Julia Ann-8 months

 Julia turned 8 months on May 8th!!  Such a big girl these days as she is a super fast crawler, pulling herself up on things, eating pretty much everything except the major things to stay away from (honey, peanut butter, etc.) and definitely developing a fun little personality.  She is totally into copying/mimicking what we do and loves smacking her lips and putting her arms up in the air for "sooooo big!"  Joseph and Ella are so great at making her laugh and Joseph continues to be able to calm her down by singing the Spiderman theme song...honestly, it works every time!  She is still sleeping through the night and naps are still hit or miss.  I thought we had turned a corner as she took a nap in her crib three days in a row as she turned 8 months but then the next few days she boycotted it so back to the ergo on my back she went, which puts her to sleep quickly.  You gotta do, what you gotta do, right?  

Her big brown eyes are going to break a few hearts in the future.  

She continues to just go with the flow and is a happy, laid back baby girl.  

8 month photo shoot-May 8th

 And she has the cutest little smirks!

 

 And, the biggest, open mouthed (still no teeth!!) smiles!

Rocking the hair on April 11th!!  

 She LOVES mealtime!! She is a mess every.single.time.  

April 15th

 With this sweet face it makes all of the extra time of cleaning her, the floor, and the furniture around her worth it!

May 2nd

 How big is messy Julia?!?  

SOOOOO big!!!

 Just hanging out on April 16th

 She loves the swing!!  

April 18th

April 24th

May 1st

 Nightly game of steal the paci (pas pas as Ella calls it)

April 19th

 She's fast!!!

April 21st

 Busy in the cabinets on April 25th

 She's such a good helper in the kitchen these days

April 25th

 Sweet girl.

May 3rd

 Passed out later that afternoon on our way to the park

 Playing while Ella was in swim lessons-May 4th

 Giving a little kiss

 She has discovered the dishwasher and loves to "help"

May 5th

 Up to no good with her buddy, Kannon who is exactly 2 months older than her

 The day before she turned 8 months she started pulling up.  Here she goes!

 Lots of sisterly love on her 8 month birthday.  

Everything is in her mouth these days!!  We are always scanning the room to make sure that all small pieces are picked up; however, she is pretty amazing at finding even the smallest of crumbs.

 Happy 8 months baby girl!! Love you so much.