8 Months!

Happy belated 8 months old! Madison turned 8 months on July 21st and has been learning so many new things. She makes all sorts of new sounds and her favorite new thing is giving big cheesy grins and squishing up her nose. It is the cutest smile! She loves to hold our hands from a sitting position and pull herself up so she can stand. She is very stubborn and once she is in this position she will not let you sit her back down and straightens her legs as stiff as a board. She is a very strong girl. Her new desire is to hold our hands and walk all over the place. My back is getting quite the workout. It makes me wonder if she will skip crawling??? When she is on her belly she wants to move so much that she will fling her arms back in a very aerodynamic position, which would be perfect for flying or swimming, but only gets her frustrated because she doesn't move. She will just cry and fuss until she is in a standing position. She must be watching us and realize that we aren't crawling all over the floor so why should she:)
She also loves to dance to music and clap. Last Sunday when the choir sang she clapped when it was over. It was very cute because no one else was clapping but she just was so excited about their performance. She even sang along. She has a cute little singing voice and trys out many different pitches. I love her high pitches, it sounds so sweet:)
For the month of July we were with family in Utah and she just loves to play with other kids. She is fascinated by them and all that they can do. She is very observant and loves to check everything out. We also learned that she loves cats. We are staying at a home in Milwaukee that has a big beautiful cat named Poe. She screams in laughter and wants to be close to it and pet it. I just have to make sure she doesn't grab too much of the kitty's hair:)
We just love our little Miss Madison! Happy eight month birthday!