8 Months Old!

Anna is now 8 months old!

She is beginning to try some finger foods...Gerber puffs, green beans, stuff that is really soft like small peices of bread.

She has 4 teeth, the two bottom teeth from before and 2 new ones.  According to teeth charts, she should have gotten her two front teeth.  Well, not this kid.  She is getting the top two teeth on either side...looks like she has little fangs.  Great -- just in time for Halloween.  I checked online and apparently only about 60% of kids cut teeth in the "right order."  So I am not concerned.  She will eventually get all her teeth, I reckon.

Anna is a busy lady.  She can crawl really fast and pulls up on everything she can.  Within the last few days, she has started to hesitantly cruise along the ottoman and couch.  She is pretty talkative.  She can wave and say "hey" and "hey baby".  She has said "Ya-Ya", "Papa", "Da-da" and "ba-ba."

I have been trying to wean her, but she pretty much refuses to take a bottle.  Looks like we have our work cut out for us on that.  She is such a joy to have in our family and continues to amaze us each day with her new skills.