8 Months

Emma is 8 months old today!  She's growing up so fast!

Emma loves to play.  She loves anything she can get her hands on, and always finds it so fascinating.

 She's also starting to love Peek-a-Boo.  You put the blanket over her and she throws it off as fast as she can.  It's so funny!  (Sadly she just wants to grab the camera so you don't get the full effect.)

Excuse my sweaty gym face.

This month she's really taking off crawling.  She's gone from scooting to tummy off the floor!  Which means she's also into everything.  She's just like my parent's dog, Tilly...she likes to get anything she knows she's not supposed to get into and ignores the stuff she's allowed to play with!  Her latest thing is trying to play with the cable box, the internet modem and the router.  As soon as she's on the floor anywhere remotely near those things she races over and I pull her away and she laughs and crawls right back.  It is a little funny, but she's still a stinker.

(I apologize in advance...I didn't realize the microphone was on my side of the camera so you can hear me pretty loud!)

She now loves to eat just about anything.  Especially if you are eating it.  When we all sit down for dinner she freaks out if you are eating something different than she is and will continue to freak out until you give her some of your food.
She still makes the funniest faces.

 

 Emma also loves to brush her teeth.

Unfortunately she is is struggling with sleep.  Or rather I'M struggling with her sleep.  She has night terrors and we believe they are getting more intense because when she wakes up she screams a lot more intensely.  and now she freaks out any time you try and put her to sleep...and I mean FREAKS out!  Like it takes a few minutes to calm her down after she's worked herself up.  It doesn't matter if its nap time or bed time or that she's tired.  Unless she is completely exhausted she will throw a huge fit!  And she now will only nap for 30 minutes at a time.  Why? I don't don't know, but its really frustrating.  Anyone have any suggestions?  Because I have no idea how to help her!
She's still fun though.  She's definitely more active.  She likes to play with you and her giggle is so cute!  I also love going to the store and without fail at least 1 person tells me how cute she is.  And she is definitely cute! You can't help but love her.