The Bagleys: My 8 Month Angel

Notes from my journal during her 8th month.

Today was a HUGE day for Autumn! She is getting so big and increasingly curious each day. She is such a sweet and loving baby. Her demeanor is that to be envied. I can not express the love and sweetness I feel for my little angel girl. It is beyond words, beyond explanation. I can simply say my heart is in love…forever. My heart melts every time she smiles, each time she laughs, each time she looks at me and gives me wet kisses. She is absolutely a delight to be around…not only for me but for everyone around her! She is really funny too! She is very good at being social for people and is definitely not shy. She is very playful and so curious! Everytime I put her on the ground she is looking for something to touch or feel or put in her mouth. She loves to crawl around and will stand up on anything she can reach for. Autumn has a very unique crawl. Some people call her “Mogley” and others “Spiderman”. I like to think of it as a bear crawl. She does not crawl on her knees, only her hands and her feet! And she is VERY fast too. Today she saw a light socket and she knew I was going to get her if she made it to it. She darted for it SO FAST I could barely make it to her in time! It was very cute.

Today she started to clap! It was amazing. Daddy has her clapping with her two hands and then when he let go she did it a couple of times herself! She loves to grab people’s faces and pull on hair, and she is still giving wet kisses all over my face. She is eating a ton more solids and has been getting a lot of bad diaper rashes that put her in a LOT of pain! She is eating a variety of foods now. Ham and ham gravy, pasta primavera, spaghetti and meat sauce, apples and cherries, peaches, rice cereal, etc. She pretty much likes everything. She really likes to eat our food we give her. I try to let her try different things and once in a while I will give her a little suck of a cookie or something sweet. When she is in her high chair she gets very excited to eat! If you play with her like make funny noises with your mouth then she will smile and play back with you. It is adorable! She can feed herself mashed up bananas, mashed potatoes, and even a cracker if I let her (I am very afraid of her choking!) so I am cautious of the foods I give her. She can pick up the puff stars on her own now. She is mostly still breast fed. Once in a while at night I will give her 2 ounces of formula to help her get to sleep. She is pretty fussy at night and doesn’t go to bed until pretty late some nights because she does not like to be left alone.

She has a difficult time sleeping at the Bagley house. I think a lot of it has to deal with the fact that we are in the same room as her. It is frustrating for me because I really need my sleep! Autumn usually takes 2-3 naps during the day. She sleeps really well in her car seat and it is nice because we can just put the cover over her and it is dark and warm so she can sleep in it for up to 3 hours! It is pretty amazing. Today I woke her up a little early because I just missed her J I sure love my little lady! She loves her grandpa. Everytime grandpa goes to give her a kiss she puts her head down so he can kiss her on the forehead! She also really loves grandma. She will go to her unhesitantly, even if I am right next to her! She gets a huge smile on her face when she is with her it is incredible. It is a good thing I named her after her! We finally babyproofed the house. I have been crazy worried that she would fall through the railings. They put up a polyfiber glass plastic thing that protects it and also put up the gate by the stairs! Yay! Now I am only worried about her putting things in her mouth that aren’t supposed to be there. Autumn is not teething yet. (I don’t think). William already has 4 teeth! Pretty crazy. Can’t wait for that!

Her exzema is not getting much better. She is such a sweet lady I just love to snuggle her at night. I truly do love her. Daddy loves her too so much. He calls her a rat when she misbehaves and loves to laugh at her when she does funny things. He is really good at calming her down when she is fussy and loves to be rocked by her. Autumn is going to see all of her cousins again tomorrow! We are driving to Portland, Oregon for Christmas. I hope the weather is ok. I don’t trust our car very well. I am sure we’ll be fine.

Autumn got her first tooth today! It is 12.22.12. I was feeding her some pieces of grapes and I felt something sharp on my finger. Sure enough, Spencer checked her when we stopped to go to the bathroom and change her on our way to Oregon and there was a little tooth! It must have broken through last night and this morning. It is the most adorable little tooth I have ever seen! I have never been so excited about a tooth! Autumn has been AMAZING on our drive! She has not been fussy at all unless she was hungry. Even then, still just happy as can be! She is super smiley and happy it is pretty amazing! I sure love my little girl.

Autumn at her uncle Travis's house in Oregon. Playing cards with her daddy.