Eliana - 8 months old!!!

Eliana you are 8 months old!!!

-Technically, you’ll be 9-months-old tomorrow. I’m behind because you keep me hopping. I won’t post 

your 9-month update until after your doctor’s appointment next week, so I can have your stats.

-You are wearing mostly 9-month clothes, but you can also wear 6-12 months. Some of your 6-month 

onesies still fit as well.

-You are still wearing a size 3 diaper.

- I’m not sure how much you weigh right now, but you weighed 18 lbs 11 oz with clothes on at your 

2^nd flu shot appointment on 10/18/12.

- I don’t know how long you are.

-You are still mainly just playing with your sippy cups, but we’re still trying.

- We have added potatoes and pears. You will really eat anything that we give you, and I hope you stay 

that way.

- You started crawling for real on 10/15/12, and you have been unstoppable ever since.

- You still give kisses, and it is still my favorite thing.

-You are still sleeping through the night! You had a cold, and that threw off your sleeping for a couple 

of nights, but thankfully it went back to normal. Also, you suddenly decided that you hated going to 

bed at night. Normally, you would fall asleep while you were eating, and Daddy would carry you to 

bed. Now you don’t fall asleep as much, and we have had to Ferber you. I think it has something to do 

with separation anxiety and object permanence kicking in. You know that we’re still around when we 

walk out of your room.

- I’m still a wimp about naptime. Let’s just leave it at that.

- You usually do fine in the car now. We drove to Pigeon Forge once and Knoxville once, and you did 

fine both times.

-We went to Wilderness at the Smokies with Mumsy, Popsy (I still don’t know how we decided to spell 

those), and the Uncles. You were only in the water a little bit (it was a little cool), but you really seemed 

to like it. Sleeping that night was interesting. We were all sleeping in the same hotel room. I fed you 

and put you to sleep while Popsy and the Uncles were out of the room. However, you didn’t stay 

asleep for very long. Uncle Tuck is super wiggly in his sleep, and he was sleeping on a blow-up 

mattress that made noise every time he moved. Popsy was snoring. Eventually, Mumsy made Uncle 

Tuck sleep with Popsy. Then, Uncle Tuck started making nose sounds. Your Daddy and I were trying 

so hard not to laugh out loud because it was hilarious.  You woke up for a second during all of that 

commotion, but you went right back to sleep. Unfortunately, you woke up again around 1:30, and we 

took you to the lobby of the hotel. You were wide-awake. We eventually decided that the only way 

you would be able to go back to sleep was for me to feed you and keep you in bed with us. We don’t 

like to let you sleep with us, but that was the only way for anyone to get sleep that night.

- We took you to the Alabama vs. Tennessee football game in Knoxville. We had no idea that you 

would have to have a ticket. Apparently, the NCAA requires everyone regardless of age to buy a ticket. 

Needless to say, Daddy and I were not happy about that. $80 for a 7-month-old’s ticket is a bit extreme! 

Anyway, Alabama won, but that’s okay, we still had fun. Oh, and our favorite player, Peyton Manning 

was there!

- You are still an attention hog.

- Still no teeth! They have to come soon!

- You love toys! I don’t think you have a favorite one yet, though.

- We are still working on getting you to play by yourself without being held.

-You still love to be held.

- You went with us to vote in the Presidential election.

- You’re still getting angry during diaper changes. Now that you can crawl it’s even worse. You don’t 

want to sit still for a second!

- Your right tear duct is still clogged.

- You love bath time! You get very upset when we take you out of the bath!

-Did I mention that you have some serious opinions now?

- You have started playing with your own hair. It is so cute! That doesn’t mean that you’ve stopped 

pulling on mine, unfortunately!

- You recognize your bowls. You get so excited when I get one out to feed you.

- You have just started putting your feet in your mouth. It really cracks me up.

- You can stand up if you are leaning against something.

- You really like the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The only way I can take a shower without you getting 

upset is to take one while Mickey is on TV.

- Your poor little chin has started getting so chapped because you are always drooling and licking it.

- It’s the beginning of ETSU’s basketball season. You are quite popular there. They even showed you 

on the news. Our family is also on one of the tickets.

- You were dressed as a hot dog for Halloween. We have another costume that we will use for our 

costume party. Daddy took a funny picture of the two of you where he was pretending to eat you. You 

won a funny photo contest, and they showed your picture on the news.

- You make all kinds of different mouth noises. It’s hilarious!

- I bought a pack of 6 paper towels, and you thought it was the best toy ever! You climbed on it, and 

leaned on it and pushed it all over the living room.

-Oh, and I may have stuck you in a pumpkin to take some pictures. Sorry about that!