Beloved Nest: 8 month update

It's been 8 months since she joined our family.
We are at that point now where I'm actually having a hard time remembering what life was like before her. She is our new normal, and any time spent away from her doesn't feel quite right.

This past month has been one of lots of growth for our girl. And her personality is blossoming. She is chatty, a little dramatic, funny, emotional, and extremely observant.

Stats

Nicknames: Bird. Ave. Babygirl.

Eye Color: blue blue blue!

Hair: seems to be a darker blonde now; the rat tail now does a
little curl which is too cute.

Who does she look like? She is a good mixture of both of us.

Weight: my guess is 20lbs but won't know for sure til next month!

Height: LONG. haha

Clothing: 9 months. Pants typically have to be 12 months to fit (!)
Diapers: size 3

Favorite toys: plastic red cup for bath time and measuring cups are the new go-to.

Crib or Parents' Room: crib mostly. If she wakes up after 4 or 5 am, she'll just
stay in our bed but that's pretty rare.

Food/Routine: breastmilk (every 3 hours); oatmeal cereal (1x/day); baby food (1 or 2x/day). Right now she loves peaches and PEAS!
Usually a morning and an afternoon nap.

Nighttime sleep: Still waking once per night. She's had a couple of full nights of sleep this past week which I'm loving but not getting attached to.

Teething?: We started this month with 2 bottom teeth. Now she also has
four - yes, FOUR - top teeth.

Words: Hudson, Angel (our dog's names)

New Discoveries/Milestones:
Sitting up on her own

Waving

Clapping
High 5's

Face diving for stuff but not crawling yet

TALKING

FIRST WORD!
"Hudson."
As in, our boxer's name.
She is completely obsessed with him lately. And our chihuahua, Angel, too. So naturally, "Angel" was her second word. In the mornings, she looks everywhere around the room until she spots them and then a big grin always appears.
"Mama" better be next, little girl.

Hudson's face on the bottom left picture - priceless.

Big smiles.

Highchair for feedings, which she loves!

Does anyone else's 8 month old look this giant in a high chair? No? Just mine?

Gagging face from the bananas (she has since decided she likes bananas after all).

Her amber teething necklace may have helped some! She had FOUR top teeth come in at pretty much the same time and she has acted pretty normal.

This is just such a classic Aven face.

I am finally able to put her in the seat of the cart without her falling over - so much easier! And I was given two cart covers as hand-me-downs, so when one's dirty I always have a spare.

Current microfashion favorite - denim.
(This is a boy's shirt from H&M!)

And just to keep it real - there's this face. She doesn't like to be left alone much, so I have to stay close by a lot more than in the past. Hoping it's just a phase because my house needs some attention too!