*8 months!*

avery is 8 months old today! (in about an hour) she's been growing up tremendously in just the last few days/weeks. we're so proud of all she's accomplishing and learning and doing :)

she looks at us with such a huge grin after she's crawled or clapped or danced her little wiggle dance on the floor. she slaps her hands down hard on her legs or belly when she's really excited to see us. she loves her arrowroot cookies and would eat them all day if we let her. she can't get enough of the dogs paws (though it's certainly getting to be old for them). she lifts her arms up when she wants us or when we say "up up up!" she lays her head down to take a micro-second rest and then flips up her head so her hair flops all around (we call it the fraggle head :)). she still has no teeth, but just tonight we noticed that her bottom gums look swollen. she likes to start out in the rocking chair to have a few ounces of her bottle, then squirms out of control until you lay her down in her crib and feed her the rest of her bottle before bed. she's got an amazing pincer grasp and will pick up things that we wouldn't see in a million years. she gives the best wide-open-mouthed kisses and will try to suck on our faces when she gets really tired :)

we adore her.

recognize this towel? it looks much better on her :)

ps-karen, do you recognize her pjs in the first picture!? i was cleaning out her "too big" clothes bin and thought i'd pull these out for the fall. but they fit her great now! thanks again, we love them!