The Z Chronicles: 8 months old

Oops, I'm a day late again this month...Happy 8 Months, Miss Abigail! One fun memory from this past month is Abby's new fish face, which has been impossible for me to capture with my camera. Also, it sounds like she's been saying "Mama" for awhile now. It's more "Mum mum mum mum mum" but Robert insists she says it when she's looking for me. We've had a lot of tumbles and falls and head bonks this past month as she practices standing up. I usually react by saying "tough cookie!" with a big smile on my face and more often than not she is a tough cookie and doesn't cry.

We've attended all kinds of fun classes and activities lately, too. Summer programs started up at the Y this week and we had our first Tiny Tots gymnastics class this morning. The class is for 6-12 month olds and there were 5 other babies there. We played with a big, bright parachute and Abigail went and crawled right into the middle of it while everyone else was sitting around the edges. They had stations set up around the room where the babies could climb cushioned ramps or crawl across trampolines while following after a ball. The instructor ended the class by blowing a bunch of bubbles for the babies to grab. It was very cute. Tomorrow morning, we start her swim lessons at the Y.

Baby Bungalow was closed today so after her morning nap we headed across the street for Baby Yoga at the library. This little girl is getting a good introduction to all kinds of things, isn't she? I'm so impressed by all of the activities we have available to us -- and they're all free!

Here are the photos from our monthly shoot. I was sad because I ordered the cutest little flower hair bands for her and she will not wear them anymore. She yanks them right off. It was also a challenge to keep the sticker on her onesie because she kept wanting to pull it off and crumple it. Ornery little girl! :)