Chloe is Eight Months Old!!

Chloe is eight months old today!!

Another week since our last blog and we have celebrated another first holiday (Happy Belated July 4th!), been on yet another road trip, and Chloe has another tooth!! We are busy people. We are tired people.

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Here's Chloe on July 4th, at McDonalds, eating Ronald McDonald cookies! Yum!

We went to Oil City this past weekend to attend my boss Jeff's wedding to Chris Ann. The nuptuals were beautiful. The reception was a lot of fun. Chloe was a champ for the whole weekend - including the near 7-hour drive each way (I have become quite the baby entertainer !!). They had a Polka band at the wedding and Chloe seemingly, and surprisingly, loved it. Brad was holding her on the floor and she was going nuts 'dancing'!! It was really cute. People were surprised how well she was hanging in there and not fussing at all. She enjoyed some mashed pototoes for dinner too!

She now has 6 teeth total! The other top one finally made a full debut this weekend along with a new lower one. It's unbelievable. And, she is quite enjoying them we think. When she eats one of her snack puffs, she now bites off little pieces where she formally just ate the puff in its entirety. Practicing I suppose, seeing what those teefers can do! I told her she is only to bite food............not Mommy! Let's hope she understands what I am saying!!!

Today she was really trying to stand solo. She goes from the crawling position, to feet on the ground, hands on the ground, butt in the air -- and that's as far as she can make it...so far. It took me a while to figure out that's what she was trying to do - I just thought it was funny the first few times. And it is. It is so amazing to watch babies grow and discover and acquire new skills, one at a time.

I have been taking Chloe in the pool a few times a week when we are home and she just loves it! It is really fun seeing how excited she gets. We don't stay too long, but it's a nice break from being closed up and it's not shopping! Yesterday I had her in there so long her lil toe toes were all wrinkled!

She is sleeping a tad better these days. Still not sleeping thru the night and I am not sure if its the teeth or hunger or both. She eats less I think than she once was. She is just not interested. She likes her snacks and her biscuits tons though and thats probably because its not 'baby food' and she can assert her independence and its crunchy and hard on her teeth. Oh well - you win some, you lose some. She will eat when she is hungry...I am not stressing about it!

Brad's parents are due in tomorrow for a visit and we are excited to have them. They will be stunned and amazed at thier granddaughter's growth since the last time we saw them. Should be a fun few days!