Happy Together: 8 months!

This has been a big month for Miss Ruby Jane! I guess every month is big when you are a baby! She's so much fun and a bundle of sweet joy! We all love her so! See below for a few notes about her month...she was 8 months old on 3/9.

-It's official! She sleeps thru the night! This started on 2/13 like a little early Valentine for me! Ugg. I thought the day would never come!:) She has done some solid sleep night and also sometimes wakes up and fusses, but now I don't go in anymore and she self soothes just fine. She takes 2 daytime naps (about 10-11:30 & 1:30-3:330 or later) and goes to bed with the bigs at about 7 or 7:30. She wakes early to eat (5 or 5:30), but I lay her right back down and she sleeps until I have to go in and wake her for school at 6:45.
-She had a couple of fussy days which was very unlike her and then I discovered it was teeth coming in. She now has 2 top teeth and 3 bottom teeth.
-She's been introduced to several new baby foods this month and seems to like most of them! She gagged on peas but I think it was bc it was thicker. She has gotten to gnaw on pizza crust, mum-mums, teething biscuits, and has had a bite of real mashed potatoes. I send baby food to school now and she gets it around lunch and at home at dinner, too. She has been introduced to pouches (3/4) and she did ok, but they kinda frustrate her. She seems to like a spoon better which is fine for now! She does NOT appreciate getting her face wiped afterward, though! She sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time this month during our Chattanooga trip.
-We retired the lay down bathtub, and she sits up with her siblings now inside the ring thing we have. So BIG! She LOVES the tub and any water and gets all animated and squealy when she sees water nearby. She got to get in the hotel pool in Chat and was definitely a fan! She's gonna love the summer!
-She also sat in a shopping cart for the first time this month while she and I made a trip to TN to meet our newest family member Jake. She looks so little and cute in the cart, and she's so happy about it.
-She is not mobile. She is really happy to just sit and hang out and when she does get on her belly she will do push ups, but that is about it. She kinda just pushes herself backward and slides around on the hardwood floor. When she's sitting she will clasp her hands together and shake them up and down and bop her whole body up and down so happy! Her very favorite thing still has to be strings on a sweatshirt or jacket! And paper if she accidentally gets some! She is getting more grabby and will go for things that she never would have a month ago. She leans WAY forward to reach for what she wants and also fusses when something she has gets taken away (usually paper or plastic-go figure). She has such a happy personality and is loved by all. She gets lots of different people taking care of her at school everyday, and they all say this about her, and I tend to agree! She's just a pleasant baby, and I am so thankful!
-We get a kick out of all of the things she does with her mouth-clicking, talking, making bubbles, moving her jaw up and down. Most of the time that bottom lip is sucked in, though, and it takes a lot to let it go. She will smirk and make a smile while simultaneously sucking in that lip. It give her a unique sweet look all her own. She has such a sweet little voice and we all love hearing it.
-We had her baby dedication at church on 2/26 with family in town for Henry's bday, so that was a special sweet time with her. She wore the same dress that was made my a relative for Annie's dedication and looked precious, of course!

We sure do love you, Ruby Jane. You are a sweetie.

Her hair has to be out of her face somehow. These pigtails have ended up being the perfect do for her because it is so long on the sides! When it is down she looks like a Jewish man with his side curls! Plus just a mop of hair in her face!