Eight is Great

Presley Ann's eighth month has been an adventure, the only other thing that could add more to the month is if she cut more teeth (which wouldn't surprise me).  She was kinda crawling right after Christmas, but now she is full throttle.  That includes crawling into the kitchen to dump the doggie bowl, into the laundry room to turn over a basket, and into the office to get the dog bone.

After we mastered crawling we started to pull up.  It absolutely amazes me that it takes all of one afternoon for them to go from being on the floor to upright and moving around.  She loves pulling up on anything and in return we have had a lot of bumps and bruises on her forehead.  Here are some of my favorite pictures of her pulling up and what was on the other side.

I had a slightly unexpected snow day last week, so Presley and I spent the day just hanging out and doing chores.  She likes to help cook and clean, except she does more tasting that cooking and more exploring than cleaning.  When Todd got home we took Presley for a spin (or a slide) down the driveway courtesy of the twins down the street that let us borrow their saucers.  Presley likes the snow, but she doesn't like it when it touches her.

We even got invited to our first birthday party. Our friends the Willmeth's celebrate the 3rd birthday of their little girl Brooke Raeleigh at Springfield Gymnastic and it was a ton of fun for Presley.  She liked being able to crawl around everywhere and everyone and really enjoyed watching all the older kids.  We even got an adorable party favor (a little lady bug necklace with her name on it) and had strawberry cake--YUM!

We started eating our vegetables with our fingers these past few weeks.  Presley was getting really good at picking everything up with her fingers, so I thought it was time to put that new skill to good use.  The first few attempts was extremely messy, but she is getting much better and it makes dinner time fun and enjoyable again.  Todd and I get to eat dinner sitting down, talking, with Presley Ann there too.  No stop and go feeding, mom takes a bite, Presley takes a bit, dad picks up sippy cup, repeat.

It am in awe of how fast she is growing up.  I cannot believe next weekend she will be 9 months old!  How did this happen?  I thought I just brought home my pint size little love and now she is huge and smart, but she is still my little love.

Holy Cannoli

Today we are on day 6 of being sick, Momma and Dadda included, but I think I finally figured it out.  I was taking the dog toy out of Presley's mouth (a daily event in our house) and I saw somthing white.  "Oh great, paper!" I thought.  Nope, two MORE TEETH! That makes four teeth in the past two months.  She is going to be eating steak by her first birthday if she doesn't slow down.


The Christmas tree and decorations are down, the floors are moped and vaccumed of anything she could possibly put in her mouth (fingers crossed) and I am back to work tomorrow.  Looks like our little Momma-Baby vacation is over.  At least until March!