Happy 8 Months Carys!

CareBear is 8 months old! November seriously flew by... I feel like I was just writing her 7 month blog...each month goes by so fast, its crazy!

Our baby girl is 16lbs and probably around 26in (I haven't measured her so I'm guessing on her length) 

she is such a happy baby... from the time she was born she has always had such an easy going personality. she loves to smile and laugh. she is also great around "strangers" and family she hasn't seen in awhile. she loves people! it doesn't really seem like she has stranger anxiety (which is very common around this age)

Carys is on her way to sleeping through the night, yaaaaay!!!! She has only slept through the night (completely) once... but she doesn't really eat in the middle of the night anymore. If she wakes up Chris or I will go in there and comfort her and usually she'll go right back to sleep. She sleeps about 12 hours a night and takes 2 naps a day.

when we are sitting down on the floor with her she loves climbing into our laps and pulling herself up to standing (what she is doing in this picture)

Carys loves her daddy!

i'm posting this picture to embarrass Chris... maybe he'll stop making weird faces when i take pictures now ;)

in my last post i wrote about how Carys has learned to pull herself up in her crib (which we have lowered finally). so of course her new favorite thing to do is pull up on anything she can reach

she also has started doing this (i'm not sure what you would call it) but she'll put her hands on top of a toy and lift herself up halfway

Carys and her BFF London (our friends Billy and Barbara's 4mo. old daughter)
They are so cute! I can't wait until they can run around and play together... I'm sure that day will be here before we know it!

here is a good picture of her two teeth

Happy 8 Months Carys!

we need to drop the crib!

Over the past couple of days Carys has started pulling up on things a little bit. She hadn't been able to get her whole body up... and b/c she still hadn't gotten the hang of it quite yet we haven't dropped her crib down. Well today I was doing something and I put her in her crib really quick and when I came back to get her this is how I found her...

She was SO excited about her new trick! When it was time for her nap all she wanted to do was stand up and basically try to jump out (which was freaking me out!)... time to drop the crib I suppose.

grandma & grandpa visit Carys

my mom and dad came over to visit Carys (and I). As always Carys had a great time playing with her grandparents all day! Here are some pictures...

rainy tuesday

i haven't posted in awhile so here are some pictures of Carys on this rainy tuesday...

big girl drinking a glass of water

 while i was taking a shower Chris fed Carys her dinner and he videotaped it. i edited the video b/c the first part was just of her eating. the part that i wanted to share was of Chris letting her drink a glass of water all by herself (which i have never done). very cute... and funny :)

the baby has taken over!

Carys was not excited about her closed off play-yard AKA baby jail... it didn't give her that much room to crawl around and she wants room to play and crawl! I was tired of hearing her whine so I basically gave the WHOLE family room to her... this is her new setup. I know it looks tacky b/c I had to block things off with a laundry basket,her changing pad and boppy, but I don't really care b/c if she is happy than I am happy! 

Carys and her things have taken over!

here are some more pics of her playing

someone found her basket of bibs... again, more amused by something mundane that's not her toy, but hey if it keeps her entertained she can play with her bibs all day long!

she was having fun banging her little feet against the wall...she got a kick out of it! lol

classic Carys photo

showing off her first two teeth coming in