Two-thirds

Yes that's right... our LO is 8 months old (as you may or may not have been able to discern from the title). Wow, time moves fast.

Riley has more than doubled her birth weight now, weighing in at just under 18 pounds. She now has 5 teeth (all incisors ... 2 bottom front, 2 top front, and 1 to the left of the top front OR numbers 8, 9, 10, 24, and 25 for all you dental nerds). She's currently working on another one (top, incisor, to the right of the front 2 OR number 7).

Eating-wise, Riley's still drinking breast milk, anywhere from about 20-25 ounces a day. She also eats about 2-3 "solid" food meals a day. Generally she gets fruit in the morning and meat/vegetables for dinner. Lunchtime is the toss-up, as it hasn't been incorporated as a permanent meal time yet. Yesterday we had her try gumming small pieces of bananas. Cam and I didn't like the look on her face when she swallowed (it seemed like she was gagging) so we mashed up the bananas with a fork and let her have at it. We think she liked it, although we're not sure. It wasn't so much the taste, but the texture was much more lumpy than usual (she usually gets her foods pureed). What she was able to do really well was grab at the food, as Riley's getting really good at the pincer grasp.

Riley loves to look at pictures of faces. She goes nuts when she sees anyone in a mirror, especially herself! She smiles from ear to ear at all the family photos we have included in her "Who Loves Baby?" book. Speaking of books, Riles loves it when we read to her. Well, mostly she loves the smooth feel of the board books, not to mention the fact that they're fun to chew. But she definitely loves it when we read to her. Her face especially brightens up when she sees the picture of the dog in her "Baby Animals" book. It seems like she'll be a dog person... yay!

We're currently working on clapping and waving "Hi!" and "Bye!" While she hasn't done any of these on her own yet, Riley is absolutely fascinated with all of these motions, especially waving. At times it seems like she starts to make a motion to wave, but so far those moments are fleeting. I think she'll catch on pretty quickly.

No out and out crawling yet, but when put on her tummy, she definitely moves forward (albeit VERY slowly). A lot of times she'll just roll to get something (again, though, usually doing this very slowly). In general, Riley's not too happy on her tummy. Now standing, on the other hand, that she'll do for hours. Take a look at the video below. This was taken yesterday morning. Riley pulled herself up in to that position, stayed like that for a good long while, and then managed to get herself back down on the ground without smashing her face in to the ground! Keep an eye out for the feet movement... this is a new development.