Wow...Lovie is 9 months old today! While Daddy is outstation, he misses you dearly. So sweet of Daddy to celebrate with you on Mon before he flew off.

At end of 8 months, Lovie has achieved the following milestones :

•work to get to a toy out of reach
•look for dropped object
•get into a sitting position from stomach
•object if you try to take a toy away
•stand holding onto someone or something
•pick up tiny object with any part of thumb and finger
•say mama or dada indiscriminately
•play peekaboo
•Rolls both ways.
•Is able to transfer an object from one hand to another.
•Rolls from front to back and back to front.
•When lying on back, brings legs up and over chest and can grasp and bring one foot to mouth.
•Crawls, either by supporting her weight on her hands and knees or by pulling herself along in a semi-lying position.
•Waves hands in a goodbye gesture.
•Bangs objects together.
•Feeds self a Gerber puff star, cracker or other type of finger food.
•Finds partially hidden objects.
•Explores with hands and mouth.
•Works to get objects that are out of reach.