This girl is truly a delight!
Eight months with her here has flown by - and every single day is better with her in it.
Matilda is:
... all over the place! She is climbing the stairs, she is pulling up to furniture and walking [WALKING!] around it, and she is trying to climb out of her crib [I've lowered it twice already!] My tiny little baby thinks she is big, and has figured out how to get just about everywhere she wants to go. She is so strong and getting so busy!
... the very best sleeper. Like all of my other girls, her naps are sporadic - I can usually plan on only one decent daytime nap, but the time she falls asleep is pretty unpredictable. But at night, oh the nights! She will quite consistently sleep for 12 hours straight. It has been glorious, and we are feeling pretty spoiled.
... a momma's girl through and through. And I won't complain! We're best friends and she loves to just be near me. She is kind and polite with most everyone else, but she's made it pretty clear that I'm her favorite. [I love it!]
... eating all the food and loving every bite. She's gotten quite proficient with her little fingers and likes to put her own food in her mouth. She's had all manner of fruits and vegetables, she loves rice and pasta and potatoes and any little taste of meat I give her, and she loves yogurt and ice cream. She loves sitting in her high chair at the table with us during meals, feeling like she's just as big as the rest of us. Though she still loves to nurse and snuggle like my tiny baby, so I'm feeling like we're getting the best of both worlds with this little gem.
... copying sounds we make. She's trying hard to talk to us! In the car the other day, she chattered for 30 minutes straight - she hears her sisters constantly talking, and she wants to be a part of the conversation! [So much so, that the other day, Afton was trying to tell me something, but Tily kept chattering and getting louder and louder, and Afton kind of snapped and said, 'Tily! This is not your conversation!" ha ha]
