We can’t believe our lit­tle bun­dle of joy has grown up to eight months already. It just seems like yes­ter­day she was a squirm­ing, lit­tle blob that just burped, spit up and pooped. Now she can do all those things and more. She does some­thing amaz­ing and new every­day. Her lat­est is stand­ing. She LOVES to stand. She will stand for 30 min­utes and play with any­thing she can get her hands on. She loves to hold onto our glass cof­fee table and play with the TV remotes. She bangs them, chews on them and even­tu­ally drops them. Drool every­where. There are a few moments that she for­gets to hold onto the table and actu­ally stands with no sup­port for about five sec­onds. It is fun to watch.

She also loves books. We bought the small board books from the Dr. Seuss col­lec­tion. You can actu­ally put all of her toys next to the pile of books and she will com­mando crawl to the books every time. She squeals with delight when we pull them out. Sometimes it gets so bad we have to hide them because she will not be sat­is­fied until we read them to her 5 or 6 times. I know this sounds like a great thing to have, a child who loves books, how­ever read­ing Hop on Pop six times each and every day can get monot­o­nous. So far, her favorites are, Hop on Pop, Put Me in the Zoo, Are You my Mother?, Hands, Hands, Fingers, Thumb and the ever pop­u­lar, Mr. Brown Can Moo, Can You? She has oth­ers, but these are her top five. Hopefully, we can get a video of dad read­ing her books to her, it is fun to watch.

However, the time is com­ing, August 4, that she goes to day care. Four hours every morn­ing from 9–1. Greg will drop her off and Kelly will pick her up. We pray that she enjoys it and learns a lot. Day care will give me a chance to go back to work more hours and for Greg to get home at 5:30 instead of 7:30. Yay!!! We can eat at a nor­mal din­ner time. We will let you know how the whole day care thing goes. We are pray­ing for the best.