Sophia is 8 months!

Time is seriously flying by.  I am afraid to blink because it will probably be her 1st birthday if I do. I have the next week off, so I plan to catch up on my blogging.  A certain little girl is going to be turning 3 in 2 weeks (WHAT??!!???) and I am long overdue on an update of just her.  Plus there are lots and lots of other fun changes in the Ziegler household these days.  We may rename the 2013 the year of change, because it will involve new jobs, a new house and a new school for the girl.  Scary, but exciting changes. More to come.  For now, onto our sweet Sophia. It doesn't seem like a whole lot has changed.  She has grown, and she is much more mobile, that is for sure.

This month:

• Sophia is really on the move.  She is all over the place, climbing stairs and pulling up on everything in sight.  A few times she has let go and held her weight for a good 10 seconds.  She is growing so fast.
• She doesn't have an appointment for another few weeks, but if I had to guess, she probably weighs about 18 lbs.  
• She is wearing size 9 month clothes and size 3 diapers.
• She has really slowed down on the amount of milk she drinks because she is seriously into solid foods.  Food is fun till one, but I really just care if she is eating good meals anyway she gets it.  She only drinks 4- 8(maybe) oz. of milk a day from a bottle at school.  The rest of the time she nurses once in the am and once in the pm.  She probably only drinks 15 oz a day total.
• That being said, she eats a TON.  She has a morning snack at school and eats as much, if not more of what Emmy is eating.  Then she has lunch and dinner.  She has tried so many foods and loves them all.  She really likes to eat pasta, and whole veggies.  Among many things, she has tried bread, eggs, lots of pasta, a huge array of whole veggies, pizza.  Pretty much anything we eat, she eats.  And she eats large quantities.  We also offer a sippy cup of water or breast milk. 
• She sleeps really good.  She continues to be the easiest baby to put to bed.  She nurses really quick, I lay her down with her blankie and she is out till about 6am.  Sometimes she wakes up, sometimes I wake her up to eat before school.  
• Emily has been such an amazing sister.  She really looks out for Sophia and shares her toys really well.  Sophia thinks she is the greatest thing ever.  If anyone is sure to get a smile out of Soph, it's Emmy.
• Sophia is a total mama's girl still.  I love that we have such a good connection.  She is so sweet, she never cries, unless she needs something.  She is just the best little baby.  Out life is so much more complete with her here!

Here are some pictures of our sweet girl.  Sorry, some are grainy camera phone pictures. :)