Lily Kate at 8 Months

Lily Kate turned 8 months old yesterday! I spent the entire day looking at her and thinking...how is this even possible? Lily is still the happiest and sweetest baby ever! We have been very blessed by her personality and how easy going she is. She still loves people but is starting to get a little (very little) upset when mommy leaves her with someone new. Lily Kate is IN TO EVERYTHING! I wish I had more pictures of her silly actions but she is so fast I hardly have time to chase her let alone get her picture. She army crawls as fast as can be and she recently has started pulling up on things...mainly us but on furniture as well. I love this stage and hate it as well because I look around and see all of the things she could bonk herself on. Lily had her first trip to the pool this past week and LOVED it! She was in the water for 2 hours and had a blast. She would kick her legs and splash her hands and laugh so much. It was the cutest thing ever! She continues to be a great sleeper and, as you can see, a great eater. I would say her favorite food right now is anything that involves fruit. She is, or would like to be, on a veggie strike right now so we have to creative in how she gets those. I have been trying to make more veggie/fruit combos and that seems to work-for now. She has started snacking on Puffs and Cheerios. She might get one of every 10 in her mouth but when she does she is thrilled! You can tell she thinks she is so big when she pops one of those in her mouth. We did end up starting her back on her Prevacid this month. She began spitting up and fussing at bedtime again. Poor girl - but the medicine is helping so we are thankful for that. Oh! Lily seems to be starting to try to wave and clap her hands. She cannot do it yet but when we clap in front of her she holds her hands and shakes them like she is trying to copy us. It is adorable and, in my opinion, brag worthy :). She is just so sweet and so darn cute...you cannot help but smile whenever you look at her. We are so very excited to see her learning so many new things but I wish she would slow down just a little bit.