I am 2 weeks behind on posting Liv's 8 month post because we have had a crazy month but I am so excited to share all that she has learned to do this month and how much she has grown! In honor of Halloween I decided to shoot her picture in her costume... isn't she the cutest kitty ever!?!?! Also this month we have OFFICIALLY started the baby proofing process... I feel like everyday there is something new that poses a risk to my little explorer! This has greatly improved my prayer life! ;)

This month she learned to:

stand up without holding onto anything

you can tell she is wanting to walk... I imagine it wont be long now

say momma... pretty sure she is not just talking about me though :( 

eat more solid foods

she got two front bottom teeth this month (they are the cutest)

she now rides in style in her "Big girl" car seat

celebrate Daddy's birthday

go trick or treating

give kisses... they aren't the prettiest but we love them

we officially finished reading the Jesus Storybook Bible the first of many times through

Her favorite things this month:

her stuffed pig "Bacon" & stuffed bunny "Mr. Bunny" (original names... I know)

her Wubbanub pacis

food

the church nursery & all of her friends in it (ESPECIALLY the BOYS) poor Daddy :(

to play with all of her toys

the coffee table

Mommy's Stella & Dot jewelry

Daddy's CD At the Cross

grapes

to be outside

her nursery

the iPhone :(

car rides
to crawl... all over the place

bath time

books

look at herself in the mirror or in pictures/videos

to babble and talk all the time

the DVD's

boxes

music
to pull clothes out of the laundry basket
the baby wipes package
to stand
to laugh
to throw things
the word "No"... she hears it a lot and laughs when we tell it to her... Lord help us! 

her grandparents... even PoPo ;)

Brinkley's feet and ears... poor Brink 

Freedom! 

to get into things... especially things she isn't supposed to (like the DVD's)

Things she hates this month:

TO SIT STILL

she is becoming less in love with naps :(

people in scary halloween costumes

to have her diaper changed... we have become the masters at distracting her

to be confined in any way imaginable
to sit in her highchair
her pack and play
to be tired or hungry

Her sizes this month:

9-12 months in clothes

size 3 diapers

20 pounds

New places she has been: 

Galveston

BJ's Brewery

Potbelly

Odessa
Olive Garden

the mall

Target

Walmart

Here are some of my favorite pictures from this month: 

 leopard love

 eating her favorite grapes

projecting images on the ceiling of the car 

 we love car trips! 

 play time! 

 shopping at Target is so much more fun when you have a hat fashion show! 

 I actually caught a picture of the VERY first time she stood up on her own!


first pumpkin patch


Liv's first pumpkin


Happy Halloween!


Boo! 

We are already halfway to 9 months and I am so excited to see what all she learns to do by then!