8 months old!

Ella Ruth is 8 months old today! What a busy month she has had!





New skills:
*Figured out how to use "pincher's" to pick up food. She is crazy about cheerios, and Gerber fruit flavored puffs. She is also getting quite adventurous with her taste buds too, as she has tried most fruits and veggies and now working through the meats. She likes to try our food as well. Some of her favorites are mashed potatoes and watermelon!

*Can now get from sitting position to belly,(just not too sure what to do when she gets there, so she cries....)

* Actually started playing with her toys versus trying to eat them all!

*Daddies personal favorite new skill is that she has learned to "dance"! Anytime there is music on or someone is humming or singing, she will bounce. I must say it is quite adorable!

*Mommy's personal favorite is that she now says "mama"! She actually says it about 1000 x's per day, and if it doesn't achieve her desired results she will switch to "dada".

* A couple skills that we must admit are not our favorite, but very normal for her age are that she does not like to see you walk out of a room and leave her. She also has discovered that going down to bed at night is not so fun either. So we have begun the journey of letting her cry a bit. Her brothers are not at all thrilled about that because they perceive it as being cruel and mean to their baby sister!

Some skills that we are still working on are:

* Crawling (she is currently rolling all over and scooting backwards. She also puts herself in a bizarre push up position, and again doesn't know where to go form there!

* Drinking out of a sippy cup. We have tried 3 different kinds of cups and she thinks they are great to chew on and toss over the side of her highchair. Not exactly the proper use! But we are working on it!

Plans for the upcoming month:

Ella will be introduced to Tulip Time and will even be forced to wear a dutch costume!
Ella will be dedicated at our church on Mother's Day.