Luca the Super Helper

I was in the kitchen or something and asked Luca if he would get a toy for Tessa. He said she couldn't decide which one she wanted to play with, so he was exceedingly accommodating.

Yes, that's the entire contents of her toy cabinet. My super helper. ;)

So proud of himself :)

Eight Months

Our Little Lady has done a lot of growing in the last month!

There's been a white spot on her bottom gum for months, and it kept getting bigger. But when you would run a finger over it you couldn't feel anything. This morning (just in time for the update, sweet girl) in the white spot is now a bright white dot--I'm guessing her tooth is finally breaking through the gum! Would explain why she was up at 11, midnight, 1:30, 2:30, and 5 last night...

 Overall she's getting to be a good sleeper. Most days she takes two naps, and most times they are about an hour and then a couple hours. The longer one flips between morning and afternoon, and some days she fights sleep so hard I just give up on the nap. But generally, pretty good. And probably 5 nights a week she's up twice. One night she's up once, and the last night up 3 or 4 times. All in all, much improved!

Pulled her Nana blanket off the shelf so she could cuddle =)

 I understand she's trying to crawl. Since Luca didn't do the whole crawling thing (did you know it's not a developmental milestone?) I don't really know what I'm looking for. I've tried to put her on her hands and knees but she refuses to bend instead plants a foot and flips to her back super fast. So I've decided she'll figure it out. Even though she's not crawling yet, she is crazy mobile. She rocks while she's sitting up and sort of shuffles along. She has an incredible ability to find things I don't want her to have, especially cords. We have an antenna for our tv and the cord runs from the outlet behind the tv up the wall to the antenna on the mantle. She goes under the bench the tv is on, digs the cord out, and starts gnawing away. I'm beginning to realize how easy we had it with Luca...

She has discovered that if she rocks forward a little and then slams her head back while she's in her high chair she can make the whole thing rock. She thinks it's hysterical! Until she does it at Oma's, who has a wooden high chair...
We've started giving her Puffs because she has a really good pincher grip. Last night she had pieces of sweet potato fries too. She loves eating with her fingers!

It is near impossible to get her to leave that sign alone!

She loves pulling to standing on your fingers. I'll waggle them in front of her and she starts giggling and grabs on and pulls up so fast! Because I'm a fool I'm trying to teach her to pull up on the sofa too. =)
Still not much into cuddling. When I'm nursing her before putting her to bed she eats until she's almost asleep, then she pushes off and starts grumping. As soon as I put her in her bed she rolls onto her side and falls asleep.
Other than when she's fighting sleep, she is the happiest little thing. Loves to giggle, constantly watching Luca. She seems to have just in the last week discovered her tongue, either something is in her mouth or her tongue is out. Way out. It's funny.

That's our dainty little lady!

Touch a Truck

One of the towns by Oma and Pa was hosting a touch-a-truck in the elementary school parking lot. I'd never been to one, but understood the general concept. A bunch of agencies bring their big machines and trucks and let kids climb in them. Seemed like a fun way to spend a morning, so we met Oma and Pa there.

Luca was not excited about it and grumped around the whole time. But he still went in some of the trucks and I even got some pictures.

He was most entertained by the trash truck and the cranes. The staff were all very welcoming and except for the sour puss it was a nice morning. I was with Luca on one aspect, too many kids honking too loud of horns.

Not entirely surprising, Tessa didn't seem to mind the horns. She was just happily chilling in the stroller the whole time. Easy-going, that one.

Thanks for coming with us, Oma and Pa!