Adah is 8 MONTHS!

This is all I have for photos of Adah this month. The ones in her chair are about a week overdue and the photo of her peeking over her bassinet in the camper is her on her actual day of 8 months. Side note: she is not going to be able to use that bed the next time we go camping!

I am in amazement that it has been 8 months already since I gave birth to Adah. The past months have been so busy and gone by way too fast. How do you ever really stand still in time? I would love to pause every stage for a little longer. It's not hard to believe how fast Adah is changing though since it seems like every time she wakes up she knows something more then when she laid down. Here are a few of the things Adah has been up to the past month...

Adah puts her knees under her and gets up on her elbows and rocks forward and back. It is adorable. You can tell the wheels are turning in her head as she tries to figure out how that will someday help her get to where she wants to go! She can also get up on her hands but it's rarely when her knees are under her and when she does she quickly plops down on her belly or face (6/30/10).

Adah started sitting up unassisted for long periods of time on 7/1/10. She is an absolute pro at this now that I am writing this almost a month later!

Adah is doing a great job getting up on her hands and knees regularly and rocks back and forth but still doesn't have the skill! (7/7/10)

Adah is really starting to 'talk'. 7/7/10-she just woke up in such a good mood and has been really vocal all day (babababa, mamamama, nanananana).

Adah is definitely saying Mama 7/8/10 and knows what it means.

Adah is still getting up on her hands and knees but doesn't quite know how to coordinate it. She will lunge forward off her knees though and move into a fast army crawl 7/12/10. She is getting around everywhere now.

Adah is getting into anything she can find...this puts Kezzie a little on edge 7/17/10!

Adah's schedule looks a little like this at 8 months old:

7:00am wake and nurse

8:30am about 1/4C cereal mixed with pumped breast milk

9:00am nap time

10:30/11am wake and nurse

11:30am give our best try at veggies...again-while mom and big sis eat lunch!

1:30/2pm nurse and bed (she will sometimes fall asleep in my arms)

3:30/4pm wake

4:30/5pm nurse

After nursing she sits in high chair while I make supper and she has raw fruit in her mesh bag thing or puffs to snack on.

5:30/6pm another try at veggies! (she loves carrots, hates/gags on sweet peas and green beans and her tummy doesn't handle sweet potatoes well).

6/6:30pm 1/4C cereal mixed with 1/8C fruit and water

7:30 start getting ready for bed

7:30ish nurse and falls asleep in my arms and I lay her in bed!

Wow, I am busy feeding her all the time. I haven't ever really written it out like that before! She is definitely not lacking in the eating department weight wise either! She is a chunker but so cute! We love you Adah and thank God for you every day. What a beautiful addition to our family you are!