8 Months Old

Aspen turned eight months old on Friday. We are pretty sure she is teething, and on the brink of crawling. She has just barely figured out how to go from a lying down position to a seated position. It doesn't always work, but when it does, aaaaah, the freedom to be able to sit back up! She is motivated!



Aspen is still working on walking, too, and very into anything big sister has/does/or touches. Big sister is mostly very patient, but does have her limits.




Swinging together at farm


Playing at Nana's

We are into the birthday party season, too. Sabine has a lot of friends with fall birthdays, for some reason. She kicked off the season with a square dance, partnered with W, a friend from both preschool and farm. They have a very sibling-esque relationship, very close, but fraught with lots of teasing and grievances, too. Fortunately, this particular day, they decided to get along, and did really well as partners.









We also had a reunion with Sabine's old play group at a pumpkin patch.Aspen stayed home with a sitter and Sabine and I met up with some old friends. (At least, most of the ones who still live in Colorado, we miss our contingents in Germany and Maryland very much!) We managed to get most of the group to sit still for a picture. These kiddos were all less than two years old when they met. The little girl on Sabine's right was only weeks old when we met her.



The moms posed, too!



The kids really had fun reconnecting, running, and being silly together.











(Sabine practiced her big sister skills on a friend's younger sister.)







It's been lots of fun, and we have plenty more pictures to come!