8 Months

Brayla, you are 8 months (and 1 week) old! This has been a busy month developmentally for you and you are definitely keeping us on our toes.

-I have no idea how much you weigh right now. I think you've definitely started to gain a little more, even with all your moving around. My guess would be about 15-16 pounds.

-Though you are gaining weight, I don't think you're getting much taller.

-Food has not been your friend lately. I can get you to eat a decent amount of food about one time every 3-4 days. You don't seem starving at all, I think you just don't have a huge appetite.

-You still wear a lot of 3-6 months clothes, which is just crazy to me. You can wear some 6-9 or 6-12 month clothes, but they don't make up the majority of what you wear.

-You still sleep great at night, usually about 11-12 hours. Given the chance, you will gladly sleep in until 7:30 or 8:00 some days. Heaven!

-You balance out your awesome night sleeping by not taking such great naps lately. I think part of this is teething (yuck) and I'm hoping it remedies itself soon. Most days your older sister sleeps more in her one nap a day than you do in two. Ugh.

-You finally got your first tooth this month! Last Monday (January 8), the day before you turned 8 months old, your lower right tooth made an appearance. You weren't grouchy leading up to that, but you have been not such a happy camper since then which makes me think tooth #2 might not be far behind.

-You are still an army crawling machine, but you've recently started to pull yourself up on EVERYTHING. It's much harder to get you to sleep since you can now stand up and entertain yourself that way. I anticipate you will be walking early just like your big sister.

-This month you have started to notice Turner a little more and think he's great. Every time you see him, you smile and giggle like crazy. I'm sure Turner will be thrilled to soon have two girls chasing after him :)

-You adore playing with your sister. You are both enjoying having someone else to entertain with all your tricks. Your favorite toys are your Sophie the Giraffe and your grape vibrating teether. Most of these toys get ignored, though, in favor of computer cords.

Two peas in a pod

During our photo shoot, Brynlee said "Take my picture."

Definitely still likes being the center of attention.

Smiley girl

Brayla, you are growing so fast and we are enjoying watching everything that you are accomplishing. You are the perfect baby to balance our family and we just love you to pieces!