8 months

Harper turned 8 months old on Sunday.  How is that possible?!?  Here is what she is up to at the moment...

She weighs about 16# 5 ounces.  She still wears size 2 diapers and is wearing 6 month, 9 month or 6-12 month clothes.

She still sleeps anywhere from 10 to 12 hours at night {usually it's about 10.5 hours} and takes 2 good naps a day.  I'm almost afraid to admit this, but naps have been going wonderfully lately.  Harper puts herself to sleep quickly with no fussing at all.  I hope I don't regret writing this...

She still nurses 5 times a day and still refuses baby food {well, she pretty much refuses any food that she can't feed herself}.  She does demand that I give her food off of my plate at dinner... so she has eaten cooked broccoli, carrots, green beans, pasta, avocado, banana, sweet potato, and toast, and I just started giving her plain cheerios today.  The only baby food that she'll eat are the "Healthy Times" teething biscuits.  She can spend an hour on one of those.  And then she needs a bath.

She loves going on walks in the stroller.  Harper and I have gone on a walk almost every single morning the past couple months, and Jason, Harper and I sometimes go on a stroll to the park in the evenings.  We push Harper in the baby swing and she loves that, too.

I took her to Gymboree last week and she loved it.  We'll be going weekly now.

She amazes me every day with the new stuff she'll do.  The other night when I was giving her a bath, I asked if she was ready for me to wash her hair and she looked down and squeezed her eyes shut.  Such a smart little girl.

I love her laugh, her squeals, and the noises she makes when she's playing independently.  I love that she is so happy :)