{"id":2231,"date":"2011-04-10T22:45:30","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T03:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=2231"},"modified":"2012-02-08T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:09:29","slug":"8-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miamyke.com\/?p=2231","title":{"rendered":"8 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"
Eleanor turned eight months this week while in Aspen. Unfortunately, this means that the monthly family picture with Zapa will have to be delayed a few days (as Zapa doesn’t fly).\u00a0 Now that she is eight months old, Eleanor is doing a lot of new things.\u00a0 So many, in fact, that it was a bit hard to keep track of them all this week – so I made a little list below.\u00a0\u00a0 Most significant is probably the first forward motion while “army” crawling – however Uncle B is the only witness to this event, so it is under dispute with Mama.\u00a0 Either way, Eleanor is definitely making progress towards a full fledged crawl.\u00a0 She definitely makes progress via multiple roll overs and “scoots”, inches backwards while on her tummy, and even lifts off the ground while on her back in a “crab walk” like motion.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure that she will figure out how to use her knees for propulsion very soon.\u00a0\u00a0 Also very exciting are some new syllables that Eleanor can say, Da-Da-Da and Ga-Ga-Ga.\u00a0 She is so good at Da-Da now that all I have to do is say it once and she will repeat it back to me.\u00a0 I tried to convice Amy that this was her first word (Dada) but I was vetoed.\u00a0 Apparently it isn’t clear that Eleanor actually means Dada when she says Da-Da-Da.\u00a0 A fair point, and one that I successfully used when Eleanor used to say Uuummmmmaaaa Uummmmaaaa when she was a few months old.\u00a0 It sounded a lot like Mama, but both Amy and I agreed that it didn’t mean Mama, especially since Eleanor mostly said it while she was upset.<\/div>\n
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\nEleanor says Da-Da-Da<\/a><\/p>\n

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Arguments aside, we had a great week with lost of visitors and fun.\u00a0 Auntie Susan and Uncle Gabe came out to join us, along with Mackenzie, Jack and Ben.\u00a0 It was the first time to Aspen for Jack and Ben – and the first time skiing for all of them.\u00a0 It was also the first time that Gabe was allowed to ski with Brian and I since “The Crash” of 2003.\u00a0 Boy I wish I had that on video.\u00a0 Grandma and Grandpa also joined the trip for the first time, and got to spend some fun time with Eleanor.<\/div>\n

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Eleanor also had a chance to meet up with Aunt Jane and Cousin Adam – where she met a pair of friendly goats and Adam’s pup Thor.\u00a0 Fortunately, only one of those three greeted her with a lick of the hand :) .<\/div>\n