Forever Owens: Olive's Eighth Month

Olive is so happy! She often starts to just laugh for no real reason. She's babbling more than ever, and has even started to say, "ma ma" and also "da da" on occasion. She is getting so close to crawling, and she can almost pull up to stand...we'll see if she even crawls before she walks. She is THE MOST wiggley baby! If she's on our laps, she just wiggles around, and tries to get off...but then she remembers she can't really walk or crawl yet.

By the end of this month, she has started to recognize that saying "ma ma" gets my attention. So, whether or not she knows that it is my identifier, she certainly uses it when she wants out of her crib, is hungry, or is tired. She has started to laugh all the time. I don't know if she is learning how to make the H noise, or if she just loves to laugh all the time...most likely a mix of both. She can stand for 3-6 seconds on her own if she is being distracted by things in her hands. We had a super fun trip across the Northwest, and Olive was a champion traveler. It wasn't until the last few hours when she was officially done that we had an trouble at all.

Olive likes to eat big kid foods now! It is crazy to me that my baby is so big. Anytime we eat anything, she will crawl over (which, she crawls normal now) and try to reach for it. I figured that was a sign it was high time to give her more real finger foods. Yesterday, she had chicken and sweet potatoes, and this morning we tried egg yolks and bananas.

Olive is also constantly shaking her head up in down (as to say yes). And she does it pretty violently. She sometimes head bangs things on accident, but seldom does she cry from it. As soon as you turn on music, she REALLY starts jamming out. It's pretty funny. It's also funny when she answers questions we ask her. Like, once Joey said, "It's time to leave!" and she responded with "Ok." Or if we ask her yes/no questions and she shakes her head yes. Most likely coincidental...but also she's probably a genius.