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'lil Miss is 8 months!! The past couple weeks she has been busy-busy trying new foods, cutting more teeth and trying to crawl. Or walk. (she loves to stand up)

Foods we've tried so far: sweet potatos, squash, peas, carrots, green beans, mixed veggies, broccoli with potatos, pears, applesauce, banans, bananas and peaches, toasted oat Os, oranges and yogurt.

This is Miss a couple days ago eating a clemantine. She still has a little trouble getting finger foods into her mouth, but she loves to try.

One of her top center teeth has broken through and the second should poke through any day now. But I've been expecting it any day now for at least a week now. They are slow coming through, but don't seem to trouble her too much. Much drooling, a little fussy at times. And her naps have been significantly shorter over the past week.

Miss is also getting very close to crawling. She is ready to be on the move and wants to see what's going on. She is very curious, watching everything very carefully. In new situations she is quiet but is really paying close attention. She doesn't miss a thing!

...and she really likes her mama. The Man is feeling a little left out. Working and going to school makes it hard to spend as much time with baby as he'd like so it's sad when he gets the chance and she wants me. It's a phase I keep telling him. I've been trying to smile and say a big hello and then walk away. She usually doesn't protest and if she does, it isn't much.

She has started to complain when I leave the room and after sitting for a bit she wants to stand up. She likes standing up so much she might skip the crawling. Once she's able to pull herself up I think she'll be on the go in a big way. And then, so will I.