10 August: Petite monstre

Almost 8 months....
Loosely translated petite monstre is little terror... literally translated little monster. She's officially gained 0.5" and 4oz in two months, putting her at 28.25" and 14lbs 4oz... 90+ percentile for height, off the charts for skinny.

So what is the plan? All is well and time for human food! Here she samples her first non-baby food. Sure she's had apples, bananas, peas, green beans, pears, you name it, all mushed up. But turns out adult food is much higher in calories, so we're jumping in... not with wonderbread, mind you, but with organic artisan chibata from the local farmers market... life is rough. Since then, we've also started her on yogurt, pureed chicken, and liquified thanksgiving I call it (turkey, carrots, sweet potatoes all pureed together).... and of course, Cheerie-Os:

Although it doesn't take Scarlett long to figure out that food also help her make new friends:
She is active as always... nothing gets in her way (notice who now never is far behind):

Turns out though, crawling is a total case of becareful what you wish for.... our little monster has also quickly learned another way to make friends... opening the screen door! This was totally spontaneous... YIKES!

Finally, more leg strengthing... but I thought it was a sweet shot... ever since she was a baby she has loved gazing outside to watch the trees... now she can crawl over and do it any time she wants...