Eight months

Anna is just loving learning new things.  She can crawl, although hers is not a normal crawl.  She wants to be able to walk, so she makes sure that one foot is flat on the floor when she crawls, so it's more like a crab walk than a crawl.  She can pull herself up to standing using anything that doesn't move as she pulls on it.

She had her first flying experience on her eight month "birthday."  She flew like a pro!  She didn't cry during take off, slept for the whole flight, and didn't cry for landing.  The flight back was a bit more rough: a screaming baby in the back of the plane, stewardesses talking loudly right next to our seat, people running into the arm rest every (what felt like) half hour, and the middle arm rest kept falling on her feet.

We were in Wisconsin because great-grandma Kath died after a battle with cancer.  It was nice to have every one meet Anna.  It was a lot of fun to spend some time with cousin Eliana.  They were instant friends.  When Eli was walking in front, Anna sped up her walking, holding onto my fingers, to catch up to her.