Cat and Dan and I went to watch my cousin Domanic play football today. 
He is on a 3rd-4th grade team, so they tackle and what-not, but still play in a cute sort of way and have lots of parents cheering them on. Today they played the team from the next town down the river (the district that I work at), so I had to visit both sides of the field. 
The kids from my school were really happy to see me at the game (and I didn't see any other teachers...) and Domanic seemed glad to have us (especially Cat!) at the game. We had a good time and Cat enjoyed most of the game, though the screaming, cowbell shaking parents startled her a time or two.
I finished putting Cat's crib together today and ironed the dust ruffle (remember this later, baby Cat...I HATE to iron!) and put it all together. We decided not to use the bumpers because Cat is all about pulling herself up on whatever she can and I think she'd just use them as a ladder to higher, more interesting things. Conversely, we are probably going to use the quilt because she is so mobile that I don't foresee it being a problem. I may use the bumpers to make curtains. In hindsight, I think we could have saved quite a bit by buying the crib set in pieces and only getting what we needed. My overactive pregnant mind didn't see it this way though, so we'll store that little info up as data for next time (if there is a next time--the debate rages on). We will be making the transition from the hammock to the crib soon, probably within a week or two. I'm thinking we may start with naps and work our way up to bedtime. I'll post pictures of her room when it is all done. I still have move all Cat's clothes into her dresser and closets (yup, the baby has two closets!), put her books on the bookshelves that are already up, get Dan to fix (saw the bottom off) the bookshelf that still needs to be attached to the wall and attach it and move most of her toys in. I think we'll also bring the rocking chair up from upstairs unless we can find a different one. Cat and her Granma love to use the rocker for rock-a-bye and I don't want to take it from them. I don't think they'd use it upstairs, but I'd like to have a rocker up there. Hmmm...we'll figure something out.
Cat's eight month letter is beginning to form itself in my brain and may even be posted a day or two early, as I have tomorrow off and a load of new pictures to share!
We've gone for a few walks before, and Cat usually sleeps through them. This is actually a picture of Cat on her first walk...it was a little warmer today, and she was awake for the whole walk. She seemed to enjoy it, except when the sun got in her eyes. We tried to keep her facing out of the sun, but at one point we had to turn around and come home. 
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