8 months (and a few days)

While I was sitting around eating bon bons and watching the Weather channel, I forgot to update Ashlyn's 8 month stats. Woops.

Ashlyn weighs in around 20 pounds... yes, she carries it well. You can hardly tell behind all those rolls. She is fitting into 12 month pajamas and pants. Guess we're skipping the 9 month clothing box of Ari's hand-me-downs.

She's pretty much officially crawling. She gets where she needs to very quickly. She can get from her back/belly to sitting upright rather quickly and rolls all over the place. It is fun to spy on her after her nap and watch her sitting up playing with her bunny.

Besides the two teeth, Ashlyn has a personality that is exuberant one minute and the next, it goes downhill when she doesn't get what she wants. She's vocal. We'll stop there.

She eats anything and everything that is put in front of her. She prefers to feed herself and independently refuses spoons in her face. So, messy meals ensue and we clean the floor four or more times a day. It's a mess, but also freeing because I can just put food in front of her and she uses her two-fists to shovel it in. She still is nursing late at night/early in the morning and is growing and thriving fast.

Ashlyn loves her sister and kicks and squeals when Ari walks in the room. They play well together but Ash grabs/hits/pulls on Ari when she's close by. Sometimes, Ari likes it and sometimes she doesn't. Sharing is tough too because technically, everything is "Ari's" and Ashlyn doesn't understand sharing at all, so many lessons of kindness are taught each day.

Can't believe its been 8 months already. Only 4 left? Are you serious...