8 Months

8 Months on February 11th,  2014

Weight: 15 pounds 6 ounces (14th percentile) 

Photo shoots were easier when Abby couldn't move!  She's much too busy for them now.

Here's a couple of good pictures and a couple of outtakes!

  

 

You mean I shouldn't be eating my toes right now?!?

Most of the pictures turned out like this...blurry from movement!

 Happenings from the last month:

We celebrated Christmas (a bit late) with the John Zins' family.  Luke loved giving Abby toys while she was sitting in the highchair.  Can you see her behind all of them?  They are quite the crew!

Scott went to Florida to golf with his high school friends.  Grandma and Grandpa Burkhardt came to visit for the weekend while he was away.  This picture also shows her spiky hair!  There's no taming it down.

Abby still likes to jump and is gearing up for the Olympics!

Abby moves herself around by getting up on all fours, but she pushes backwards and ends up beneath this chair or the couch. 

She also manages to get herself into her toy cubes and then can't get out!

Check out the hair!  I assure you it's not static...it's like this EVERYDAY.  It stays flat for about 1 minute after her bath, but as soon as it's dry it sticks straight up.  My hair did this when I was little, too. 

(Sure hope daddy didn't want to read this magazine!)

She loves to clap!

Additional Notes:

• Abby has some great friends at daycare. Ellie and Josephine love baby Abby!  I picked her up from daycare one day and Josephine actually cried because she was leaving.  
• We met baby Sophia Meyer when she was 5 weeks old.  She's such a cutie and has a full head of hair already!
• Abby is pushing her tummy off the floor and getting into the crawling position.  She pushes herself backwards and gets stuck under the couch and chair!
• I put Abby to bed on her back, but usually she rolls over to sleep on her tummy.
• Mommy turned 33.  School was canceled for the 3rd time due to extremely cold temperatures. Kelly Zins came over and we celebrated at Teresa's Mexican Restaurant.  Abby snoozed through dinner.  (School was canceled an additional 2 days throughout the month for more cold days. I've gotten so many bonus days with Abby this winter. Yah!)
• Quite a while ago, Abby would shake her head no-no if you did it first.  She hasn't done it for a while, but started again. One night, Scott asked her if she wanted to go to bed and she shook her head.  She doesn't know what it means, but it sure is cute. 
• She has added mamamamamamamma to her repertoire.  ; )