8 Months Old

Lila turned 8 months old yesterday. I can't believe how time flies. Ryan put her in this big t.v. box and she loved it. It was pretty funny to watch. She didn't want to get out. Can you see the smile behind the pacifier?

In other news, I took her to the doctor yesterday to see if she had an ear infection. She had a cold for about two weeks and then I thought she was getting better, but her voice went really hoarse and she started pulling on her ear. She also wouldn't lay down to go to sleep well, and she was waking up twice every night (totally out of character for her). Turns out no ear infection, but a really red sore throat. I gave her Motrin last night to see if it would help and to my relief she was back to her regular 7p.m. to 7a.m. with no waking up in between. YES YES YES!!!!! Hopefully she'll be well soon. This sick stuff is no fun.

And finally
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She Weighs 16 Pounds!

She has been looking a little chunkier lately, so we were hoping she had gained some weight, and she has. She still has reflux pretty bad, but she loves regular food so I think it is helping her to gain. She loves avocados, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, and bananas.

Everything else is good. I officially hate stairs. Lila can climb them in about .02 seconds, so we have to keep a gate at the bottom. Now she has started climbing up the gate. Great :( I'm trying to teach her how to go down safely, but for now it's not really happening.) She's crawling everywhere and walks all over while holding on to things.

Pretty much we just have a wonderful, happy little girl who we love dearly and we are so blessed by her in our lives.