Eight Months

• Finally started showing intrest in food, starting with the chocolate coating on a milkyway bar
• Tried pears, zucchini, bananas, peaches, apples, squash, peas, soy beans, avacado, lemons, and oranges
• Likes to try to chew on bananas
• Doesn't want mashed food. Would rather have solids
• Military crawls everywhere
• Getting stranger anxietys
• Thinks the swings are fun

Seven Months

• Two bottom teeth came in
• Can scoot backwards, but doesn't do it very often
• Claps hands together often
• Can pass items from one hand to the other fairly well
• Mimics people
• Has minor stranger anxieties and sometimes panics when Mom leaves the room
• Giggles and cries at the same time
• Pulls herself forward in attempt to crawl
• Loves to stand up and bounce or jump
• Makes the indian call all by herself now

Six Months

• Holds conversations with her toys and with people. Sometimes very loudly
• Sits up by herself (still falls over sometimes)
• Caught swine flu but stayed in a good mood the whole time

• Still a grouch when woken up, but super plesant the rest of the time
• Can hold toys easily, and starting to pass toys from one hand to another
• Giggles often
• Cries when she hears the lower notes on the harmonica, but is over it now
• Loves to tear wrapping paper
• Loves paper
• Talks, squeals
• Plays Patty Cake
• Tried solids. Oatmeal, Zucchini, Butternut Squash, and Apples. None went over well, but Apples did make it across the kitchen
• Likes it when you help her make the indian call

Five Months

• Rolled over from back to stomach
• Enjoyed first Thanksgiving
• Tried Dill Pickle juice
• Likes to watch the world from upside down
• Teething has disrupted her sleep
• Giggles
• Blows raspberries when upset
• Watches EVERYTHING
• Did her first black Friday Shopping
• Survived a 7 day trip up to Washington
• Scratches anything that looks interesting
• Gets pissed off when she starts to fall asleep
• Easily upset by her toys. Especially the turtles

• Length fits 6-9mo clothing
• Enjoys sucking on her own toes
• Found her shreiky voice
• Starting to suck thumb more
• Sleeps with one eye open

Black Friday

Evelyn's first Black Friday Experience. Going out at 2am to stand in line at Target in WET, windy Washington. What a wonderful daddy for doing the dirty work of staying outside and letting Evelyn and me stay warm and toasty in the truck.

3:41am... Almost time for Target to open