Eight months old on Thanksgiving!

Our gorgeous girl is eight months old today. She's growing and changing faster than I ever thought possible. The days speed by while the vocabulary of words she understands grows exponentially. She answers and responds to many different requests, including, "Delaney, where's Mommy's nose?" and "Where's the monkey?" in addition to her old standbys of "Where's the light?" "Can you clap?"  "Where's Daddy?" and "Where's Mathilde?" When she thinks something's really funny, she crinkles up her nose, opens her mouth wide (displaying her two adorable bottom teeth) and laughs heartily. But, only truly funny things elicit this response. She's got quite a discriminating sense of humor. Delaney waves both hello and goodbye. She can identify blocks among her toys and can hand one to me when I ask for it. When we're reading books, I ask her to show me where the babies are and she points to pictures of them (nearly) every time. I'm telling ya, this kid's brilliant! She loves fruits, especially fresh mangoes, and tolerates vegetables, especially the homemade ones. I think it's got something to do with their texture. If I offer her something she doesn't like, she'll look right at me and gently push my hand away while grunting disapproval. Probably the most amazing thing to me is that when we talk to Delaney now, she understands us. And, she's learning to communicate back. R. and I are connecting with her. After those many months of our give, give, give and her take, take, take, our relationship is now reciprocal. It's amazing and delightful. And for that, among our many other blessings, we are truly thankful.

Comments

[Stephanie G]

Beautiful! :-)

When Ava was a baby... everyone kept saying, "The grow up so fast!" And at almost 4 months - it seems like I had her last week! Sometimes I'm thrilled at her daily advances; sometimes I want to break down and cry. They. Grow. Up. So. Fast.

[MamaChristy]

Yeah! What a lovely thing "connecting" really is...