This Is Us

Just call her..... TALI MONSTER!!
Labor Day September 1-3, 2007

I don't know what happened to my sweet little girl, over Labor Day weekend, she transformed.

She had been trying to crawl for awhile, but this past weekend she got it down. We spent the night at James and Laree's on Friday night so the boys could go hunting. Saturday was a fun day, we litteraly sat around all day and did nothing, I love days like that!

This is Talia pulling herself up for the first time, she was so proud of herself! She couldn't figure out how to get down, so she just let go and fell flat on her back, then she just rolled over and kept going, she is a tough little buger, and not afraid of anything! Talia went from sitting up and doing a few crawls, to full on crawling, pulling herself up to her feet, and walking along the couch in one day. As soon as she realized she could do whatever she wanted, she was so determined. Now she is into everything, and making messes left and right!

It is so fuuny to watch her standing because she is so little! she is seven and a half months and barely pushing 16 lbs. She got stuck and couldn't get her legs back together, so instead of helping her, Craig and I laughed and got the camera...then we helped her:)
Yesterday I was downstairs and Talia was taking a nap, suddenly I heard the music player on her swing turn on through the monitor, it freaked me out, so I went running upstairs to find this.... Talia had stood herself up and then reached over and turned on her swing, once again, she was very proud of herself.

Just so I have record of it, the first time I saw Talia really crawl a long distance was on Sunday at church (of course she waited for the one place I don't bring my camera!) I am in the primary presidency, so during the second and third hour I put Talia on the ground in the back of the primary room and she just plays the whole time. I was out in the hall talking to a friend and I look over and Talia is coming right for me, crawling down the hall. It was very exciting!

I missed the post for Talia at seven months, so here are a few things that she is doing now....

Eating/Sleeping: Talia is not a big eater, and it is hard to get her to eat anything if she is not really hungry, she is not picky at all and loves all the vegatables that I have given her. Her favorite snack's are graham crackers, or sweet potato puffs. She eats oatmeal cereal and fruit for breakfast, a bottle fot lunch, and rice cereal with veggies for dinner with lots of snacks in between.Her favorite thing is apple juice and she screams in protest when I give her water. Talia has never been a fan of sleeping. From day one she has always fought it, she wants to be awake and a part of what is going on. She sleeps 10-12 hrs, at night (usually 10) and she takes two hour and half naps naps during the day, so I can't complain.

Firsts this month: She finally got teeth! The bottom two came in at the same time. I have yet to get a good picture of them because she likes to cover them with her tongue:) First trip to Seaworld (for mom and Tali) First trip to the beach. First words, dada of course, Craig is so proud! First crawling and pulling up to stand. First time to the movies, she was so good, but she thougth the movie was talking to her, so she wanted to talk back. I kept trying to put anyting and everthing in her mouth to keep her quiet. (Licorice, straws, toys, binki etc..) Good thing it was an action film so most of the time you couldn't hear her cause the movie was so loud!