8 months--crazy!  Tesla has such a great, fun personality--she definitely knows what she wants!  We are still waiting on those teeth, which are proving to be just as stubborn as this little girl.  She has two very tight bumps on her bottom gums.  She's feistier and fussier than normal and is irritable most days.  Lennon's main symptom of teething was to sleep more, but Tesla has always thought sleep is unnecessary and is sticking with that mantra for teething as well.  She sleeps the same at night, but these 5 minute morning naps are getting really old.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she will be back to normal naps once those teeth finally break through!

   Tesla's first word was "Mama"--though there's not much of a surprise to anyone, considering she still prefers to be by me every second of the day.  Her crawling only gets her to me faster--and now that she can stand up, she practically climbs onto me by herself!  And every once in awhile we think she's saying "Non" for Lennon.  She's been saying "mama" for most of the month, but it's been in the past couple weeks where she's using it in the correct context.  At night, before she was saying mama, she would wake up and kind of groan for me (nice and quietly)--now she wakes up and immediately yells (well, it feels loud anyway) "mama."

I looked back at the picture of Lennon from last month and I feel like he's grown up so much since then (and Adam and I feel like he's going through a growth spurt because he sure is clumsy lately).  He's getting really excited about his 4th birthday and party--he's having a solar system party and talks about it everyday.  He never ceases to amaze us with how fast he learns.  He's starting to read and is obsessed with spelling and sounding out words.  He's learning the United States and syllables, and loves counting the syllables in each state--that's the soundtrack that you hear in our house every single day!

 

Tesla is beginning to walk around and behind things--too fast!  Everyday I notice a difference in her balance and strength.

 Though she's lost some of the fascination with her tongue, it's still makes an appearance every now and then!

 Our Beauty!

 

 Tesla LOVES giving kisses--when she wants to give you a kiss, you WILL get a kiss, whether you want one or not.  Thankfully, Lennon loves receiving kisses from his little sister--he thinks it's hilarious!

 Loving on Annie, who is so good to Tesla:

 We watched Jordon a couple days this past week and Tesla is so excited to have a playmate her size (if only he was as thrilled).  She literally would follow him everywhere and did everything he did.  If he wasn't paying attention to her (which was most of the time) she would crawl all over him to get his attention.  However, Jordon never budged and just ignored her--even when she was literally sitting on him!

Poor Tesla and poor Jordon--poor Tesla because she just wanted some attention from her cousin (and she just doesn't understand why Jordon won't kiss her back).  And poor Jordon because he just wants some peace!

Here's Tesla at the beginning of the month stuck standing behind her walker (she's up and down and all around now).  Tesla's crying in this video because she can't figure out to get down and she wanted me.  Though Tesla loves to cuddle with Lennon and I together most times, there are those moments when she doesn't want to share me.  She will be sitting on my lap along with Lennon and she starts to fuss and push her brother away.  But I'm really posting it because of my sweet, sweet boy--who is so loving, affectionate and considerate (he always makes sure we always save goodies for Adam when he gets home--so thoughtful).  He is so generous with his "I love yous" and his hugs and his kisses--I love it all!!