these are a few of my favorite things...

our little hadleigh is getting so big! she will be 8 months old at the end of this month. she officially has one tooth now. she's crawling quickly now... she doesn't go far when she gets going, but she's a whirlwind in the space she does cover. she's eating lots -- right now her favorites are apple strawberry banana and chicken noodle dinner, both equally appetizing, i'm sure. she's actually taking naps a little better now that she's moving around so much. her are a few of her current favorites...

sonny (not a current picture, but my absolute favorite). she loves everything about sonny. i am trying to teach her the art of "playing nice" with sonny after yesterday when she was "petting" sonny by pulling his leg hair pretty fiercely and then came away with a chunk of sonny hair. sonny is still very good with her though... he doesn't mind (yet) that she doesn't play nice. she also loves sonny's toys. that is the #1 thing hadleigh goes after when she crawls. in response, sonny thinks that she can officially play and always takes his toys to her... which, in turn, end up in her mouth.

bathtime! hadleigh is still a big fan of bathtime. she discovered this week that she can sit straight up in the bath instead of leaning back against the bathtub. this has prompted lots of play, LOTS of splashing, and lots of water all over the bathroom and mama and daddy.

toys that play music and light up. we have the one pictured below, but hadleigh is not partial. she currently likes all toys that light up and play music... they mesmerize her. she just sits and stares and giggles forever! if it's the music that plays while she's in her exersaucer, a little dancing/bouncing is also included.

the kitchen, mainly the kitchen floor. hadleigh loves the noise the kitchen floor makes when she slaps it repeatedly, so that is where she heads after mama takes sonny's toys away. she just lays between the kitchen and hallway and bangs on the floor. :)

her crib. hadleigh might play in here all day if we'd let her. she can entertain herself for a while pulling up on the bumper pads, pushing the button on the aquarium toy, and crawling back and forth across the crib. notice the missing bumper pad. a few mornings ago, i woke up at 5 am to hadleigh tearing the bumper pad down and playing on top of it. every time i replaced it, she tore it down again. therefore, i took it down and she went to sleep. now, during naptime, we throw the pacifier out of the crib through those rails...

and lastly... christmas gifts. or the ornaments at the bottom of the tree. or anything else that makes a different noise when you scratch your fingernails on it. hadleigh is into different sounds and textures and loves running her fingernails along things to see what sounds she can produce. the christmas gifts, christmas bows, and that big silver ornament have been good sound producers so far!

all in all, she's still the happiest, most fun baby ever! :)