Dani - 8 months

I can't even believe that she's already 8 months old... where did those 8 months go already?  Here is some updates on our littlest blessing...

First Tooth! Dani is diligently working on her very first tooth.  It popped through yesterday, only to pop back down (or maybe her gums are just swollen from it all).  She does NOT like teething and I'm hoping that this first one is the worst one since she was also getting over a cold.

Mobile: she has officially progressed to crawling on her hands an knees like a big kid.  She also likes to pull herself up on anything she can, the furniture, people, walls (and she even learned how to gracefully sit herself back down without falling).  If she is feeling brave she will even walk along the furniture and sometimes will transfer between one handhold to another.  We know it won't be long before she is really able to chase her big sister everywhere.

 Food: I finally came to the conclusion that Dani doesn't dislike flavors in her food, she just HATES baby food.  Really, really hates it.  I've tried sweet peas, green beans, pears and applesauce even.  She wouldn't take more than one bite of any of them before closing her mouth down like Fort Knox, however, she will eat regular bananas (served up in one of those mesh teethers), gummy omega 3s (mesh teether again), teether biscuits and puffs.  I've also let her lick pretzels and grapes from my hand and she tries her very hardest to steal them away.  Every time she watches me eat 'big people food' she chomps her mouth and tries to snatch it from my plate or hand... I guess she will be enjoying regular meals with the family sooner than expected. :)

 I'm quite sure it will be a long time before Dani gets to have a bath by herself again now that she can sit unsupported in the tub.  As you can see, Michaela LOVES to entertain her baby sister in the bathtub and Dani just eats it up!