8 months: Growing up way too fast

It's hard to believe that another month has gone by.  When I go back and read the previous months post, I am amazed at how much Abigail is growing and developing.  Sometimes its hard to recognize the progress when little things add up to big things.  When last we wrote, Abigail was still not really rolling onto her tummy from her back and would avoid tummy time when she could.  Now she is not only rolling tummy to back, but is rolling multiple times and turning in place.  She is on the verge of becoming mobile :).  On a few occasions, she has rolled until reaching the wall.

She loves to play sitting up and can grab toys of various sizes.  She has started removing toys from containers (such as taking the shapes out of the shape sorter box).  Abigail likes to knock things down and one of our favorite games is "See how tall Mommy can stack such and such before Abigail knocks it down." She will pass toys from one hand to the other.  She also loves to throw toys.  Abigail has moved up to standing play too.  She loves her bouncer and the exersaucer.  She can stand when pulled up by Mommy or Daddy and can even stand holding onto something without our support for a few seconds.

We had a fun time celebrating Valentines Day as a family this year.  We decided to do "homemade" rather than spending money, which turned out to be wonderful, fun, and romantic.  Abigail and Mommy went to Daddy's work for a Valentines lunch date (we ate homemade Mac and Cheese--one of Daddy's favorite meals).  It was fun to see each other during the middle of the day.

When we left, we put a Valentine in Daddy's car (our hand prints in the shape of hearts)...

Steve's Valentine for me was a cross word puzzle that he made.  The clues were event, special memories, our goals as a couple, etc.  It was so fun to solve and even more fun to remember all the fun times we have had together.

For dinner we had heart shaped Navajo Tacos. Yum!!!

And for dessert... Peanut Butter Bars

It was a very fun day.  It was nice to be able to think of fun ways to show our love for each other. Just goes to show that you don't have to spend a lot of money (though spending money isn't necessarily bad) as long as you give of yourself.  

We love our happy baby!