Eeek! This has been an especially busy past few weeks full of work and travel! So I am about 3 weeks late on this post. That makes writing this especially difficult because I am going to try to have Campbell’s stats accurately reflect what was true right when she turned 8 months (Oct. 6) but it is hard to remember because things are changing so quickly. So here goes!

Campbell’s stats:

• Poor Campbell had her first real cold this month, which led to some grumpy days–a big change from her normal disposition.

(I love this pic of Campbell with her second cousin, Gray. He was so happy and she was just so, so tired!!)

• Campbell has really been babbling a lot. She started with baba or aba but has since started saying mamamama. So I’m calling it, her first word is mama! (spoiler alert: she can say dada now too!)

• Campbell is such a little monkey. She just lunges forward for anything that looks fun to grab and doesn’t seem very cautious (at least compared to her big brother at this age).

• As a result of her strong motivation, Campbell is getting close to crawling. She hasn’t perfected the army craw yet (spoiler alert: she is now basically crawling as of 8 months, 3 weeks!) but she can kind of slither around and usually manages to get whatever she is after. If I leave her sitting down, she is pretty adept at lunging forward to transition onto her belly. She loves to kick one leg out to the side and then use that to pivot around in a circle. She can get up into a crawl position when she is on a soft surface.

• Campbell is in such a fun, social stage right now. She looooves interacting with Sam and Henry (especially Sam) and smiles at almost anyone. Although lately she has been perfecting a little coy, shy thing where she tucks her head into my chest if someone new talks to her. It is so sweet.

• This month Campbell and I went on our first airplane trip together for my cousin Joe’s wedding! She was a great little traveler, even though she caught a cold on the plane.

• One super exciting recent development is that Campbell is finally getting a little more hair. Technically, she has enough hair to clip a bow, but it still looks a little silly. Luckily, she has plenty of headbands to fill in the gap!

(This is one of our favorite Campbell faces. Love that little half smile. Ben says it reminds him of me, my mom, and my Grandma Katie)

• Campbell is now able to ride in the shopping cart without falling over. Well, I still have to buckle her in. But now if I ever have to go to the store with both kids, Campbell can ride up front and Sam can hang out in the main part of the cart. Pretty exciting for both of them.

We just love, love, love our sweet little Campbell girl to pieces!! I’ll be back in about a week with lots of updates.  This is such a busy time for development and it’s so much fun. And here are a couple more cute pics!