8 months!

Lillian is 8 months old. I can hardly believe it. She is growing so fast. She is an expert crawler, great at pulling up to a standing position, but a little uncertain about sitting back down. She even occasionally stands without holding onto anything for a few seconds.

She says "Da-da-da-da-da" and makes a noise just like Ernie from Sesame Street laughing.

She loves solid food, especially avocado and mango. She even ate sweet potato without complaining for Christmas dinner.



Her stranger anxiety increases but she is very sweet about it. Whenever she wants to be held by someone else than the person she is currently being held by, she does what we call the "Lily Lean". She makes almost no noise, just leans towards them. If she doesn't get what she wants, she will whine very quietly.



She takes most of Abby's overly enthusiastic affection in stride, even with the face smooshing, head bonking and arm pulling that it entails.

Here she is checking out a Christmas present from Grandma and Grampa.