Madeline is 8 months!

Our sweet baby girl is already 8 months old! Wow, time flies! Life is so, so good with our sweet children. Madeline has completely blessed our lives with snuggles and that sweet baby girl charm. Over the last month, she seems to have grown so much. She is exploring lots and really likes to play with Connor's games such as memory pieces and puzzle pieces. I think she just wants to engage with Connor rather than play with her baby toys. She has mastered the army crawl, and on her 8 month birthday she began crawling with her tummy off the ground. She's officially on the move! Over the last couple weeks, she's had the same cold we've all had which included a minor fever and a runny nose. She handled it like a champ and seems to be feeling much better now. She is still not fond of baby food or purees, but enjoys sucking on watermelon, chunks of apple, pear, or peaches, teething on zucchini sticks, and eating bread or cheerios. I still attempt 2 meals a day, but she often turns her head and seals her mouth shut when I present pureed food. She might just skip baby food altogether! Maddie has been sleeping well- usually from 7:30pm-6am. Wahoo! Life is so good when we can all get a good night's sleep. She has become great at putting herself to sleep too... we just give her a pacifier, her blankie, and kiss her goodnight and she gets herself to sleep. So easy! She still naps twice a day... usually one short nap and one longer nap. She laughs often and babbles quite a bit now. She also constantly makes a raspberry sound with her lips which is so cute to listen to. Overall, we feel so blessed to have her in our family. She is our little gift from above!