Magdalyn turned 8 months last week! This has been kind of a surreal milestone for me. Last December I looked like this:
I remember talking with my sister, Kristine, around Christmastime about our future little ones. We were specifically talking about them being 8 months old because we said, "Can you believe we will have 8 month olds by this time next year on the cruise?" It was so weird to believe the little kicks we were feeling would be active, babbling, toothy babies in just one year. Well, here we are!
Magdalyn hasn't changed a whole lot since 7 months. She has two teeth now, and is working on getting her top ones in as well. I think it will be a matter of weeks. She loves food more and more! She is starting to like "real" food, which I love! She enjoys bread (especially Olive Garden breadsticks) cheerios, teething cookies, graham crackers, and Club crackers. And whip cream. Courtesy of her Daddy on Thanksgiving. She loved it! She seems like she wants to crawl, you can tell she is starting to get frustrated about not being able to move where she wants to go, but she hasn't quite figured out how to do it yet. She can roll to get an item, but that isn't always as accurate. She is babbling like crazy, which is super cute! Her first word was "Dada", much to Matt's absolute joy! Since then she has also mastered "Baba" and "Mama". Kalianna keeps saying, "try Kalianna". Yeah...it may be awhile for that one sweetie. =)
Other than that, she is still my super sweet, happy, easy-going girl. She is starting to show a little more personality, especially around her sister. She is starting to fight back when Kalianna tries to trade toys with her and Maggie doesn't want to. But if Maggie gets upset, Kalianna hugs her and makes everything all better again. The two of them always want to be doing the same thing, and they are the happiest when they are together. I know they will have their fights as all siblings do, but I hope this closeness they share continues through the years! Sisters are the best!
Matt found these giant marshmallows at Wal Mart and thought, "Hey, we need those!" So he bought them. Kalianna only made it through a couple bites before she was done. It's the size of her hand! These would make some killer big smores though.
Kalianna Loves her stuffed animals! She has way more than she needs (as did I) and actually a lot of her animals are my old ones. Whenever we clean her floor to vacuum, they end up in a huge animal pile in the corner. The other day when we were cleaning, she decided she needed to hide in her animal pile. She thought this way pretty cool! And yes, she has chip residue on her face. These are my awesome parenting skills at work.
Our little neighbor boy, Kaleo, is almost a year older than Kalianna. Well they absolutely love each other! I call him her first boyfriend (which Matt hates). But growing up, I never played with boys. Ever! I was too shy I think. Whereas my daughter seems to play really well with a lot of the boys in our ward (which again, Matt hates). A couple months ago the two of them were playing outside together when Magdalyn fell asleep. I didn't want to leave two two-year-olds outside alone so I shooed them into the house and sent them downstairs to play while I laid her down for a nap. I came downstairs to find this:
Kalianna is such a sweetheart! I am often so impressed with how sincerely sweet she is to others around her. Yesterday at church, Matt peeked in the nursery window between classes. Unfortunately since Kalianna is one of the oldest in her age group, she is losing most of her friends to Sunbeams next year. Really sad! But I'm not too worried after what Matt saw yesterday. She was sitting next to a little girl during snack time. The girl was probably a year younger than her. Kalianna reached over and pat the girl on the head (she does this all the time-not sure why) Well her finger got caught in the girl's hair so as she pulled away, she yanked the girl's hair a tiny bit. The little girl was extremely angry and immediately started hitting Kali and tried to grab her own hair to pull back. Kalianna looked at her, and without saying a word she wrapped her arms around the angry child and gave her a big hug. One of those moments that makes me so proud to be her mom!
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