Lil Miss is 8 months old

Teagan is 8 months today - I can't believe it! and she is doing just great. Her personality continues to shine and we are loving it. This past month it seems like Teagan is growing up way too fast. She mastered crawling within a week and went on to learn pulling herself up and standing. Yesterday she even took a couple steps with the assistance of a dragon scooter/ walker toy she received for Christmas. I have a feeling that she'll be walking on her own way too soon as well.

She's really starting to repeat what she sees. Her ability to clap is improving. She now will clap pretty much whenever you do. Her feet are constantly moving with excitement. The other day Grandma C and her were sitting on the ground both moving their feet in unison as a game. This past month we've also noticed that she's a lot more talkative. Constantly blabbing, laughing, making noises - finding her voice. She'll catch us off guard sometimes with a huge screech or sound and we just have to laugh. I've often wondered how her voice is going to sound when she can say words - Even more now I think we have to start baby proofing the house. We've replaced some outlet covers and put a lock on the bottom freezer. Up next is more outlets and the oven door locks. Now that she is pulling herself up on EVERYTHING I'm noticing more dangerous areas for her at our house. Do they make covers for bath tub knobs because if they do - we need them.

She got her first hair cut this month. Just a small trim but it made all the difference with styling her hair. It's long enough to put into a pony on top the head like Pebbles Flinstone and short enough that it's not out of control flying away like it was before. Hopefully with the trim it will grow out nicer this time around.

She is currently wearing 9 month clothing and will soon be getting into 12 month. I've noticed her slowing down - it seems like she's been wearing the 9 month clothing more than she ever did her 3 or 6 month clothing. I'm sure she'll be in 12 or 18 month clothing just as long, if not longer.

Her daily schedule is something like this -

Wake up for the day between 7 and 8. Depending on how early she wakes up she may take a mid-morning nap for about 45 minutes. If she can make it until around 10 or 10:30 - we're lucky enough for a 3 hour nap. She'll eat cereal before her nap and have lunch afterwards. She'll wake up from her main nap around 2 and be ready for another sometime in the evening. Dinner is around 7:15 and bed time is usually around 8 or 8:30. She sleeps all night (most nights, if she's not teething).

Teagan loves; Cabo, Cabo's water dish, splashing during bath time, Tickles from Daddy and Smiles from Mommy. Oh and JUMPING - she cannot stand still. More times than not when she is being held, her knees are bending and she is bobbing up and down with a huge smile on her face and laughing.

Teagan does not like; Water being poured over her head at bath time, Shoes (she always kicks them off), Getting dressed - it's something about putting her arms in the long sleeves, putting her coat on etc.

This whole month it seems that Teagan is teething - trying to get those top two teeth to come in. Three or so weeks ago her top gums were so inflamed I swore they would pop through any day. They're still up there causing her discomfort and pain - thank you Orajel and Tylenol. (Update) we noticed tonight that her top left is just starting to pop through. :)