What?... Eight months?

Tomorrow is Juliann's eight month birthday. It seems like a dream. I just can't seem to grasp how time is zooming by. She has definitely come a long way since she was born. She's sleeping really great most of the time, drinking out of a sippy cup, giving very sweet and wet kisses and she's a great eater. She chows down on her rice cereal, baby food, fruits and something new every now and then. Over the past couple weeks of experimentation, we've found that she likes pretty much everything that we give her. So far, we know that she likes pickles, rootbeer, lettuce, any and every candy and chocolate lick, cheese (kind of), pretzels, and other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting. Most of the unhealthy stuff she can thank Daddy for letting her taste. :) She's still not crawling. Well, I guess I should say, she can't crawl forward yet. But she's great at scooting backwards. I often find her all frustrated and backed all the way into a corner, not able to get out, and with no toys in reach. I wouldn't think it was that big of a deal, but it seems like every other baby her age has been crawling for months now. There's a baby boy at church a month older than her that can do TONS of stuff, like say all kinds of words and animal sounds, crawl really fast, stand up pick up cheerios with two fingers and eat them, he has like a hundred teeth by now... and the list goes on. I must admit I'm slightly jealous, but I should just remember that his mom's probably jealous of me since Juliann's not all over the house getting into everything, right? I'm trying not to rush her, but every now and then I give her a little crawling lesson.

Here are some pictures of the big girl:




This is her new favorite toy. Interesting...