Not triggered by anything in particular, just two observations from the past few weeks:
First, she’s developing a real laugh. Not a girlish giggle, but an actual and authentic throaty chuckle. It’s a bit startling, but cool.
Second, she’s decided to start sleeping in the dark without a night light, which appears to have come from a sleepover a week ago when she discovered she could sleep with the lights off.
So those are the local milestones at 8¾.