Lorelai - 8 Months Old!

I am hopelessly in love with this beautiful little girl:

 all 8 months old of her:

 I was not in love with trying to get these pictures though.  lol  Both kids are sick (we have dr. visits tomorrow), and when Lorelai wasn't trying to eat the number 8, she was eating my watch, or crawling off of the couch.  Luckily I don't have a hard time deciding between dropping my expensive camera v. saving my daughter from a fall on the head.  lol

So, yep...she is crawling!  Not quite as efficient as her brother, but she's getting around.  :)  She sits up with ease, and is now working on standing!  She practiced in the tub yesterday.  That left me a little freaked out.  Luckily I was there holding her arm as she practiced, but oh man!  There were quite a few splashes in the water, but she didn't seem to mind.  She is weighing in at 19.6 lbs.  And she is even beginning to associate the sounds ma-ma-ma with me, and da-da-da with Brian.  When she is looking for me (i.e. I'm in the kitchen and she is playing a safe distance away in the living room) she crawls towards me crying ma-ma-ma-ma!  And when she sees Brian she rambles off a bunch of da's.  Smart cookie this girl!

 I put her here in a standing position.  She was trying so hard to do it herself.

 The sweetest little angel face:

 And I love these little rolls.  She's 8 months old...they'll be gone soon.  And I will miss them so so so much!

However, I have my own tummy rolls...that I don't think I'll ever be able to get rid of after 2 pregnancies.  I am now at 125 (3 lbs. below my pre-Lorelai pregnancy weight, and about 5 below my pre-Gabriel pregnancy weight I believe), but the rolls remain when I sit as Gabriel so nicely reminded me today as he was pinching them.