Liv turned 8 months on Friday, the 2nd. I can't believe that she is 8 months old....4 more months until she is a year! I've seriously already started planning her birthday party :). Onto what Livi is up to these days. I posted a few weeks back that she didn't gain any weight at her last appointment but she did grow an inch. I'm assuming this stall in weight gain is due to the fact that she is into everything. I'm not sure that I'd categorize her as mobile but almost. I am going to bet that she will be walking by 9 months. The girl wants nothing to do with that crawling business...she must not want to wrinkle her clothes ;). She LOVES to stand. Its her favorite pasttime. Also if she is sitting, she wants to be sitting next to her toy basket so she can take everything out of it. She is pretty chatty and can make the "da" sound, unfortunately not the "ma". In fact when I ask her to "say mama" she usually says "da da da da", life is so unfair.
Liv's other tricks include giving kisses, clapping, waving hi or bye (hasn't mastered this yet, but she will do it), and walking around her play tables. She has quite the little attitude lately. My mom says she has a temper, and if you know her father, he is most definitley to blame. He would hate me for saying that, but sorry Pat :). She is a huuuuge mommy's girl, and mixed with her temper she can get pretty worked up if she wants me. BUT the minute she gets me she is all smiles and coos.
8 months ago we had this little nugget...all 9 pounds of her
And now I have an almost walking, talking, smiling, and trick doing baby!
It was a beautiful day out so I decided to take Liv to the park. They have a toddler section there. We really only made use of the swing, but Liv absolutely loved it. She had a blast and sat there smiling and kicking her little feet the entire time. We had the swings all to ourselves to the most part and at the end another little baby and his grandmother were next to us. She asked me how old Liv was and I said "8 months" (bc yes Liv is 8 months tomorrow!). The woman was like "wowwww, he's 9". Liv towered over this little boy. She could have stomped on him. I couldn't help but laugh because the size difference was very obvious. We tried to slide but Liv wasn't too impressed by it so we took a break to watch the kiddies play and pick up some wood chips :).
During college, when Pat and I were both busy with school, not to mention work for me and hockey for him, Sundays were our day. I liked to call them Desi Day...it was a holiday every sunday for Pat ;). I've mentioned to Pat that the days of Desi Day are over and it will now be Livi Day. Livi day is every day though...so I guess every day seems like a holiday now! Anyways, the point of my flashback is that its officially spring break week for me and I get to spend every day with little Liv.
I had a great weekend with Dani and Mike. I always have fun with them and it was nice to just relax. Dani and I went to bed early Friday, woke up for some shopping and then went out with Mike later. It was a lot of fun, but I missed Liv by the end of the weekend. We skyped a few times over the weekend and it was weird to see what Pat sees. Its definitley not the same and I can't wait for him to be able to see her in person again.
Here is a picture of Dani and I from the weekend (can you tell who is who lol? If you can't, I'm on the right). We are at Lattitudes having some margaritas :) The tables have maps on them and our table had all of the UK and Belfast was there...so I took a picture from my phone and sent it to Pat.
A really good friend of mine, Jill, is in town tomorrow and her and Ashley are going to come over for brunch. She hasn't met Liv yet. The last time she was in town, was over Christmas when we were in Northern Ireland. Jill is Dr. Mackie's daughter...crazy huh? We've been best friends since the 7th or 8th grade. Speaking of Dr. Mackie, Liv had her 6 month wellness visit on Monday. She didn't gain any weight but grew an inch. I've been given two different heights for Liv...so I'm gonna say she's 30 inches tall now and still 23lbs. I think she is the size of a one year old. My arms agree.
Liv has been a maniac lately. I've mentioned her craziness before, and its in full force. You will see in the video that I post, she is in non-stop motion. God forbid she crawls...she's over that before its started...she's all about walking.
Looking all innocent and stationary
she is faking you out...she's not gonna crawl, she'd rather belly flop
This is more Liv's cup of tea
I made this headband months ago...too bad I didn't think it through because this may be the only outfit that it matches.
Ok...this is the worst quality video anyone has ever seen. Taylr still has the camera and I used my phone to take this. Its blurry, really blurry...but that little blob boppin around is Liv, I promise :)
I just sat down to download all the pictures of Liv and the video. My pictures are on my Nikon, which doesn't take video so I have to use my mom's camera. Well...my brother left for spring break today and took it with him!!! Before I got a chance to download it! UGH...Aaaand he is going to be gone alll week. I was looking forward to sharing it with everyone, but I will try to get taylr to upload it to my youtube account. I do have some pictures of Liv though. She is wearing a new outfit, one of the many my mom bought for her while she was in Florida. Liv has been so much fun lately. She is into EVERYTHING. She wants to just go but she isn't sturdy enough yet. She would be happy to stand all day long. Thank god for our walk-around toy. She surprises me every day with something that she does. I really think she might be walking by the time she's 9 months. I dunno if she'll ever crawl...she will go on her hands and knees, go back into a sitting position, and reach for something...but the minute her knees hit the ground she kicks out her legs and is flat on her belly.
Liv has also been working on waving hi and bye....she'll do it, but not all the time. Its really cute to see her waving her chubby little wrist around :). Something else she's been doing is giving kisses...wide mouth, slobbery kisses, but kisses nonetheless. Today I went to lunch with my friend Tara and Liv. While Liv was sitting in her highchair I said "kisses....mmmmmm" and leaned in. Liv grabbed both sides of my hair and pulled me in for a big smooch! It hurt but it was too cute for me to care! I will really miss my gremlin this weekend but I know I'll get to spend all week next week with her.
ohhhh Lilyyy Where are youuu?
Liv and Lily have a love/hate relationship....Liv loves Lily and Lily hates her :)
Thank the lord its Friday! This has been the longest week of my life. I have a half day of work today due to spring break starting at our school :). I am going to head to Marquette this evening for a fun and sleep-filled weekend with Dani. Liv is staying with my mom for the weekend, so it will be Lily and I. Dani won't let me come without Lily...and especially if I'm not bringing Liv. I have been a little absent this week in the blogging world, but I have some pictures and the cutest video of Liv that I will post after school today. Lets just say it involves walking, kind of. I swear my child isn't going to crawl but just start running.
Liv's third tooth broke through!!! Its on the bottom left, next to her front left tooth. Liv's sleeping has been so inconsistent and I guess I'm not going to get to the bottom of it until the teething slows down. I was talking with my friend Krysta last night and decided that I need to get going on the finger foods for Liv. I've got to make use of all these teeth she's getting :). This morning I fed Liv egg yolks and toast, but I needed some ideas of things to cook for her. I have been following the Wholesome baby food website from the very beginning so I took a look at the 8-10 month feeding chart they offer. I made a fiber one blueberry muffin loaf, a turkey and apple loaf (kind of like baby meatloaf), and I bought the ziplock steamfresh bags so that I could steam Liv's fruits and veggies to mix into her purees bc I have a ton. I would be lost without that website...it has so many great ideas that I would never think of. Its a life saver. However, I am now on the hunt for a highchair. Liv can pop the tray and herself out of her bumbo, and I have been using one of those seats that attach to the counter and Liv's feet hang (I don't know what they are called). The problem with this is there is a gap between Liv and the counter and the majority of her food lands on the floor. This is great news for Lily but its kind of hindering Liv from learning to feed herself. So I'm asking around and searching second-hand because I dont want to pay full price for one when Pat and I are going to move and most likely not be able to bring it with us. If anybody has some advice on where to look I would appreciate it. Ive looked on craigslist...but I'm from the upper peninsula of MI, and when I searched highchair I got 3 results, 2 of which were want ads.
Here are some photos from our Sunday morning:)
Rach - Liv LOVES this phone...she's borderline obsessed with it (its from the table you got her :)
Its hard work pulling yourself up!
oooh oooh, struggling
sweet success...
I decided she might have an easier time if she was sans pants
I tried getting her a cellphone so that mine wasn't so enticing...turns out the real thing is still better :)
My baby looks like a toddler in these pictures. Her little jeans I think are what put it over the edge. Liv rarely wears jeans, because usually if they are the right length they don't fit her belly and if they fit her belly they are too long. These are too long, but I really couldn't resist putting them on her. The toy that is in the picture is new, kind of. My grandma has a toy that is about the same height and Liv can pull herself into a standing position using it. So I went to a secondhand store in town and found this toy for $19! I was pretty excited about my purchase. She can pull herself up into a standing position with it and I'll get a video when my mother comes back from florida with the camera (mine doesn't take video).
Anyways, we are having a nice, relaxing weekend. Except my grandma, who has caught Liv's flu which I thought we were all rid of. I still have a queasy stomach but I'm feeling much better. Liv and I have been taking extra long naps together just to be safe ;).
Look at her!!! Hey mom...I'm busy acting like a toddler, no biggie
Here is that clapping trick I told you about :)
can't get enough
