8 Months Old...

Where has the time gone?????

She is just growing up way too fast. She is babbling all the time. She loves rolling, scooting and sitting up playing with her toys.

She will stand for a couple of minutes while she holds on to something.

She had her first flu shot last month. She did so well.

We are finished with all therapy and our helmet comes off on Valentines Day....... 3 months of 23 hours a day wearing this device has sure been easy for the most part. She has been so great with it. I think I am going to be more concerned when it is off. It is a great protector for a little one starting to move around. I always hear her hit the side of he crib or roll onto a toy and I don't worry too much because I know she is protected.

Here are her 8 months pictures... I will re post when they arrive. They are too cute to wait so please excuse the watermarks on them.

The Crawl...........

She is starting to crawl. We call it the Army Crawl.....

Teeth......I cut my first teeth...1/20/2011

While Grammy was watching Ashley she noticed that her bottom teeth broke through.......

I tried and tried to get a picture of Ashley's first teeth.She does not cooperate so well.
So here she is teething on what ever she can get her hands on.....

Oh and did I happen to tell you that she is sitting up all by herself and loves to play while she is upright.....

She is growing up way too fast....

All dressed up and no where to go....

Mommy found this dress in the closet... She had me dress up for pictures...........

I feel like singing...."I feel pretty oh so pretty......"

Grammy & Papa's Visit

Grammy & Papa came to visit me last week.
It was so much fun. Papa liked to make funny noises and I have a smile designed just for him. I scrunch up my nose show my gums... and I just smile sooooo big...

Grammy played with me everyday. She took me shopping and just gave me all the love I could ever need.

While they were here I got to go out to a fancy dinner again. We celebrated Grammy's birthday.
I loved spending time with them.

I miss you already..

By the way Mommy and Daddy finished my gates. You all really made this home safe for me to explore.

We love you....

Babies Day Out.....

I took Mommy & Daddy out for a day of shopping....It was chillly here today so I got to wear a warm cute sweater dress.. Mommy said it was too cold to just wear the dress so I put on my soft black pants....Look at me...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2011

New Years was uneventful. We just hung out at the house. At noon SPROUT network had a countdown so we watched that and got up and danced, sang and watched Chika. At night Mark worked and I had to work at 8 AM. So we called it a night just after the ball dropped.


We are starting the year off right. We had out monthly Physical and Occupational Therapies this week. On Wednesday Joan released her from her PT for the tortocollis. She said she looks great and is centered and has 100% rotation. I still need to monitor her and stretch her. On Thursday we met with Susan the OT for the fine motor skills related to her arm injury. Now that she is up attempting to crawl she said the weight and muscle tone are great and that her hand rotation and placement is normal. So she released her from OT. Whoooooooooo Hoooooooo!!!!!!

I am so blessed that GOD took care of my little baby girl. I know 100% without a doubt that my Dad was there through everything. He took great care of her and gave me the strenth to get through it. I know that I am a very rare case of spontaneous recovery for the arm injury and that the tortocollis was able to be cured in just 6 months (most cases take anywhere from 1-2 years). I had a team of great therapist who guided us through everything. I will never forget Joan and Susan for all their help.