Jillian is eight months old! It is crazy how much she has grown and all the new things she is doing. She has just about mastered sitting on her own, probably a few more days and she will have it. She has four teeth, which caused Joe and I to get little sleep last weekend 
And she continues to be way super cute! We just love, love, love her!!!
He does the butt-run.
Jillian loves looking at herself and whomever is holding her in the mirror. I thought it would be fun to put a mirror against the wall on the floor so Jillian good lay and look at it. She seemed to have fun and was fascinated with touching the mirror and smiling at herself.
Jillian is progressing to the phase where she is into everything. Right now she wants pretty much anything that someone else has. I bought her reading glasses in the dollar section of Target because she kept taking mine off my face and was fascinated by them. Now she had her own plastic pair to play with so mine do not accidentally get broken. Joe uses other tactics like allowing Jillian to play with old computer parts. It is precious watching her manipulate objects-slowly examining each and every part. Soon enough Jillian will embark on much more exciting adventures when she is sitting by herself and begins to crawl. Joe says he can not wait till she starts crawling. I think once this happens he may wish he did not say that 
Jillian brushed/got her teeth brushed for the first time Sunday night. She really enjoyed it, let’s hope that she continues to enjoy brushing her teeth!
Yes, we both have purple tooth brushes
7 things about JIllian at 7 months:
1. She loves technology. She always reaches for our cell phones, remote, mouse, keyboard. She wants it all.
2. She is eating different foods these day- she is enjoying sweet potatoes, pears, applesauce, peaches, and carrots.
3. She started drinking from a sippy cup! Yesterday she help it all by herself
4. She desperately wants to sit up on her own, she has not accomplished this yet for an extended period, but she is relentless and will certainly get it soon.
5. She loves her bouncer. She must think it is the coolest thing ever. She looks so happy and proud when she gets bouncing quickly (we will have to post a video).
6. She is over three times her birth weight now, and approaching being nearly four times her birth weight.
7. She is fascinated with Kingsley. Each time he gets near her she reaches for him and smiles with such excitement.
Jillian is our precious miracle. It is amazing watching her grow and learn!
Hilarious.
Good times, and lots of laughs, that sums up vacation in a few words. Wednesday we tried to go to the beach, but the wind got the best of us. We then went for a brief trip to the boardwalk and had lunch. Wednesday night we ventured to The Clam Bar, which was highly recommended by the Daley family. We waited an extra long time, but for those that like seafood the wait was worth it. Thursday we went to the beach again, and again it was extremely windy. We then spent the evening on the boardwalk. On Friday Joe, Jillian, and I spent the day with the Daley’s and had a bonfire at their house in the evening which the Andrews’ family came to. Saturday, which was the most beautiful day we were there, we had to come back home. Joe and I decided to drive all the way back and arrived home after 11pm. It was good to get home though it would have been even better to stay the weekend in Ocean City.
We are having a lot of fun. We have been to the beach a couple of times. We went to the aquarium on Monday, the guys had a rousing game of nerf indoor mini gold Monday night and the Clarke’s went to the zoo today. The aquarium was an epic FAIL. It was really lame, but luckily only cost $7 a piece. It was really kind of sad how bad the aquarium was overall. We were expecting so much more, but had quite the experience.
It was super windy today so we only lasted about 20 min at the beach, but took an adventure after getting back. Joe, Jillian, and I went to the zoo (WAY better than the aquarium!!!) in Cape May Court House (yes, that is the name of the town), and then traveled a bit further to Cape May and had dinner and walked around the shops. It is only Tuesday, so we expect several more adventures and fun times ahead the rest of the week.
Cape May is beautiful, lots of really neat buildings. We got some good pictures of the animals at the zoo, too. More photos to come.
-SB
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