My Life as Mommy And Wife: Happy 8 Months Ava!

Ok! Time needs to slow down...I can't believe how fast time is flying by. She is growing up so much. She started to do so many new things last month. She claps, waves and cruises. She can hold on to objects and take steps. She still doesn't really sleep, but instead of waking up 8 times a night she only wakes up 5. That is progress so that's great. She is all over the place. She crawls super fast. Her and Benji both follow me around the whole house. It's cute, until she tries to crawl up my leg while I'm cooking lol. Speaking of food, Ava no longer eats baby food. She doesn't have the taste for it any more. She only eats table food. So far she has had french fries without salt, mashed potatoes, all types of ravioli, hamburger meat, bananas, carrots, beef, chicken, and noodles. She LOVES it. She is also thinning out which makes me sad. She is losing most of her baby chunk. It could be because she is getting taller. The best thing that happened this month was her calling me "mama". It's super sweet, she will reach out for me and say "mama" so loud. She deff knows who me and Pete are and calls us by the correct names now. LOVE IT! She also lets go of whatever she's holding on to while standing, and will stand up unassisted. She's getting so independent. Ava's second tooth popped up early last week. It's growing in SO slow. Half of it is still covered with her gums. The first tooth came in much easier. With the second tooth, she got fevers, and had some crazy diapers. Her attitude was also MUCH worse. Here are some of her 8 month pictures...