8 Months at 35 Weeks

My happy girl is 8 months old, I cannot believe it. She has had another eventful and exciting week. She celebrated my birthday by coming to work with me again on friday. She has too much fun with my coworkers. Then on saturday, Pawpaw picked us up and off to Aggieland we went for cousin Garrett's first birthday party. Shelby and him enjoyed spending time playing together. On sunday after church, we had another birthday party for Kelli and I. After all of those exciting festivities we went back to Spring where we hung out with the Gorman clan at our house. Shelby got to ride on Callie's tricylce, one of the many benefits of them living with us.

Shelby is still not crawling but she is so close to it. She will move one knee and then fall. She chooses to roll around to get what she wants and slowly scoots as well. Clapping for herself is still one of her favorite things to do especially when you tell her yeah. Chad and I also had to drop her bed down a notch because she kept pulling herself up using her bumper pads to look over and talk to Callie when they were suppose to be going to sleep, turkeys.

A Loveable 34 Weeks

My little valentine has turned 34 weeks old. She has had a very busy week. We celebrated Valentines at home where she got a few new toys from Mommy, Daddy, Mimi, Popa and later from Nana and Pawpaw.

On Saturday Shelby and I went to Pasadena to visit with Drew and Nana as well as to go get Great Gran Gran from the airport who flew in from Nebraska. Shelby really enjoyed playing with Drew who is so sweet to her. She also enjoyed getting to see Gran Gran who we have not seen since August.

On Sunday we went to church with the McDaniel clan and later joined the McLoxley's for lunch. Shelby had all sorts of fun getting to visit with her little friend Sofie Locklear afterwards. They are only 2 weeks apart to the day and the differences are so funny.

After a quick visit with Mimi and Popa we went back over to Nana's house where we met up with Retti and JD. We talked and enjoyed spending time with her.

On Monday I was off for Presidents Day so Shelby and I spent a little more time on Pasadena. She is getting to be so big. She began signing "Finished" this week, even though she signs it the whole time she is eating, when she is clearly not finished. It is too sweet though. She also began clapping and really waving at people. She might wave towards herself and not actually at the person, but I am sure she will get it right soon enough. She also got to enjoy some time with her cousins this week and they looked too cute Monday night in their matching PJ's.

The Big Double 3 (33 Weeks)

My little baby is 33 weeks old now, I cannot believe it. She had a very busy week with many firsts to mention. She is now riding in the front part of the grocery cart and loving every minute of it as everyone oooos, aaawwws and talks to her as I shop. She thinks she is hot stuff. She also started to really pronunciate letters a lot more in her babble. So much so that she, to Chad's total excitement, said "Dada". She really says it the most when she gets mad and she says it over and over. Shelby also showed her moody side this week. I took her to Babies "R' Us and had to leave without getting what I went for because she was screaming and throwing herself around. I got so many looks like I was torturing her, I was so embarrassed. On Sunday she got to try table food for the first time. I gave her crumbs of a cracker, a tiny bite of mashed potatoes, a bite of corn and last night of asparagus. Needless to say I do not think she will be eating table food any time soon. She made the funniest face I taped her with my cell phone. I will try to upload it later.

Happy Valentines Day from Shelby!

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Fashionable as always at 32 weeks!

My little doll has turned 32 weeks. She had a busy week. We started it off by going back to the doctor to get her ears checked because she is still suffering from congestion and ear infections. She is now weighing in at 17 pounds 2 ounces. This past weekend Shelby and I packed up and went to College Station so that I could babysitt Drew and Garrett for Kelli. We had a blast playing with them. She even showed off to Drew and I by pulling herself up on this big cube toy of Garretts. I was SO impressed. After church in Aggieland on Sunday Shelby and I headed off to Deer Park for her Uncle Bryan's birthday celebration, we had fun with the Gormans. Shelby has recently developed a case of stranger anxiety, which is so unlike her, she has always gone to anyone, but now sometimes she just wants her mommy.