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Eight about Charlize at Eight Months

1. My beautiful little girl is eight and a half months old already!  J and I are completely in love with her as she is a charmer.  I'm pretty sure she knows it, too, and uses it to her advantage. We can't go anywhere without someone commenting on how cute she is.. usually because she's been smiling at them from a distance or giggling (which happens to be rather infectious), trying to get their attention. 
2. Her favorite food is pretty much anything she thinks we're eating.  She's not fond of peaches (Ironic as Jerry is from Georgia) and has a tiny allergy to pineapple.  I know, I'm from Hawai'i. Go figure, right? My dirty little secret is I was somewhat allergic to it as a kid also.  ;) 
3. She loves Yo Gabba Gabba! but also has a crush on MacGyver. She gets excited at the sound of the theme song.  I kid you not. Daddy is currently trying to get her into Star Trek.  Someone help me.
4. Her favorite toy.. is anything that wasn't meant to be a toy, really.  She seems to be obsessed with the container of baby wipes and who wouldn't be intrigued by a plain white plastic box?
5. She can crawl and sit up on her own though to be honest she doesn't seem to be interested in crawling.  She tries to climb and stand so I think she's attempting to bypass the crawling as her mode of transportation.
6. She is rather intrigued by our dog Sophie and this is one of the few things she will crawl for.  Sophie seems to be equally intrigued.
7. She has two little bottom teeth with another coming in at the moment (oy!).
8. She is just under 20lbs.  She is long but somewhat thin.  She's basically all cheeks. When she was two months old we spent some time in Hawaii with my family and my sister constantly joked that we needed to "get some rolls" on her.  She'll be happy to know we've managed to get one on each thigh!

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From the brains of babes

Lately i've found myself more and more curious about what goes on in the minds of babies.. specifically my little Charlize.  I swear at times she is thinking about how weird or crazy I am, laughing at how quickly I jump at the tiniest of noises she makes or how annoying it is that I constantly check on her while she's sleeping to "make sure she hasn't pulled a blanket over her face."  I'm hoping my paranoia gets better over time.  For now though, I think I've solved the mystery of just what thoughts are running through the head of my munchkin. At the very least I can humor myself.

Oh no, not the camera again!

I know I'm cute but if you don't stop taking pictures of me, I'm going to ruin every one you take.

How about the crying thing.. that always gets me what I want.

Alright, if you give me my pacifier I'll hold still long enough to let you put a bow on me.

Told you, the crying thing works like a charm every time.

Boy, this drama queen business is tiring.

Best Present Ever!

Meet Charlize Leilani Rivas, born November 27, 2010. Happy Holidays, everyone!