independant sitting and vocabulary

i told you i would keep you posted on my vocabulary and crawling status. i'm still working on crawling but in the process of perfecting it i learned how to get my self from laying on my belly to sitting up on my own. i decided to reveal my new skill to daddy first on saturday. he hasn't had the opportunity to see any of my first so far....his turn was up. i let mommy see it yesterday. she was so proud. as far as my vocabulary goes, mommy's work has finally paid off...sort of. i've got dada down pat. mama is coming out more as baba. regardless i love the new sounds i can make with my mouth an practice at any opportunity. oh! one other achievement is the sippy cup. i finally picked that up as well. mommy is so relived because she doesn't feel i should be using a bottle for much longer.

eight months old

happy late new year. mommy and i have lost track of time, not that we have much to show for it. today i turn eight months old. mommy thinks my top teeth are trying to come in and i'm getting close to crawling. i can get up on my hands and knees but can't figure out where to go from there. we'll keep you posted on both the teeth and the crawling. i'm no longer nursing. mommy's milk supply was getting really low and then one morning i bit her pretty good so we decided that it was time to stop. i could have cared less but mommy was a little sad. i love all the new foods i get to try now and find very little that i don't like, peas being one that i don't. there are lots of mmms and arm gestures and i still use my thumb to help me swallow. mommy's working with me on saying mama and dada but so far i don't see the need to expand my vocabulary. yodeling has gotten me this far and if it's not broke don't fix it, right?