Daddy's First Night Away

Tonight is the first night Eric will spend away from his girls. He's at a Radiohead (his favorite band in the whole world) concert in Kansas City. So of course to mark this event, I put on Elaine's Radiohead onesie that she got from her uncle Dan! I had to throw in some pink so she didn't look too much like a boy. 

While daddy was gone, we decided to make a long overdue visit to our friends Nick and Kelly Price and their two boys, Burke and JD.  JD is already 2 months old and he is such a strong and happy little guy!  Holding a newborn is a reminder to me of how much Elaine has grown since the day she was born.  JD and I match!

Elaine normally has bathtime with daddy and I am in charge of towel-time.  Tonight we got crazy in the bath with daddy gone (okay, that's not true, she was shivering so we actually made it a quick bath).  This is, however, her second bath in the big-girl tub.  No more baby tubs for this growing girl!  Can you believe it?

And of course, the most popular question as she approaches 8 months is: "is she crawling yet"?  I can firmly say no, but she can shimmy, roll, rotate, and lean her way to just about any toy she finds.  She can crawl backwards in her attempts to move forward, but I'm not counting that as crawling yet.  She's really working to get up on all fours and I think she's well on her way!  Here's a sample.