My baby girl turned 7 months on June 13th.
(So yes, this blog post and the photos that go along with it are really all about her from the day she turned 6 months until she hit 7 months on 6/13 -- we're just a little late, and she has started a whole slew of new things since she hit 7 months on 6/13, but for now -- her 7 month update that should have happened over 2 weeks ago...)
For a 6 1/2 month old baby, she was one busy, busy bee! Our little Georgia peach took the plunge (er, rather, climbed the tree) to become our lil Florida orange! A cross-state move to Florida, shortly followed by her first plane ride up to Ocean City, NJ combined with sun, fun, family, oceans, BBQ's, swimming, sand, and more, this gal has been soaking up the sweet smell of summer time!
That 'on-a-mission' little smile with the bottom lip sucked in surely sucks me in every time -- it's the cutest, and it's only when she's in deep thought or determined to get something or somewhere. I love it ;)
{The 7 month favorites will be combined next month with 7 & 8 month favs}
I sure do love this little swimmer baby!
7 MONTH STATS ::
Not sure, no doctor visit for 7 months. I'm just going to assume she is still around the 18th percentile! Kapeesh?
MILESTONES ::
{Officially Crawling} She had been making her way around, via army crawl, getting on all 4's and lashing herself forward, etc. But while on vacation in Ocean City, this girl made some
real moves. As in, full on arms and legs going at the same time to make her way around. And from there, whew -- there is no stopping her. She will throw her one leg out to push herself even quicker. The girl is fast and she will follow you ALL around. You can tell she gets proud of herself too! Ha ;)
{Sits up steadily now} She was sitting at around 5 months, but it was sometime in between 6 and 7 months where she started sitting without plopping over after a few, which makes me feel much better! I can now leave her be without being the mom right on top of her and she's good ;)
{Pulls up on things and stands up} Speaks for itself. This started right after officially crawling. She stands in her crib all.the.time. now and momma doesn't really enjoy that during those times when I try to put her down for a nap!
{Babbles Dada} The girl will babble 'dada' like it's her job -- to which I kindly respond with 'what about mama?!'
SLEEPING ::
Same as last month. In her crib, sleeps in til about 7:30-8ish. One day she slept until 8:45 and you can imagine how much I enjoyed that ;)
EATING ::
She nurses about 5x a day and eats veggies & fruits. She decided to boycott the greens for a little while, but now she's back on track. I've also given her some fruits in her mesh feeder. Yummy!
MISC. ::
{Moved from Middle Georgia to South Florida} J and I have moved entirely too much. Lately, it has been every year. Gotta love the med school life! Grizz has become a pro at moving with us and Baby E did great. Get ready...it will be happening again next May.
Here is she helping Daddy in the garage...love that scrunchy smily face she makes ;)
{First plane ride} To her daddy's favorite place in the world OC :) She went in my belly last year and this was her first time taking in the views and touching the ocean with her toes.
{Celebrated her first Memorial Day} Hopefully she's getting used to how much I love holidays!
{Swam in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and lots of pool time}
This wears her out!
She's spent lots of time with family! Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, you name it! Her daddy has been gone for about 12 hours a day, but we are able to make up for it on the weekends!
And we are a bit sad about him leaving this weekend for a month :(
She still loves her books
And I must say, I officially have had to tell her 'No!' or 'Don't do that!' several times. First time I said it, I paused afterwards thinking 'Whattt? Did I really just have to tell her no already?!' Hard to believe based on this innocent lil face, but baby girl is lovin' getting into things she shouldn't ;) From playing with the outlets, to tearing mail and magazines off shelves and making her biggest messes yet, this momma has got her hands full these days! (And yes, I know it will only get crazier! ha)
Ma, you talkin' about me?! I certainly couldn't get mad at this face!
This girl loves her Doggy. She now crawls to him and reaches out for him in excitement. I'm not sure he gets very excited, though.
Apparently these two have a love-hate relationship.
She comes to him, he tries to get away. He comes to her, she tries to get away. Typical brother/sister relationship?!
Don't worry, I picked her up right when she started fussing ;)
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Baby E is surely growing up right before our eyes. I may have been slacking on the posts lately, but I'm doing my best to make summer memories and embrace each moment with our baby, while she still is a baby!
This girl makes life wonderful. Waking up to her cuddles every morning is the best start to the day.
She's changing every moment, and no matter how hard I try to make our time together count, it still slips by and leaves me wondering where the first half of her babyhood has gone! I'm cuddling her tightly at night, kissing her baby toes, laughing back harder at each little laugh, and tickling her baby thighs as much as I can, all while trying to let her explore on her own. I'm loving my 7 month old with all I have :)
I sure do love you, little beauty!
