Amber is 8 months

A little late with this post, but better late than never. As of Tuesday, Amber was 8 months old!! I know I say this every month, but I just can't believe how big she is getting. This last month was a big one for her. She is doing more and trying more things. She is such a happy baby. She loves to smile, laugh and babble. She loves bath time, being outside, and putting anything she can get her hands on into her mouth. She loves spending time with Leah. She is a bit of a mommy's girl - but that is only fair since Leah was a daddy's girl!

Here is what she has been up to this last month...

*20lbs, wearing 12month clothing
*outgrew her infant seat and now is in a rear facing car seat
*Holds her bottle independently (when she wants to)
*Starting to eat finger foods (puffs, crackers)
*2nd tooth (9/23)
*Taking a bath in the regular tub
*Scoots on her bottom (moves from a sitting to a half crawl position and then moves one leg forward then sits down and starts the process again)
*Recognizes her name
*Consistently rolling both directions
*Eating 3 meals a day, and about 5 bottles
*Tries hard to move from sit to stand, but not quite there yet
*Loves to be standing
*Played in leaves for the first time- was a little unsure at first, then tried to eat the leaves! Of course...everything goes into her mouth
*Goes to bed awake, typically asleep within 15 minutes!! Sleeps typically 10-11 hours at night, but the last few nights has decided to get up for a refuel around 3am (growth spurt?)
*Has started to take more predictable naps during the day
*First sinus infection - diagnosis 10/12, amoxicillin for 2 weeks.
*Started clapping
*Babbles mamama, dadada, and even may be saying them in an appropriate manner - hard to tell just yet!

Congrats MOM

My mom received an award last night - MNA Health and Safety 2010 award. Congrats. The banquet was last night in Duluth, myself, my dad, Aunt Vicky, Uncle Jim, Aunt Linda, and Uncle Steve were all in attendance. She did a great job accepting the award which sounds like it was well deserved. Congrats and way to go MOM! We love you.

The girls are doing great. Leah is still adjusting to kindergarten. Doing well in school. Seems to be learning a lot. Still working on figuring out the balance at home as she is very tired which leads to break downs at home. This to shall pass! She really is a delightful and bright child, which is what I constantly have to remind myself which she is in a whiny moment!!

Amber is a blast. She is so darn adorable with her cute little chubby cheeks. She is such a happy baby. I really love this age where you can tell that they are taking so much in. She is recovering from a sinus infection. She really has not been too crabby due to the infection, as a matter of fact, the only reason I brought her in was that I thought it was too long for her to be coughing and snotty! Can you believe she will be 8 months tomorrow? I will post an update soon. For now, I have to get ready to go to work (I took a half day off as my dad and I came back from Duluth this morning).