the little gypsy

Nana came to town!

8 months (and a week or so)

It is so hard to believe that Mila is only 4 months away from being ONE!

She is such a character and has a devilish sense of humor 

(I can't imagine where she got that).

She now has 2.75 teeth. Basically, two bottom teeth, one upper tooth that is still working its way into a prominent position, and a second upper tooth that is just peeking through. Regardless, those teeth can cause some serious damage to a nipple, a coffee table, books, or, weirdly enough, forearms (which she loves to bite).

Mila gave baby food about a moment's consideration before deciding she was on to bigger and better things.

She likes solids. And she will wash them down with water out of a cup that she holds herself, thank you.

So far, she has eaten (and enjoyed):

broccoli, carrots, toast, rice cereal, puff snacks, cheese, chicken, banana, oranges, tangerines, a french fry, avocado, a taste of chocolate, strawberry... that's all I can remember right now.

If it is edible, she wants it.

She is making strides towards crawling but no real self-powered movement yet (aside from throwing herself into the crawling position).

She is very verbal... and chats all the time, even while eating or nursing.

She can grasp anything and has great pincers. 

She understands object permanence and gets that reflections are just that (no matter how hard I try to convince her that the baby in the mirror is someone else).

She also waves to people when we say hello and goodbye.

Her favorite game is when you sneak up on her and tickle her belly.

She also loves flying in her rocket ship (pictured above).

She makes us laugh every single day and already has more sass than most women ever dream!

These past 8 months have been challenging with school/wedding planning/and so many other obligations... but Mila is the most incredible person and we are so lucky to be her mama and dada.

Hello, Seattle!

Newspaper Debut

This photo was taken for the DNews (a Pullman/ Moscow area newspaper) about our little swim class.

Mila is practicing using her arms to move forward... though truthfully she just wanted to get that lamb in her mouth.

cups and stripes

chillin

 I said no pictures!!!!

 baby gang signs?