  We are so hopeful that she's made some progress and maybe her foods won't have to be thickened as much anymore.  We also need the go-ahead to try other fluids besides formula (we want to try a little water or juice in a sippy cup and let her practice with that).  I'll post an update after we get the results of the study. 

That's all the news we have on our sweet little girl right now.  Thanks for checking in and following our family!