You are 8 months

Dearest Micaela,

    Where does the time go! You are all over the place. You are the best little crawler. You zoom around the living room and go up the three stairs in to the kitchen to follow us. Al though that makes us very nervous. You are such a confident little girl and dont have any fear. You have taken some good falls when your hands slip. You stand up on everything also. You don't have that much interest in walking yet though. You are still nursing and although you have been eating solids for two month now you are beginning to refuse food every once in a while. You slap the spoon out of my hand or turn your face. You have tried new foods like chicken and lentil and quinoa. You are ok with all of them but don't love anything. You can drink from your own sippy cup and can say "agua" so clearly. You can say ma ma, pa pa, agua, ma to say mas, and you can say hiiii. We say "sing it Hiiiiiii, sing it Looooo" You repeat....hiiiiii! It's beyond adorable! We learned this in music class which we attended this month. You are loving it. You can tap the big drum on rhythm. The song goes..."who's that knocking at the window who's that knocking at the door." You can wave hi by opening and closing your little fingers. You have done this at the market a few times and you amuse everyone around you! You are loving being at Grandma's house...Daddy drives you everyday and he says you sing in the car. "Oooo oooo" You have fallen asleep on your abuelito twice which completely melted my heart!! Your Uncle Jimmy is so in love with you. He runs to see you when he wakes up and sends me pictures while I'm at work. Leo does the same and doesnt even want to go to high school so he can play with you. You and Abuelita sit in this gated pen and play with all of your toys. It's pretty cute! Your Daddy went to Costa Rica this month since he was in his good friend's Dave wedding. He was gone for a week and we missed him so much. We stayed at Abuelita's house for two nights and I could not sleep in the room together because you could hear me and wake up. I slept on the couch so you could rest. When we drove home on Friday your eye was a little goopy so we went to the dr. You ended up with a little ear infection and we caught it early on. It was a nightmare getting your prescription especially since I dropped the order in the Dr's parking lot. This is especially when we miss Daddy!! You got better pretty quickly and by Saturday you  were ready for Grandma and Grandpa Pattison to come visit. We went out to eat in Hermosa and then Uncle John came over for a little while too. We went on a nice walk and your Uncle pushed you around in the stroller. You were loving it! You brighten our lives so much little one. You even make us smile when life doesn't seem happy.


I love you so much,
Mama!