For Zane

October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month (October 15th was Awareness Day).

This song is perfect for Zane and all of the other babies "gone too soon".

Not a day goes by that we don't think of him.

8 Months/Botanica Halloween Day

Debbie took us to Botanica for their Halloween kid's day on the 12th, when Macey turned 8 months. 

Colton was spiderman, Emery was a poodle, and Macey was an elephant (Tara got her costume for her right after we found out she was a girl).

Decorating goody bags

The girls were more excited about their suckers than anything else

Decorated a headband with leaves

Our attempt at getting all three kids' picture taken together

At 8 months, Macey weighs around 19 1/2 pounds (80th percentile weight) and is about 28 1/2 inches long (90th percentile height). She said her first word on the day she turned 8 months ("Dad") and she will crawl a little bit now. Not more than a couple of "steps", and she leaves one of her legs up to do it- one knee down and the other one is up so she is kind of walking with one leg. 

She loves to clap and does it a lot.

She loves magnets. I just set her down in front of the fridge with magnets low enough for her to grab and she will play for long periods of time.

Loves baths and being naked. She hates bibs and will spend most of her eating time trying to pull it off. For dinner we just take her shirt off so she doesn't need a bib.

She still loves to swing and will walk her walker to the back door to look at her swing.

She's still very friendly and loves people, especially kids. 

"Dad"

Macey said "Dad" today- her first word :) We got her to say it again for the camera. 

(She said it a couple of times before I got the camera out.)

Chad tried to bribe her with a french fry to make her say it again. She gave him a cheesy smile instead.

Swinging

Dancing?