Jane's eigth month has been exciting to say the least. She's kept me on my toes, as she is mobile and extremely curious. She's tasted cat food at least three times. At least she's stayed out of the diaper pail and litter box thus far. Smart girl. She's now got two bottom teeth poking through her gums, continues to nurse pretty well, and goes down for naps when I want her to for the most part. She's standing often and even cruises a little bit, but she hasn't quite gotten the hang of that yet, as she falls down often while transferring. Her 'speech' is developing, this month her sounds are mainly made with unique 'tongue' sounds, I don't know how to explain it, I've been trying to capture that on video and have a few good takes. Darn it, she always does the cutest things before I pull out the camera, then refuses to repeat for the camera. So hopefully the videos will remind Jeff and I of the really cute stages she goes through when she is older. I knew that I was going to love this stage (abt 3-9 months is what I think my favorite age is for kids) and I do. I wish I could freeze her in time and make it last longer while it is so enjoyable and I'm getting the hang of it. Now she's just gonna grow and move into the next stage and I'll have to learn something new. It's fun to watch her explore. Even now, as she tries to monopolize the keyboard. Thank goodness I picked up that play table last week, there she goes. Distracted! Oh and she loves food and snacks of all kinds. Pretty much. I broke my own rule this morning and fed her chocolate cake and a little bit of cheese. She loved both. Another development, only in the past couple of weeks, is dancing. When music comes on that she likes, she will sway her whole body if standing, and if sitting will bob her head side to side. It's so darn cute to watch a baby dancing for the first time. I'm sure it will become a regular occurrence, as we listen to a lot of music around here.
