Seven Months

Oh my baby girl, time is flying by.

Seriously I have no words to describe the nervousness I feel when I realize how quickly time is flying by.

So much has happened this month with your development my baby Annabelle.

All of sudden you became a baby and no longer an infant.

Life is getting a bit easier for us as a new family. The longer you can stay awake, the more of a chance we can be more social and perhaps keep active on the weekends.

This month you stayed at your Nana and Papa's house with Auntie Jenna for the first time. Also your Grandma and Grandpa Nance watched you together for the first time.

Your Dad and I were lucky enough to be a part of our best friend Jonny B's wedding so we needed to make sure you happy with family so we could enjoy our 2 nights out.

We also had our first trip to the San Diego Zoo this month.

In the past month you have:

--started to push out your first two teeth. Both middle bottom of your gums and thankfully your amber necklace and some Hylands teething you seems to be handling the situation well. Just some extra cuddles along with your more than usual fuss.

--learned how to sit up unassisted.

--begun to Marine crawl all over the house. You maneuver under chairs and over things on the floor with quite some speed.

--started belly laughing. This doesn't happen all the time but it really is the best sound in the world when it does. Your blocks toppling over can make you laugh.

--started whining and becoming more vocal in general. You sing 3 note songs and mostly when we are in the car. You are still hot and cold over your car seat.

--started to wave hello and show your true happiness when you see your Dad or Mama. You waves your arms and kick your legs.

--acknowledged a few signs including Milk, More and Eat

You are still sleeping through the night, but you will still scream/cry for less than a minute in the middle of the night. Still convinced this is in your sleep but we I am still not getting used to it. This week we started trying to keep you awake a bit longer before bed to see if this helps. You have been sleeping from 7:30-8pm ish to 6:30 ish, but thankfully you still talk to yourself in your crib in the morning. Mama really needs the 6-7am time to prepare for the day and pump extra milk.

You've started taking only 2 naps a day by dropping your smaller cat nap in the late afternoon.

You sleep for 1.5 to 2 hours in the morning and the same in the afternoon around 2:30-3.

You've started eating only 4 times a day. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and milk before bed.

For the last two weeks you have occasionally wanted a snack in between lunch and dinner. I really didn't know if you would ever move to 4 feedings. You've been so little for so long I was continually thankful you wanted to eat throughout the day.

You love love love to eat. Steamed and pureed squash, apples and carrots. Blended green beans and peas. You eat a lot and only when you have fruit do you ever show signs that you are done eating. You also eat well for other people and love when Dad is around to feed you / eat with you.

You are the kid in your playgroups and sign classes that is always moving. I was surprised when you creeped over to another baby's toy, grabbed it quickly and creeped back to me as fast as you could. I guess that's just how you like to handle things now...on your time.

Clothes size:

Onesies: 6 months

Jeans, pants: 6 months

Tops: 0-6 months

Dresses: 3 months

Jammies: 6 months

We really couldn't be happier to be your parents baby girl.

Thank you for all the joy you bring us daily.