8 months

each month
it is getting
more difficult
to keep up
with vee.

she has
had
so many
firsts...
we have
been
so busy
that
i have neglected
to get posts up
as fast as
it is necessary
to properly document
her constant
changes!

the past
three months
have been
a blast-
it is so much fun
to be around
our
ever more
curious
vee-ster.

. . . .

although
she has
little interest
in crawling
she wants
to stand.
she is always
trying
to expand
her zone of access.
apparently
she is more interested
in what is
up
rather than
what is
across the room.






she loves
to push the furniture
around the room
but still
does not
move
one foot
in front
of the other
without
a lot of coaxing.

my mother said
i walked before
i was 1 year old.
at the rate
vee is moving
i am sure she will too.



. . . . . . . .

at vee's last
eye doctor appointment
in april
we were told
to increase
the amount of time
vee had to wear
the patch
from 1 to 2 hours.
uggg.



she does not like
to wear the patch
(no surprise there).
grub has been
incredibly patient
and
dedicated...
he took her
for long walks
when she rubbed
her eyes,
got cranky,
and nothing
else would work.



he persisted...
and
thanks to
her bueno papa
her weak eye has
improved immensely
(more on that
in a later post).

. . . . . . . .



the weather
has warmed up
so we
have been out
on more
walks and picnics.
we are looking
forward
to a lot
of apéros
by the lake
together...
hopefully
vee will tolerate
some hiking
around
switzerland
this summer.

. . . . . . . .




the super
exciting news
for us
was the emergence
of vee's first tooth
on may 10th.
grub discovered it
when
she chomped
on his finger
and
he felt
the sharp pain
of
something
like
a tiny piece
of broken glass.
lo & behold
a little tooth
had broken
the skin.
she was
very tough...
and had
only been
a little cranky
considering
the pain
she
must have been
experiencing.

. . . . . . . .



this month
vee & i
had our first
mother's day
together.

. . . . . . . .

vee
met some
of her family...

her uncle joe
visited in april.




then
her tante oma elsa
and uncle brian
visited
in may.

she loved
her tante oma!


(cute outfit from her tante oma ella)

here is vee
with her
tante oma
and
uncle brian.



. . . . . . . .

not a day
passes when
i do not think
to myself
how lucky
i am to have
such a strong
and amiable
little girl.

life started for us
pretty traumatically
but she has
taken everything
in stride
from her strabismus
to traveling all over,
to the pains
of growing up
(teeth, bumps, etc.)...




i know that
all mothers
must feel
this way
but each
day i am
so overwhelmed
with love
for this little person
and each day
she gives me
100 reasons
to love her
even more.

thanks vee
for being
so awesome.

xo



note: awesome beetle & squirrel onesies from suzanne