8 Months Old

So this happens every time Miley gets to be another month older, but 8 months sounds so old! I can't believe how fast the time is going (cliche, I know). There has been some stuff going on this past month, but here is the official rundown of what Miley is now doing.

• Miley has cut her first tooth! She has made it pretty difficult to take a picture, because she doesn't want anyone getting close to her mouth, but we will try to post a picture sometime in the near future This just happened yesterday, February 21, 2009-age 7 months, 4 weeks, and 2 days. Needless to say, she has not exactly been a happy camper the last couple of days.
  
• As you can see from past posts, Miley is now pulling herself up to standing (beginning February 11, 2009-age 7 months, 2 weeks and 6 days) on everything, including stairs, her car seat, and her crib.
• She has now enjoyed the fine food delicacies of rice cereal, oatmeal, bananas, peaches, applesauce, pears, peas, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, and squash in the form of baby food. She has also eaten avocado, real banana, grapes, graham crackers, saltine crackers, and Gerber Puffs. She started out as picky eater, but not anymore! :)
• Her favorite things include bathtime, reading books (or actually, trying to eat the books), and trying to discover new things everywhere she can including on shelves, in closets, and anything on the floor-it is now all fair game. Anything new she finds also immediately finds its way into her mouth. She also loves it when her mom and dad play silly games with her, like chasing each other around the house and jumping out and surprising her.
• Miley has become a lot more fearful of things. She HATES anything loud. The vacuum, any toy that makes any kind of sound, etc. We have also discovered that she seems to be afraid of a lot of things bigger than her, such as a slide and a basketball. :) She also seems to be starting to have a little bit of separation anxiety...she immediately starts fussing or crying if we leave the room and frantically tries to start crawling after us.
  

Miley gets more fun all the time, and Cameron and I love this little girl more and more each day. She is a sweet girl, is full of energy, and has a killer smile and laugh. We love this stage, but can't wait to learn more about her in the future.