Daphne turned eight months old on October 27th. So far, Daphne has had a doctor's appointment at least every month of her life due to illness, acid reflux or just a wellness visit. The upside to all of this? We usually get to know her weight and height growth quite regularly. Right now she weighs about 16 lbs (she wiggled too much to get an accurate weight). I am guessing she is in about the same percentiles as last month.
Biggest change in Daphne over the past month?? We have a rocker/attempting crawler with two teeth on our hands! She got both of her teeth just a few days after she turned 7 months and has been attempting to crawl all month. She loves to rock her body back and forth while on fours and often will take a step or two. She also loves to scoot around the house.
Taking her 8 month pictures ended up being over a course of two days because this little girl wouldn't sit still! She wanted to crawl, grab the camera, roll, scoot, etc. It was fun though:)
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| This was another favorite of mine. |
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| Day 1 included lots of playing with her owl, my shoes, and especially the camera cord. She was trying to do everything in her power to get the camera out of my hands! |
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| Day two included a few blank stares, diving/attempted to crawl to get the camera, taking a break to play with daddy, playing with the remote, etc. I have fun taking her pictures each month because of how long Daphne and I get to just play and giggle together. Most days I am busy working so it's a nice break for the both of us. |
Other fun things about Daphne this past month:
She went bowling for the first time and got a spare! She helped me bowl and definitely increased my score.
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| Had fun with her "new to us" toys while watching General Conference on Saturday with Mommy (side note: I love the DI for toys for her! I can't believe how expensive they would be otherwise!) |
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Wore some pretty cute socks at Grandpa &Grandpa Black's
house for General Conference Sunday/Mommy's Birthday |
Where's Daphne?!? Oh there she is!
I am pretty sure I have mentioned this before, but Daphne loves to play in laundry baskets! It is the only way we ever get laundry done is if we let her "help"! She also loves to play peekaboo. One day while Grandma Black was toting her around in a laundry basket she bent over to pick up some laundry and when she stood back up Daphne was giggling like crazy thinking that grandpa was trying to play peekaboo with her:)
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| Loves hanging out with her best buddy while their moms shop.They especially enjoyed this trip since they got to hang out in the back of the cart together. They thought it was the funnest amusement park ride ever! |
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| Loved going to the zoo, out to eat, and staying overnight in SLC during daddy's Fall Break from school. She loved having mommy and daddy's full attention versus our busy work and school schedules. |
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This was Daphne's first attempt at crawling and I couldn't help
but laugh at her frustration as she kept on getting stuck in the bucket. |
Sat in a high chair for the first time. Played with bubbles.
(she has a love-hate relationship with them (look closely, top-left)
as her body is just a little too small to be
using them so it's easy for her to get tired
of holding herself up.)
Loves when mommy has a very busy day and One of mommy's favorite outfits.
lets her feed herself all on her own!
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| Excited to see mommy after a long 15 hour work day! |
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| Is a very big helper when mommy works at home. I thought I could get away with turning her play pen into a ball pit to trap her in for a few minutes. She saw right through my plan. It was a good ten minutes though before she re-joined me on my lap and helped me type my emails:) |
Still loves her Jumperoo Sat in a pumpkin (against her will)
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Held still enough to watch a movie with mommy and
daddy for about 10 seconds thanks to her favorite toy! |
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| Loves to go on walks, especially when her friends Ella, Mia, and Tate join (we often go on walks with a neighbor and her kids and love the company!). |
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| Has long enough hair to wear it in a little piggy tail. Her first piggy was also her last piggy for quite awhile after she attempted to swallow the hairband, but it is still fun she is getting more hair (and pretty much doesn't have a bald spot anymore too!) :) |
Other random facts:
* She loves to turn off and on lights and pretty much help with anything around the house
* She is definitely a water baby and loves to get wet no matter what the temperature is. She loved getting to swim again when we stayed in Salt Lake over Fall Break. She splashes like crazy both there and in the bath tub. She has continued to love to play in the sink, especially now that she knows how to turn the water on. I don't know how I will ever get ready for the day when she no longer fits in the sink!
* Is starting to drink her formula well again. We had about a month where, due to teething, she refused to eat much at all. I was lucky if I could talk her into drinking 10 oz of formula. We are starting to get closer to being back to the goal of 24 oz that the doc gave us! She is a pig when it comes to regular food though. I swear that girl is always hungry! She takes after the Crandall family's metabolisms. She can eat and eat and eat and not gain a pound.
* Is working her way into wearing 3-6 month clothing but still has quite a few 0-3 month items.
* Saw snow for the first time but it melted before I had a chance to let her play with it.
* Is outgrowing the stranger danger phase (except when she is really tired).
* Is still our favorite long lashed, blue eyed, little girl ever!
