Eight Months

Rosemary is now eight months old. In last few months she's started talking--mainly da-da-da, ba-ba-ba, and such. Although last week, my mom and dad and I could have sworn that she said apple juice. She also occassionally tries to sing and when she hears music, she starts to clap and dance. It's quite cute.

She's also a very good sitter now, however, getting down to her tummy from a seated position still poses a problem, but she manages to get it done.

Most recently she's started scooching. If we set her down the floor and she sees something she wants on the other side of the room, she heads for it. This mainly occurs in the living room though. If she finds herself on the wood floors in the kitchen or foyer, she tends to just spin in circles since she can't get very good traction. I'll try to get some pictures of how she moves. I wouldn't call it crawling, but it's not far away from that.

Last weekend, we went to a butterfly festival over on campus at the Natural History Museum. Rosemary and I were both getting over colds so it was nice to be out and it was a gorgeous day for a festival.
Rosemary's showing that pacifier who's boss. If you look close, you can tell the Gator head is upside down. It doesn't appear that she cares. :-)
A hug from Rosemary.

And now a smile!

Check out that crazy hair.

Mmmm...lunch!

In early October, we had a Campus House reunion. Rosemary got to hang out for the evening.

Janey and Rosemary.
It's Rosemary's 8-month birthday (9-30-2006). It's also her very first Gator Game experience. She didn't go to the game, she stayed at the Campus House with Grandma and Grandpa Peine, but she was in the middle of all the action!