What a Week!

It has been quite the week here around the Wagner house.  I think Edie could sense that I was typing about all the great things she did in her eighth month with us during her nap last Friday, because she has definitely been working to outdo herself this week.  She started right away, and this is what I found when I went to get her from her nap after publishing the last blog post...

look what I can do!

This was the first time that she sat up completely unassisted and unprompted.  It is also the first moment in her life that I thought "this is truly going by way too fast."  Man was I in for a ride this week.

She discovered the wonder of splashing in the bathtub on Sunday.  Talk about a good time!

It didn't end there.  After a restless weekend with poor naps, we discovered her first tooth on Monday.  I would post a pic here, but my hundreds of attempts at capturing the thing on camera have been failures. 

Suffice it to say that her already gorgeous smile is going to be a lot cuter with pearly whites!

Next up; crawling.  That's right, after rocking back and forth on her knees for over a month, she took off on Tuesday.  Here's a video for your viewing pleasure:

Wednesday was Alex's birthday.  We went to his favorite restaurant (which is also just a short walk from our house).  Here's the birthday boy with his precious little angel.

Excuse the poor picture.  Forgot my camera, so I had to settle for the phone pic.  Edie was a hit at dinner making friends with the little boy at the table next to us and all of the servers.

Wednesday and Thursday Edie spent her nap times mastering the art of going from laying to sitting and back to laying.  In the process she tested out sleeping while sitting (turns out it doesn't work too well).  By the way, video monitors are AMAZING!  I love watching her problem solve her way out of things.

Yesterday, Edie had her first play date.  I found a great group of moms through Meetup and we are looking forward to our Friday play dates from here on out (or until I get a job).  Edie showed off her crawling skills, while Baby A handed her toys, and Baby B took them away.  I enjoyed meeting a few other moms in the area.

We also had a visit from Tio Mario on yesterday afternoon.  He stopped by a couple weeks ago, before Edie was crawling, and told me that she would be crawling before he came back.  Edie had a great time showing him that he was right.  What she didn't have a great time doing yesterday was napping. After an awesome morning nap, she decided she had better things to do while in her crib.  Mario and I watched as this happened...

Yes, she is standing.  And yes, we promptly lowered the mattress another 6 inches.

Last night I heard her talking in her crib at about 2am (party animal).  I was watching her play on the monitor when I noticed that she was getting very still and quiet.  Sure enough, she was testing out the whole sleeping while sitting thing again.  I had to wake Alex up to show him.  She was sitting up facing the camera and you could see her little eyes close, and her head tilt forward.  So cute.  After trying to sleep sitting up for a solid 20 minutes, she finally gave in and laid down.

I can tell from the beginning of this mornings nap and yesterday afternoons lack of naps, that it's going to be a few days before naps are easy again.  There are just too many new skills to practice! Until then, it's early bedtimes for the munchkin so she can rest up for all the adventures!

I'm sure you all love to see her new tricks, but Alex and I are hoping she doesn't start walking in the next week.  There are only so many new things we can handle emotionally.  She's growing up WAY too fast!  Here's to an uneventful next blog post.

Love you and miss you!
the Wagners