Oh My!

This has been quite the week for Macayla! She started the week by starting to crawl and clapping her hands. As of this weekend she is starting to independently pull herself up to a standing position, wave bye-bye, and as she is waving says "buh-buh"!

She is also starting to play more games! I try my hardest to keep her away from our fireplace edge...but of course because she knows I do not want her there that is where she wants to go. She will start crawling slowly towards it and then when she hears me get up to get her she crawls as fast as she can to get to the fireplace before I get to her! It is very cute :)

On a side note, volleyball season is officially over. It went very quickly. Although these past few months have been crazy, I wouldn't have changed a thing. I loved coaching and couldn't have done it without the support of family and friends. Thank you!

Crawling & Clapping

The video started out with the purpose to show everyone how she was clapping everytime we cheered for the packers. At the end of the shot she decided to crawl!

Happy Halloween!

Some additional 8 Month Accomplishment:

• Just 1 day shy of her 8 Month birthday, Macayla is officially crawling! This was first seen by Grandma and Grandpa Starke. Last night Jason and I had a Halloween Party to attend so Macayla had a sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa's. When we met up with them at church this morning they told us that this morning Macayla had crawled across the living room! She is slow...still figuring it all out...but she is definitely crawling!
• At church this morning Macayla clapped her hands together and said "Yay"

8 Month Accomplishments

• Can go from laying to sitting on her own
• Has 2 teeth
• Eats veggies, fruit, cereal and yogurt all in one day
• Gets up on all fours, rocks then reaches...no crawling yet, but very close
• Can pull herself up to her knees...feet will be soon
• "Clicks" her tongue
• Makes many more sound combinations
• Had her first sleepover without mom and dad at Grandma and Grandpa Danner's house along with Aunt Tricia, Uncle Jeremy and Aunt Melissa
• Can entertain her self for an hour on the floor...rolling, playing and looking for Mom and Dad's approval and excitement
• Can wave bye-bye...but not quite on demand :)

8 Months!

Tooth #2

Macayla's tooth #1 is about half way showing. This morning I put my finger in her mouth to feel around and sure enough, tooth #2 is starting to poke through!

7 Months Old!

In between Volleyball practice, picking up Macayla, making dinner for 6 and watching the first half of the Packer game I mananged to take some pictures of Macayla. Her biggest accomplishment is getting up on all 4's! Won't be long before she'll be crawling. I know I haven't shown any house pictures...I just want to wait until we are settled with pictures on the wall and stuff. Slowly but surely we are getting there.