Time is Flyin

Oh no!  I can't keep up with my updates!  Anna is almost 8 months old.

She and I are staying with our family in Wyoming and Utah while John is working on polio eradication in Cambodia.  We miss him.  Sad face.  :(  But we are enjoying being around family.

Life is different out here in Wyoming.  It's quiet and spacious.  I like it.  Utah is fun too.  We can go places like Costco and bring our groceries home in a car instead of figuring out how to carry them home on the Subway. 

Anna is growing way too fast for me.  She is eating solid foods now.  She hates peas the most.  When she has something in her mouth that she doesn't like, instead of spitting it out, she buzzes her lips so that it sprays out.  It's cute but so messy.  Sigh.

She sits up by herself now.  This makes her so happy.  She will actually sit and play by herself sometimes.  And she is also rolling around on the floor.  The first time she rolled was mid January, but in the last few weeks she has perfected the art of rolling and turning on her tummy so she can get anywhere in the room she wants to go.  AND she is also learning how to scoot forward on her tummy.  I think she will be crawling soon.  This thought makes me excited and sad.

She is talking more and more.  She can say b, d, m, w, g, r, and y sounds mixed with lots of vowels.  So cute.  She says "ma ma ma ma" repeatedly but I don't think she knows she's saying my name.  Or does she?

When somebody says "hi" to her she says "hi" back by smiling and reaching out and touching their mouth.  I don't know why she does that but it is funny.

About five days ago she suddenly started pointing with her right index finger.  We were at Cabella's with John's parents and she got SO EXCITED when she saw the fish and just started pointing it was so funny!  Now she points to things and people all the time.

And the MOST IMPORTANT THING is that she is sleep trained!!!!  Hooray.  She was not sleeping well and she was kind of always in a bad mood so I read Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child and it turned our world upside down--well, right-side up.  Now she goes to bed around 6:30pm and sleeps till about 6:30am, waking up once in the night to eat.  And she takes two naps, at the same time every day.  And because of this she has transformed into a happy, cheerful, well-rested baby.  I am in heaven.  In a few months I will try getting her to sleep through the night.  If that works I will really be in heaven.

Ok well, that's all I can think of for now.  I might make another post with all of the outings we've been on lately.