8 Months - Milayla

Our Little Lady is 8 Months old and to celebrate we took lots of pictures. Milayla gets pretty excited about picture time and was all smiles as Mommy snapped a few photos to test the lighting.

When the lighting test started taking too long, Milayla began eating her dress....

Then it was on to crying...(poor girl!)

Thankfully, this little girl loves to play with one of Atticus' toy cars. In fact, she loves it so much that Atticus has very proudly dubbed it 'Ayla's Red Car'.

Though the pictures don't show it, Milayla does more with that car than try to eat it. She squeals in delight when Atticus rolls out the car mat, and she is right along side her big brother as they build roads out of blocks to drive the cars on. On this particular occasion, holding this little car for a couple of minutes brought back plenty of smiles for pictures.

The last month has brought with it so much growth and change. Milayla never seems to lack energy and is always ready to play, read, move, talk and cuddle. She is really itching to get moving and can go every way but forward (which is mighty frustrating for her) though she has become very skilled at rotating herself to back into the object she is after. 

Her two bottom teeth have become quite prevalent and, if the drool and interrupted sleep are any indication, we should see some more teeth cutting through soon!

Not the greatest photo, but you sure can see those teeth!

And it would seem that we have another little bookworm in the family. With how excited Milayla gets about reading a book or going to the library, you would think that we had gone to Disneyland. It is so much fun reading to her and seeing how proud she is as she hones her page turning skills. 

she even enjoys the books upside down ;)

 She really is a delight and we love soaking up every little moment with her. She is always making us laugh and her love for all things music has filled our home with even more dancing and singing than there was before (and more good music is always a good thing). We sure are blessed to have her to love.