8 Month Pictures

"Hey Mom...I'm 8 Months Old Today!!!!:

"I know..the monthly picture in the chair.  I'm not sure we're going to make it to 12 months in this chair!"

"Remember when I used to just lay in here...."

"I WANT OUT!!!!"

"Being the little sister is pretty cool...most of the time!"

Dear Caitlin,

We can't believe you are already 8 months old.  You have grown so much in the last month.  Your biggest accomplishment this month is you learned how to crawl...and boy are you fast!  You learned how to crawl in about 1 hour at grandma and grandpa's house.  Within days, you began pulling up and now you can pull yourself up and stand on everything.  Your favorite things to stand up on are the couch, the ottoman, the bathtub (supervised of course), and any person.  This month, you also really started eating.  You LOVE Puffs....I've never seen a baby eat Puffs faster!  You eat them by the fistful...literally!  You are on stage 2 baby food and like all foods.  There is no food you don't like, but you prefer the veggies over the fruit.  You still drink Nutramigen formula...and mommy and daddy are pretty sure you are not going to be able to drink dairy milk until you are much older.  Now that you have the tubes in your ear, you can hear everything!  Hearing your name makes you smile instantly.  And when you hear Abigail talk, you always look for her!  You still aren't talking to us yet, but we know what you need...so don't worry about that...just take your time and when you are ready, we can't wait to hear your sweet voice!!!  When you are happy, there isn't a happier baby in the world.  You have a smile that lights up the room.  And everywhere we go, people say you look like the gerber baby (it's the cheeks, kid!).  Mommy and Daddy gave you private swimming lessons over the past two weeks, and you really like the water...but you LOVE bathtime and playing in the bath with all your toys...especially now that you can sit up.  You are a GREAT little sister.  You tolerate your big sister and all the things she likes to do with/for you (feed you, give you bottles, dress you, change your diaper, play dress up with you, color with you, read with you, etc.).

We love you so much, Caitlin bug!  You bring such joy to us everyday!  Everyone in the family is so in love with you!!!!  We LOVE YOU!!!

Love, Mommy, Daddy, Big Sister Abigail, and Kramer

*Side note, we are leaving tomorrow for our 10 day stay-cation in Indiana!  But I'm doing a few posts now and scheduling them to post throughout the week so you'll have some new posts!