Eight Months Old

I cannot believe Miss Finley is already eight months old. She is still pretty tiny, about 16 pounds and 27 inches. She is still in size 2 diapers and is just starting to outgrow her 3 to 6 months clothes. She is making no progress towards crawling, but she loves to stand and play at her table. She also has really become fiesty, she lunges towards anything she wants with absolutely no fear. I guess since she cannot crawl to get places, lunging is what works for her. Her hair is also growing longer, soon enough she will be able to sport pigtails!

Can we go to Vegas?

Pleeeeease...

Clifton's friend J has survived Day 2 in the World Series of Poker Main Event and is getting geared up for day 3 on Friday. Don't you think Finley and I would make a great cheering section? He would certainly have the cutest baby rooting for him.

And Finley is already showing her poker prowess, I swear she only ever reached for the aces...

Cuteness

Thirty-Four Weeks

New Food and New Toy

Finley has had more fruits and veggies than most people have had their entire life! So far she has tried avocadoes, blueberries, acorn squash, butternut sqush, sweet potatoes, apples, bananas (her favorite!), pears, peaches, nectarines, plums, peas, green beans, papaya, mangoes, pumpkin and carrots. So today we tried something new: oatmeal!

Now Finley will eat nearly anything you feed her, except for avocadoes. She doesn't like tham at all. Other than that, she is completely happy with all her foods. She seemed to be caught off guard by the oatmeal. Once I mixed it with some apples, she was on board with loving it.

Finley also got a new toy, a LeapFrog Learn and Groove Play Table. She goes nuts for it. Plus, it shows off her good standing skills.

Happy Fourth of July!

Waiting for my Playdates to Arrive

We had a big day today with our playgroup, nearly three whole hours of pool time. Finley is becoming quite the little fishy. She really enjoys being in the pool and has a great time splashing around. She splashed so much that we missed her afternoon nap. She had such a great time with all the babies, Nicholas, Sarah, Max and Audrey. I bet she invites them back for another pool date real soon!

Tomorrow is the fourth of July, I don't think we will be able to make the fireworks this year since Finley goes to bed at around 7 pm. Hopefully next year we will be able to catch the big show.

So Many Cute Faces

Miss Finley is super expressive, you definitely know what is on her mind whether she is happy or sad.

In Search of a Tooth...

I took a bunch of pictures on Sunday trying to get Finley's tooth on film. I wasn't suepr successful in showing her pearly white, but I did capture some super cute faces in trying to get her to open her little mouth.

She still hasn't made any progress on the crawling front, just lots of rolling around and spinning around on her stomach. She can "crawl" backwards, but still nothing in the forward motions.

She has been playing pretend, she grabs at the carpet, picks up imaginary food, puts it in her mouth and then chews it. I tried giving her tiny pieces of green beans tonight to see if she was interested, she was! Progress, progress.