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Almost 8 Months Old!

Contessa turns 8 months old on the 4th.  She is getting better about sitting on her own, but is still very prone to tipping over.  She has started sitting in highchairs at restaurants and thinks she's a really big girl when she's in one.  Her first tooth broke through last week and she had her first taste of food.  I mashed up some avocado, but she didn't really like it.  That's ok though, because Gunnar polished it off.  She has begun to make bubbles with her spit.  She bounces like a crazy woman in her door bouncer and she thinks all her siblings are a hoot.  Contessa is a true mama's girl.  She fills my arms for a good chunk of the day and she wakes me up a million times a night to nurse.  I can't believe she is growing up so fast!

Fun times with trees

So about a month ago when we had a bad wind storm, a big chunk of one of our trees split off.  The kids were amazed by this and spent much time climbing and exploring the big mess.  Every morning I would open my back curtains and remember there was that darn tree back there waiting to be chopped up.  Fortunately, last week, Nate snagged a chain saw from my grandpa and made quick work of the tree.  What a relief every morning when I look in the back yard! Now I just have to keep the kids from throwing the wood around.  Julius came in crying the other day saying that Layla hit him in the head with a log. Kids!

Halloween 2011

Gunnar

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Contessa at 6 Months

Contessa turned 6 months old last week. She is our lovely chubby bunny.  Here she is wearing one of my favorite outfits from when Layla was a baby.  The knees of the pants are stained because Layla wore this outfit when she crawled at 9 to 12 months old.  Contessa is a bit bigger than Layla at this age.  She is very smiley and giggly.  She started playing peek-a-boo the other day with her burp cloth.  She has even started to cry "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma" when she is upset.  She loves bouncing in her bouncy swing, being held by mama, playing with her toys and being entertained by her siblings.  Happy 6 months Contessa!