eight months old!

today beatrix is eight months old. that's 2/3 of a year! it's kind of hard to believe that it only took that long for this:

to turn into this:

when bebe was born, everybody told us to enjoy her babyhood because it would go so fast and i can now confirm that this is true: it does go so fast. in the past month she has: grown a tooth, started to scoot around while sitting, learned how to pull herself up to standing, tried lots of new foods (favorites are tofu and cantaloupe), figured out how to put small things like cheerios in her mouth, started communicating (saying "more" and "da da" and signing "nurse"), and become more purposeful and accurate in her actions (playing her xylophone, drinking water from her cup). today she managed to get onto all fours for the first time -- it was short-lived, but crawling is sure to be right around the corner.

it's so much fun to watch her grow!