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!