RAEGAN: Eight Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- What a difference a month makes. This girl is rapidly growing up! She has two new teeth-- these ones are her front top teeth, she crawls like a champ, pulls herself up and cruises on everything and can even stand for a few seconds by herself and... this might be the death of me... but she's trying to go up the stairs. Heaven help us. She even got a new haircut... her long, stringy locks were getting pretty bad looking. So, in an effort to make her not look homeless, Isaac cut off all her shaggy hair. 

EIGHT MONTH STATS: 

• NONE THIS MONTH

EATING: Loves eating real food, and downs baby food like nobody's business. Gets excited to have any food in her hands to pick up and devour. 


SLEEPING: Sleeps through the night, but sometimes wakes up REALLY early... you know, 4:30 or 5. Thankfully she'll go back to sleep for a few hours. 

WEARING: Nine month and twelve month


INTERESTING TIDBITS:  

Started crawling at the beginning of March. Just a few days later she started pulling herself up on things. First on me while I was sitting or laying down on the ground, and then on anything and everything she could grasp onto. 

She loves our playroom... particularly standing up and pulling everything out of the dollhouse. 

She is a busy, busy girl and puts EVERYTHING in her mouth and likes to rip up anything she can. 

Her sisters are all little mothers to her. Marin wants to carry her everywhere (ugh), Paige likes to sit down with her and pull her all around while in her lap, and Britta likes to feed her as well as tell her what she should and should not be doing. 

She got sick last week. She had a fever for two straight days and nights. One night it got up to 102.4. She was miserable. After the fever went away, she got a weird rash up her tummy, back and neck that lasted for a few days. Isaac thinks it was roseola. 

This was one of those days she wasn't feeling too hot. Poor girl. 

RAEGAN: Seven Months Old

RICHLAND, WASH. -- We sure love this girl! She got her first tooth-- her first two teeth, actually. Right on the bottom. Is starting to rock back and forth getting ready to crawl. Can now sit up from laying down, all by herself. 

SEVEN MONTH STATS: 

• No stats this month

SLEEPING: Solid morning naps, solid afternoon naps. Most days. Sleeps pretty well at nighttime. Wakes up once in the middle of the night sometimes, but not every night. Is usually awake by 6 or 6:30, but will go back to sleep for another hour or two usually. 

WEARING: Some six month clothes, some nine/12 months too. 

INTERESTING TIDBITS:  Rocks back and forth on her hands and legs, wanting to crawl so badly. 


Loves looking at books-- and tearing them if they are tearable. 

She gets so excited when she sees me, it's still my favorite thing. Big huge open mouth smile, and wildly waves her arms and legs. 

Cries when I set her down to play and walk away (usually to get something done). 


EATING: Loves food and drinking juice (or water) from the water bottle. Gets really excited when she knows she's about to get some food to eat.