8 months old

I cannot believe that Eleanor is 8 months old today! Every single mom that I talk to says that time flies when you have a baby, and of course they are all right. Eleanor is working on crawling right now. She's mastered clapping, which is so cute! Her babbling has ceased for the time being, which is both odd and sad. I liked hearing "dadadada" all the time. I suppose she's just too busy in her attempt to become mobile.

It's been a while since I have written, but since then Brian's dad was in a very serious accident. Luckily, he is doing very well. He has another surgery on Monday, so he will be in our thoughts as always. I wish that we could visit. I know seeing Eleanor would really cheer him up. He is in FL, though, and making the trip just is not possible right now. I think we'll probably visit a lot when he makes it back to St. Louis.

Last night Brian and I managed to get a babysitter so we could go to the law school's Barrister Ball. It was fun. I was not as worried about Eleanor as I thought I would be, but I think that's just because we did not leave the house until she was in bed. It made me wish we could go out more. However, until she starts taking a bottle, we will be staying in for a while. We are just lucky that she is such a good baby; we have no problem taking her places with us.