8 Months

 

Claudia turned 8 months on Wednesday! She is such a big and happy girl. She is growing by leaps and bounds and turning into a moving machine. She crawls so fast now and pulls herself up to standing on anything and everything (even your leg if you let her or don't stop her fast enough, she holds onto your skin it really hurts.) Her favorite thing to do these days in blow raspberries. She does it ALL the time. It's a little embarrassing sometimes when someone says hello to her and then she just starts blowing raspberries. But she is cute so they forgive her. 

Just last week she also started the open and closing of her hand like a wave whenever you say Hi or hello. 

And the dreadful day has come....she found the stairs!!! She wants to be up them because everything if funner upstairs. Today she got herself up to the 3rd step. Not sure what we are gonna do now. The gate I have will only work starting on the 3rd step. We'll have to think of something or break down and buy a new gate. 

Also on Friday her 1st tooth popped through. I thought it was coming since she has been chewing on EVERYTHING like a puppy. It seems that she reaches milestones or things to remember right around the month marks. She sat up about 6 months crawled about 7 months. First tooth at 8 months. Ooooh that could be bad, the only next first we have is walking. Maybe that will be my next report at 9 months. Yikes!!!! 

Here hair was getting a bit shaggy looking so my 

sister gave her a trim on April 22nd. Now looking back on her other pictures she looks a little bald. But I think it looks a TON better then before.