The eighth month has come and gone. She has officially been on the outside as long as the inside. How weird.
We wrapped up her eighth month with a family camping trip, in Kansas, at Eisenhower State Park, for a family reunion. (Highly recommend the place if you are in the area.) This was Cora’s longest car trip at around 5 hours total and didn’t do too bad considering she hates her car seat.
We aren’t huge campers but we rented a nice camper and set off to meet up with the rest of the families. We had an absolute blast and I have to say, camping with a baby wasn’t that bad at all. Her pack n play fit perfectly in the camper, we had AC, her monitor reached around the area, her Go Pod once again became a lifesaver and she doesn’t venture off of her large picnic blanket so we were able to contain her fairly well. Also, gallons of sunscreen and bug spray were used.
While we had a tiny tub with our extremely tiny shower, I just showered while holding the baby. Hilarity ensued is all I can say. Water everywhere, shower curtain being pulled down and me naked in the tiniest shower alive with a slippery baby who thought this was the funniest thing we have ever done together. My Husband was of no help as he laughed his ass off at us.
Good memories.
This past month we took her to the lakes, swimming, for the first time and it was a huge hit. Thank goodness. We purchased this baby floatie and it has been well worth the money. She can chill in there for hours and it keeps the sun off of her. We can happily float on ours right next to her and everyone is good!
Other general items- still crawling, pulling herself up, letting go of things, so close to walking, popped one more tooth (2 total now), starting to only wake once a night, and getting better with the jar food. She says bye-bye, dada, mamma, and growls like a dinosaur on command. Because that is an important life feature. We go in for her 9 months appointment Friday but I think she is around 18lbs and is currently in 9 month clothing.
We are still in the stranger danger phase. When does this end? Anyone? She is fine going to me, Hubby, my sister and her babysitter. Also, my ex-boyfriend who was at the family reunion. Long story. Otherwise, she lets everyone hold her for two seconds and that is it. I feel bad for Grandparents and friends who really want to interact with her but I can’t force it and some of them have a hard time accepting this phase.
Otherwise, we are on cruise for this summer. I’m really proud of how well we are sticking to our summer goals and really enjoying time together as a family.
How’s your summer goals?
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