BABY STORIES

Dear Lisbeth,

I just wanted to tell you about some cute things that have happened recently.

You are 8 months old, 15lbs 9oz and wearing 0-3 months size clothing.

First of all, you've got two teeth and a third one coming in! It's pretty exciting.

The other day, I was sitting on the couch, holding you, and the guy next to me had a beard. I showed you his beard and you were so interested. You are always fascinated by beards. You kept grabbing his beard and touching it, then you looked at me and touched my naked face, as if you were asking me where my beard was. It was so cute to see you looking and noticing the difference.

We were at this Asian place and I went to the bathroom and as I came back you looked at me and made an excited squeal that sounded just like the word mommy.

My case worker was holding you and you kept scratching your butt and she jokingly said, "hey you, don't scratch your butt in public. Don't you have any manners?" And you just started wailing and instantly we were both like "oh honey! It's ok baby, you can scratch your butt all you want."

And you do. You have this baby obsession with scratching your butt every chance you get.

This one time my friend was trying to feed you and you wouldn't eat so I said "hey, eat your food you little hooligan" and tears just welled up and you started crying your eyes out, how dare mean old mommy call that precious angel a hooligan.

When you were really little, like a month old, I put you in a watermelon by the pool. I thought you might like to splash your feet in the water so I dipped your toes into the pool and you instantly started squalling. I think it was just too cold for you. We'll have to try this summer.

02-24-14 you had to get baby shots yesterday and so you had bandaids on your legs. This morning I heard you cough and I looked to find you had pulled one of the bandaids off of your leg and you were trying to eat it.

Three days in a row now you've pooped while I was trying to change your diaper. You're on a roll.