Finally a breakthrough

One evening right before bed, Lizzy was sitting on the edge of the tile playing with a toy when she fell backwards and hit her head really hard on the tile. The sound of her head hitting the floor was so horrible. Luckily, she didn't cry too long and it didn't seem to bother her after that. She had a big red spot on her head that night, but it was gone by the next morning. Later that morning we were shocked to find that Lizzy's first teeth had finally broken through. We were starting to think her teeth were never going to come in and can't help but wonder if the bump on her head helped them finally break through. We hope this isn't what it takes for all of her future teeth. Here are pictures taken that morning in an attempt to get them on camera.

She thought it was a game

Can't quite see them in this picture

She gives us a good shot of them here. Click to enlarge.

Just before hitting 8-months Lizzy starting making the da-da sound. At first it was just a new sound she made, but then she started to use it to mean a bunch of different things she wanted. She now says variations of it like Dad and Daddy which are so cute, and sometimes she even says it when she means Daddy. She tries so hard to mimic what we say and communicate with us and is making new sounds every day. She has started to say ta, ba, sa, ga and has even said ma-ma once.

Currently, Lizzy's favorite things are dancing to music (she loves The Tiki Room), chasing her dad around the family room and reading books. We read one of her books before bed every night and it is so much fun to see her face light up when we open a new book. Here's some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

The 3 mini amigos hanging out at Max's 1st Birthday party

This time with Lizzy sitting on the back of the car

Playing with Max's toys

Lizzy and her dad standing by Grandpa's float in the Swiss Days Parade

Watching the parade. She loves sitting on my shoulders.

Lizzy was pretty tuckered after Swiss Days

All dressed up for the first BYU game

Playing with her cousin

Lizzy and Max had front row seats for the game

Playing happily in her high chair

Riding the carousel

One more time with Dad

Lizzy's first experience driving a bumper car

Lizzy with her pit crew

Chasing Dad around the family room

This is Lizzy's face when we turned on The Tiki Room song

This is where Lizzy sits in her bumbo to patiently wait while we make her bottle. She loves looking around the corner at us.

Just being cute

She loves to smile for the camera

And this is how Lizzy feels about Saturday's game