Hi All,
Well, another month down with MANY accomplishments! Berkley has been a busy girl this month! She's now weighing in at about 16 lbs, 4 oz. She's still a little peanut, but she's got cute, chunky legs! :)
She went to Jeremy and Gabriela's wedding in East Lansing and was so well-behaved! She "sat" through the entire ceremony without a fuss, which was great! Somehow during the fun-filled weekend she managed to get her first black eye. We don't even know what she did. I'm assuming she banged herself in the eye with one of her toys. That's the only thing I can think of that she may have done! It wasn't huge, but it was noticeable!
She got to meet her Uncle Chris, Aunt Lia, and cousins Cullen and Claire for the first time this month. We went up north to Jon's parents' cabin for a long weekend to hang out with the family and it was SO much fun letting the kids play. Berkley tends to see other kids do things and decide she can do them, too (I wonder where she got that from!?!). She saw that Claire could walk holding onto only ONE hand of her mommy's and Berkley decided she should try. It works sometimes, but sometimes not so much! She's our little copy cat, which is good because she seems to learn a lot that way!
We took Berkley to the Detroit Zoo for the first time this past weekend (when it was 97 degrees outside). She didn't complain at all! She's been such a good girl when we're out in public! She just talks to herself and lets everyone know we're coming through! She's too young to really care about any of the animals, but it was still a fun day. We bought her a little stuffed monkey and let her play with it in her stroller (really she just liked the tag) on our way out. By the time we got to the car we had a tag but no monkey. It was a nice attempt!
She took her first big girl bath this month. She loves bathing in the big tub. She plays with her toys and splashes around! It's too cute!
She has started eating some finger foods. She's quite fond of Puffs and Baby Mum Mums. She still prefers mommy or daddy to feed her the Puffs, but I'm sure before long she'll be feeding them to herself. She also decided that she could feed herself with a spoon. For a few days in a row she was grabbing the spoon and shoving it into her mouth as I was trying to feed her. She seems to have lost interest in it by now, though.
She got from her hands and knees to her bottom for the first time and had the maneuver mastered by the end of July. And, drum roll please, the girl is CRAWLING! She's not exactly fast yet, but she's getting quicker and quicker by the day! It's so cute! She even pulled herself to standing the other day using our entertainment center. She's getting so big so quickly!
It's a good thing she's learning all these new things! She's going to be busy teaching her new cousin these things soon! :) My sister and her husband are expecting their first baby in March! Congrats again, sis!
She's down to two naps now. She decided she was done with the third nap and kissed it good-bye! It was an interesting transition, but she's doing really well with it now. Sometimes it's a lot of working keeping her busy for 3 hours between naps, but it also gives us time to get out of the house and do things!
Tammy and Jon
PS - She LOVES to laugh . . . and we LOVE to make her!
3 comments:
I can't wait to squeeze her next weekend! Maybe she'll teach Morgan how to crawl while she's visiting. :)
Maybe! Berkley learns something from almost every baby she plays with! That's probably why she learned how to crawl! Morgan may just scoot until she walks. That's just some babies' form of crawling! And it's super cute!
She is so cute! I can't believe she is already 8 months old! Time flies!
Love, Christine
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