The Smiths: August 2008

Sunday, August 31, 2008

Emma is 8 months old!

Thursday Emma turned 8 months old! She is do so many things and changing so much these days!

In the last month, she has learned to push up into a sitting position on her own, and she is getting around everywhere! Last Saturday she crawled a bit in the traditional manner, on her hands and knees. But mostly she gets around by doing her own move that we call the “Sit and Spin”. She leans forward on her hands and then spins her body around and sits back down, ending up facing a completely different direction. She does this all around the room and can get just about anywhere. She’s crawling after the kitties, and has even caught them a few times and grabbed some fur. Today she cornered Anya and Anya hissed at her, but didn’t scratch her, thankfully!

Emma's first tooth finally pushed through on Friday. She was chewing on everything, even her own hand, so that I decided to feel in her mouth, and I felt the tooth poking out. She won't sit still and let me look at it, but it's there. She’s eating more solid food, and really enjoys almost everything. She’s not crazy about prunes though!