WHHHHAT?! Really, is she here already? It's not like 8 month is some crazy milestone marker, but it seriously gave me pause. Does time truly go by this quickly? The answer that I keep coming back to is, yes, yes, it does.
Last weekend we made a colossal trip to Arcata; leaving in the morning on Saturday and returning on Sunday evening. Phew... it was a quick turn-around. The drive was wearing on all of us. We were in constant entertainment mode for Sierra (books, toys, peekaboo, songs, songs, more songs). She wasn't exactly happy to be on a 6-hour tour of northern California on either occasion (going up or coming back). We skyped at the hotel to Grandpa and Grandma Pieper for the first time (the first time they have all met each other). It was awesome to bring her to the ocean on both days; I could tell she really took it in this time. She really seemed to like the waves and the new scenery. We will share a love for the ocean, I'm sure. She didn't even mind the light drizzle that soaked her little head. There will be so many crazy adventures that our family will have together, and it lifts my heart.
She truly is a smart girl. So engaged and very interactive (not to mention her "natural physicality"). Now it's all about interacting with Mom and Dad. She just loves to be around us, and look at us while we do our normal tasks. She really liked seeing her Nana and Auntie Lauren on skype mid-week. It was nice for all of us. She loves her baths too.
Her crawling has taken on a different form at times; she straightens her legs and crawls on her hands. She also periodically lets go of whatever she is stabilizing on and balances on her own while she is standing up. She really is starting to look more like Dah Dah everyday too. Her head shape is much like his. I see little parts of him in her and vice versa more often to my delight.
Two more teeth cut through this week, on the top. She is drooling full force, but generally coping well with the pushing through. We are mixing up our foods for her in our wonderful baby food processor. Trying avocado with tomato, pears with apples and peaches, mixing cooked oats into yams, and actually just pulverizing rolled oats into a powder to start using instead of the packaged stuff from the store. It's all fun with her.
The mornings I am home longer with the family, I cherish. We all feel better on those days.
After picking up Sierra from daycare today we went to meet up with AUntie Lyn. We got some food from the grocery store and ate together outside. I left my keys attached to a grocery cart, but didn't realize until we went to leave. So we went grocery cart searching. Always something fun when the girls get together!
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