the best laid plans

I haven't blogged in a while.  What, you noticed?

Plenty has been going on, which I will blame for my lack of posting.  But I've at least started several posts, so I feel like that should give me some partial credit.  No?  Hmmm.

So, Marin turned 7 months old in November.  And then she turned 8 months old last weekend.  How does she keep getting bigger like this?  So I won't forget, here are a few tidbits about our sweet girl:

- She is still happy as a lark 98% of the time.  Hallelujah!
- The girl can eat!  She finished up the Stage 1 foods last month and we moved on to Stage 2 without so much as a blink.  So far, she's eaten up everything we've offered, although green beans are probably her least favorite.  She's taking 4 bottles a day and 3 solid meals a day. 
- We let her play with sippy cups and spoons in the hope that one day, she will figure them out.  Improvements are being made with both.
- Marin's first tooth came in on 10/29.  Her second tooth, a week later. 
- You can hear laughter and "dadadadada" pretty much all day at our house.  Any time I try to get her to say anything remotely close to Momma, she laughs at me.  And goes right back to her dada-ing. 
- The girl mastered sitting a few weeks ago and is now a pro at getting on all fours.  She is also a pro at going backward, despite her biggest efforts in crawling.  She'll get it soon enough.  Note to self: For the love, babyproof the house, already!
- I put away all of Marin's 3-6 and 6 month clothes.  She's in 9s, 6-9s, and 6-12s. I haven't weighed her, but she was 16 pounds, 12 ounces the week of Thanksgiving.

I know you're dying for pictures.  Coming soon!  Promise!  (And by soon, I mean sometime hopefully before 2011!)