Thursday, May 5, 2016

Eight Months


Somehow, she has learned how to spit, and she thinks it is awesome. She blows raspberries quite often as well. My favorite has been her blowing kisses. You just make this kissing sound with your lips, and she will copy. We do it a lot to say goodbye since she hasn't learned how to wave yet. Although she is just mimicking at this point, I am excited for seeing a return of physical affection. So cute!


Princess Riley cannot (aka will not) hold her own sippy cup. She drinks with the ferocity of a starved animal, and if you think of putting it down before she feels satiated, woe to that man! Don't tell anyone, but she is single-handedly responsible for the drought California is currently experiencing.


Hasn't mastered the pincer grip, but she will fist food and trade it off from hand to hand to shimmy it  up to the top of her fist, so she can quickly get it to her mouth

We got the idea of Items in a Bowl off the internet. You are supposed to feel a bowl with a bunch of different objects-different shapes, sizes and materials- and they dump it out and put it back in the bowl. It is supposed help them learn how objects relate to one another.
She thought the pacifier was funny-she would put it in her mouth and laugh as she ripped it out again.


We go on daily walks. I used to feel bad when I didn't notice her hat turning and the strap would get in her face. But instead of fussing about it, she would just suck on it. Problem solved.

Sand is still her favorite food of all time. She sneaks it whenever she can (sand goatee)

Crossing her legs with her stuffed animal buddies

Riley has loved watching real cars, and that has blossomed into an interest in cars and truck toys. She especially loves to play with the wheels. Papa got out Chris' old Thomas the Tank Engine toys to see if she had any interest. Daddy was proud of her toy choice.


Something she has loved: Ben's legs. OK, so actually anyone's legs. She enjoys being right underneath you. Crawling between legs while you are in the kitchen is her specialty. And if she can't go between your legs, she tries to go through you. This girl is notorious for head-butting her way through things.


She is starting to have the ability to get into stuff. Which, ironically, has been really nice! I feel like recently she has been much easier to care for because she doesn't get bored as easily. She has been much better at self-entertaining because she can be independent and explore at her own leisure. This girl loves herself some independence!

Doesn't she look like a little girl like this rather than a baby with these new mobility skills?!


She has begun having an interest in playing with blocks
Correction: By 'playing with blocks,' I mean 'destroying block towers'


I don't know how I have forgotten how bubbles are AWESOME! Riley can watch/poke them all day!


Peek-a-boo with a cute baby who is very proud of her discovery:


This has remained a favorite toy. She loved this thing before she could even balance sitting! I love that she is starting to 'rock out' to the music now:


I love how this girl crawls. She doesn't just do this whole 'normal' thing. She has a Gimpy crawl, where she is on a knee on one leg and the foot of the other. Maybe she can propel herself faster that way...? Not sure. She also enjoys the whole Stinkbug stance where her legs are straight. And she alternates between these styles every few seconds as she crawls. We thought she was doing this in the beginning because she was trying to figure out coordination, but nope! She is extremely coordinated with crawling at this point, and she still mixes it up just to keep it interesting :) This video is showing how she Hand Stomps as she crawls. There is no problem finding out where she is in the house because she isn't subtle AT ALL:


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