Meredith is 8 months old!

 Who's who???  Can you tell which is Meredith and which is Madilynn?

 

I think the brown hair is what gives it away.

Notice when Madilynn was 8 months she was into standing up (so long as she was holding on to something)...Meredith isn't quite there yet....but she is getting better.

 

 

 

Here they are in the dress I made (with lots of help from Aunt Rose) - Madilynn however is 7 months old when she is wearing it, and Meredith is 8.

She still loves to suck on her two fingers.

She is a very happy, laid back baby....she loves clapping.

 She is also starting to become more vocal - and has already realized she has to be LOUD to be heard! She says what sounds like "Ma-ma", and sometimes she really does direct it at me!

She still just has her two bottom teeth, though I think a third is on it's way. We have had several sleepless nights lately and her bottom gums look pretty swollen.

Go figure - Madilynn NEVER sits for photos - yet today she came and sat in on Meredith's photos....so of course I had to get a couple of them together.

 

Meredith is just about a full time crawler. Just today she has been crawling more than she has been doing her army crawl. She is into everything - and anything she comes in contact with goes straight into her mouth! She has to be right where her sister is - which so far is ok - Madilynn (for the most part) enjoys having her right there with her. Of course if she doesn't want her to get something she is playing with she is quick to let her know - I often hear "No - Baby Sister". Meredith is starting to show her displeasure when you take things away from her - she definitely gets mad!

And when you hold her she is quick to turn herself around so she can see what is going on!

 

A few photos from the past month....

 

She is quick - and you never know where you are going to find her!

 

Our little Crawler!

Here she is on Saint Patrick's Day!

Madilynn loves having Meredith in her tent with her!

(Notice Tugger's fuzzy ear in the foreground....he's usually not too far away either!)

 

Ready for her to sleep more at night - this past month as not been much fun. Though, she did have some sort of sinus infection at one point, and now I think teeth are the issue. We've really been working hard to make sure she gets enough to eat during the day so she doesn't have to eat so often at night! She is really starting to let you know what she likes to eat and what she doesn't. Quite the opposite of Madilynn she likes to eat her vegetables, and isn't much a fan of fruit! (especially peaches - she really doesn't seem to like them)

 

We go back to the Dr for a nine month check up - will get an update on her height and weight then.

(She is probably somewhere around 16 pounds currently based on our last appointment.)

 

Until next time!