Eight Months

Little Leah,

You're not so little, actually. You're the littlest Thomason, but you're getting to be so big. You're eight months old - that's 2/3 of a year!!

You are about to walk, Love. You can pull up, cruise on furniture, and this month you figured out how to push a walker, all by yourself! You can cruise across the condo, and it's so funny to see you do it because you're still so small (even though you're big for your age - still hanging out at the 95th percentile for height, wherever that came from)!

You just learned how to wave goodbye, and if we wave and say "bye bye" you'll start saying "buh buh buh" - it's so sweet watching you try to communicate! You babble a lot now - muh muh buh buh dah dah. But your favorite method of communication is still a high pitched squeal!

My favorite thing you do right now is this: when you're being held by someone else and you see me, sometimes you'll start kicking your legs - your whole legs - and your whole body will be shaking, your big gummy smile lighting up your face, your dimples showing. Oh, you're such a Mommy's girl, and I love it.

Speaking of gummy smile, you have a tooth. :) It's slowly coming in, and it's barely visible right now, but you got it. And it didn't seem to bother you at all. Which, really, is typical Leah. You're an easygoing baby!

You continue to sleep really, really well - you sleep from about 7:30 or 8:00 pm to 7:15 am or so. And then you're back down at 9:30 or 10:00 am until 11-11:30, and then again at 1:30 or so to 3-3:30. You rock the sleep routine, too. Read a book, sing a song, put you down with your Lucy, and you're done. You might cry for a second or two, but you're very soon out. Love it!

You continue to be totally awesome, sweet Leah, and your Mommy and Daddy and big sister love you so very, very much!

Love,
Mommy


(yes, this post is back-dated, because I had it mostly drafted and just forgot to publish!)