Poppy . 8 months

Poppy has been pulling out all stops.

She decided to pack in a ton of new developments in her seventh month.

Her hair grew in thicker and longer. Goodbye, mullet.

Poppy started crawling on her belly and on her hands/knees.

She became very vocal, babbling all the time. Baaa-baaa. Daaa-daaa. Okay, where's the maaa-maaa!
Poppy has pulled up on the couch, crib, and toys to a standing position. She loves to crawl to wherever Wells is and climb on him. He enjoys this most of the time. They are playing so well together right now. Wells is very gentle with her. Sometimes, he's to rough or loud and Poppy gets startled. He continuously apologizes and gives millions of kisses. And, she survives. Poppy can get back to sitting position from laying on her belly or standing. This development has really helped her learn to play and enjoy independent play so much more.

Poppy loves to wave bye-bye. She does it all the time. A few times as we were leaving somewhere she would wave and follow my cue of saying ba-bye. She loves to mimic whatever I'm doing.

She started eating anything and everything in sight. We are currently thriving with the Baby Led Weaning method of food introduction. She doesn't mind getting messy and is just happy to gum her food. She also loves water. She hasn't met a flavor she doesn't like. New foods this month are: blueberries, squash, pumpkin, mango, peas, kale, chicken, bread, rice, cilantro, black beans, and green beans. We are holding off on giving her banana again because her face turned bright red the last time she ate it.

Speaking of gumming, I will be surprised if she doesn't cut her first tooth very soon.

Poppy was sick for the first time ever with a cold. Poor girl. She would laugh and laugh when I sucked out her nose though.

Poppy was dunked in the ocean a few times. I practiced dunking her and she loved it. She loves being in water even when it's cold and salty. More than water, she loves to be sitting, crawling, and laying in the sand. She loves how it feels and (yuck!) tastes.

On Easter, we had her baptized at Linquist beach at the sunrise service two days shy of 8 months old. She was a champ. Everything in the world is shining bright after her dunk.

Happy Eight Months, Love Pop.