8 Months

Last month was another month full of firsts. Jill now pulls herself up to stand on pretty much anything she finds. The couch, her crib, the treadmill, the barstools, my legs, and her newest, the dog. He's not a fan.





She also loves to climb. Especially the stairs. Which is problematic because babies learn how to go UP stairs much earlier than they learn to go DOWN them safely. So baby gates it is.

Climbing the stairs.


Climbing on the treadmill.


And her newest, climbing in the dishwasher.


She also loves crawling in, around, and through everything. Especially squeezing through tight spaces.

Crawling behind the couch.


Crawling behind the table.


Crawling through the table.



Climbing under the barstool.



She finds a way to fit between anything.


We went to another Giants game this month. Decided to take a chance and do a night game, even though the game started right at Jill's bedtime. She did great! Took maybe a 30 minute snoozer while there, otherwise she had a blast watching everything and charming the people behind us. What a trooper.



Still not aware that some toys are the dog's. Blackjack doesn't quite know how to deal with the issue.


Blackjack as a little girl. Couldn't resist trying the hat on him.


Bribing a baby. Starting young.


Swing time!


Some meals don't go as well as others.

I crawl, and I climb!

Jill is officially crawling. And not just army crawling, she's been doing that for weeks. She is up on her hands and knees now and also climbs on everything. The stairs, her toys, the bumbo, the dog . . . whatever is in her way, she just climbs right up and over it.

Swimming

Jill loves the water! And I am determined she will take after me and FLOAT, unlike her dad and his side of the family. They swear they all sink in water and can't float. So this is our first attempt at getting little Jill to learn to not only swim, but FLOAT.

Baby's first bikini.

Tuckered out after an outing at the pool.

7 Months

Newest things this month:

Jill is army crawling everywhere! And especially fast when the dog pulls out one of his squeaky toys. She loves his toys. And Blackjack knows it!

We have found some foods so far that Jill is not fond of. I've tried butternut squash like 10 times now and every time she makes faces and gags. Strange, because she loves regular squash and winter squash. Corn isn't going so well either. Perhaps it's the color yellow?

Jill can push herself up on her hands and knees now and rock back and forth. And she just learned to push herself into a sitting position from her belly. So we find her in the crib in the morning sitting up playing, too cute.

Teasing the dog. Notice Blackjack's tongue, Steve is bribing him with treats!


Look, I'm standing!

What a cheeseball.



Playing nicely together.

Getting into mischief.

Climbing.

When I go over to the computer on my desk, Jill books it across the room and slides between the chair and the desk so she can do this:

But then she gets bored and decides to go for the cords.


At a friend's 1st birthday party.

The 4 hour party was just too much for her. She crashed on Dad's shoulder.

6 Months

I cannot even believe Jill is 6 months already! (actually, she's almost 7 now, but I just got her pictures from the photo shoot). She has two bottom teeth that she got at 5 months, and she is army crawling pretty fast across the room. She still loves her solids. She has yet to not like something. Carrots, peas, squash, apples, peaches, pears, beans, tomatoes . . . she likes it all!

27.5 inches (96th percentile)
15 lbs 13 oz (47th percentile)












And some other pictures from home: