Eight Months!

Pictures

After talking with my sister, I realized I needed to post more pictures and videos for my family. I have not been as good at taking pictures as I was a few months ago, but here are a few favorites from the last 2 weeks. I'll try and post more soon.

Daniella just discovered her butterfly rocker. It helped keep her still for a photo shoot.

She thought the wings were fascinating-

Kissing the butterfly-

I love this hair!

I've mentioned before how Dani's hair is changing colors and many people have recently commented on how blond she now is. She still has the dark ends, but most of her hair is now blond.

Last week I was able to put her hair up for the first time into pigtails. The only trick was to keep her still enough to take a picture.

After her baths I like to play with Daniella's hair. Just the other day I noticed that I could curl her hair by wraping it around my finger and her ringlets would stay. So, here is her hair all curled at bedtime.

Clapping

While visiting my parents I was able to video Daniella clapping, but I never got around to posting it. About a week ago, however, I was able to get this video. Though she is not always compliant to my requests, I can tell she now understands quite a bit.

Baby Doll

Today my mother bought Daniella her first baby doll. After exploring the doll's facial features, Dani decided to give her kisses.

Roses

Daniella was introduced to roses for the first time today. Grandpa picked a purple rose that matched her dress and when he put it close so she could smell it, she decided she would taste it instead. At least she did not try to eat or touch the roses still on the bushes.

Meeting of Cousins

Daniella was able to meet her new cousin Addie last night. Uncle Joe was very kind to set up a photo shoot to document this meeting. For the majority of the photo shoot Addie has the same expression on her face as you see here.
Addie seemed a little confused (and a little concerned) about this small person who was very interested in her. I was very impressed in how Daniella was very gentle with Addie even when Addie fell on top of her.

Daniella tried to show Addie how to pose for a camera . . .

and she showed Addie her new found skill of clapping.

Daniella was quite gentle overall and lightly patted Addie on the shoulder or foot to let her know that it was alright.

There are many more pictures which I found adorable, but since I'm short on time, I'll keep those for later. Thank you Joe for doing such a great job!