Audrey is 8 months old today!

Audrey has had a rough month. She got her first two teeth a few weeks ago and that was promptly followed by being very sick. She is definitely like me and wants her Mommy when she is sick. We spent a few nights of sleeping on the couch with her in my arms. She ended up having an ear infection and went on antibiotics. We realized she hates taking medicine and is very smart at avoiding taking it. She spit it out by blowing raspberries each time we gave it to her. A few days after finishing the antibiotics, she was acting sick again. I took her to the dr's and she now had a double ear infection and spent another 10 days on antibiotics. We are hoping that now she'll start feeling better.

She's still not totally consistent with her sleeping, probably due to being sick. She has gone 6 out of the last 7 nights of sleeping all night. Again, we're hoping it lasts.

She's eating more and more "solid" food. She eats pretty well and hasn't really refused anything. I've offered her some finger foods but she can't quite get them to her mouth yet. She is starting to hold her own bottle. She acts like she would rather you hold it and she'll just let go. Or, she gets so distracted by what is going on around her that she drops it. She has started sipping on a sippy cup a little bit. She doesn't really "drink" from it, but she gets some water out as she sucks on it.

She is still working on becoming more mobile. She goes from sitting and leans forward onto all fours, and will rock. She hasn't figured out crawling but she is definitely working on it. She is doing a lot better at standing up. She can stand up at the Leap Frog table and not need me to hold onto her. I do have to be close because she will reach for something or let go and completely tip over, but I don't have to hold onto her to balance anymore.

She has been sticking out her tongue a ton the last couple of days, not really sure why.

She's started to babble, she'll say "babababa"

She seems to be having a little separation anxiety lately. She wants to be held most of the time and she gets really upset if she sees you leave the room or she is left in a room alone.

She's getting so big. I'm excited for her first Christmas. I'm nervous about the fact that maybe next month we'll be posting that she's crawling. We're in trouble!