8 Months

Wow! 8 months old. We affectionately refer to Evelyn as a "Maniac." She's kind of wild, constantly on the move! We love her personality, it leaves us laughing. Evy has been crawling for about a week and is pulling herself up to standing. She's sure to get a huge smile on her face if you hold her hands and let her "walk" around. She loves to snuggle her face into her brown teddy bear from Grandma S. and her pink bear from Grandma C. We're really original and have named her bears Brown Bear and Pink Bear.

In addition to 4 bottles a day Evelyn is eating cereal and all kinds of other baby foods. She likes all of the foods and has only rejected Gerber Puffs. She also isn't a fan of Cheerios...the drama queen gags when they touch her lip. All this eating leaves her weighing about 20 pounds. She is a very good sleeper at night, but will often only sleep 30 minutes, an entire day, at daycare. This leaves her pretty cranky in the evenings and I've resorted to taking the long drive home from daycare in order to get her to take a snooze in the car.

Evy loves stoller rides and gets big smiles on her face when she sees her neighborhood friends Ellie, JJ and Gavin. Gavin can't understand why Evy doesn't have any teeth, hopefully those teeth will show up some day. Evy also loves drinking out of her sippy cup and it serves as our "go-to" form of entertainment when she gets cranky.

She has been battling ear infections for the past two months with 4 diagnosed infections and 4 rounds of antibiotics. We visit the Ear Nose and Throat specialist later this week to see if she's a good candidate for tubes.

We have our hands full but don't mind the load.