8 months? 8 months! Camilla's update

I truly can't believe it. She wants to be a big girl already, whether it's eating, playing, going upstairs, or talking (except taking a bath, she HATES baths). She has wanted very much to get up the stairs on her own this month. She's spent an inordinate amount of time standing against the bottom step crying because she hasn't figured out yet how to climb up them like the big girls. She has been pulling up on furniture a lot but isn't surfing it yet, so walking isn't in the imminent future at least. (As of 2/30/10 she is now surfing and pulling whatever she can off tables, night stands, movie racks, you name it. . .)



She most adamantly wants food like the other girls. She'll grab anything on the table within reach. (That meant quite an unpleasant evening for Leanne who spent the evening soaked from ice water Camilla had spilled on her when they went out to celebrate Todd's birthday yesterday.)
Her Loves:

• peaches, peas (from frozen-she screams to high heaven when I tried the baby food stuff), applesauce, and little puffs.
• blowing bubbles
• making noises in Sunday school (albeit happy ones) to disturb everyone else.

I get almost as many comments about what a happy baby she is as I do about how pretty she is. She's a sweetheart and we are grateful to have her.