Zoe: 8 months

Our sweet little girl turned 8 months on the 10th. She is very much a girl ... amazing that at such a young age she can act girly. She has a little girly giggle, she is dramatic ... for example if someone accidentally bumps her she makes sure that everyone knows she didn't like that, and her voice is even girly as she laughs, babbles or screams.

She scoots around both when she's on her belly and when she is sitting ... mostly when she's sitting. She also rolls and reaches for whatever she desires. She is never in the same place as where I leave her though she doesn't go far. She isn't really getting up on all fours ... she just doesn't seem to be in a hurry to really get around.

Two days ago she learned to clap and its all she does now. She is so delighted with her new trick. She claps while I try to feed her which makes things very difficult since she keeps throwing food everywhere when she hits the spoon. She gets the biggest smile as she claps and babbles, as if to say, "yeah!"

She is still toothless! Unheard of in this house since both of the boys had teeth at 6 months! She needs some teeth since she's always wanting what we're eating but she's got nothing to chew it with.

Her thumb is going to be a problem when we need to break her of the habit. It used to just go in when she was tired but lately its always in unless she's very into what she's playing.