seven

Lucky Lucky Seven.

Lucky Lucky ME.

SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS...

I'm 7 months old!!

I have said so many times that I want to just freeze Leah exactly as she is. Things have seemed so perfect and yet today, this very day, she is even more fun and charming than she was as that perfect little 6 month old. It's strange that just when I think that I couldn't be any happier or more in love with her, it happens and I am.

Seeing how I haven't figured out how to freeze her or bottle her up just exactly how she is... I want to remember all of the little details that I love so much about this perfect moment in time with my sweet, little 7 month old-

She is a fantastic eater. She continues to be a really great nurser but she's diggin' the real food!! She LOVES butternut squash, sweet potatoes, carrots and brown rice. Avocados are quickly growing on her. She tolerates peas and green beans but she still pretty much hates oatmeal. (and after last weekends' binge and purge session, we're pretty much done trying to get her to like it. she wins.) We're loving making all of our own baby food and yummy concoctions. We're especially excited to start mixing fruits in this next month or so.

She is rolling all over the place. I can no longer leave her on a blanket on the floor, leave the room and expect that she will be anywhere near where I left her when I get back. She's fast and definitely on the move. She has figured out how to get where she wants to go by rolling and scooching.

She is sitting up on her own like a pro and loves the new view and perspective it gives her when she's playing with her toys. I love how proud she looks when she's sitting up and we're not right next to her.


She has both of her bottom teeth and they are pretty much the cutest thing I've ever seen. Teething, so far atleast, has been much less traumatic (for all of us) than I expected it to be.

see how cute they are?

She is sweet and mellow most of the time. She is a very happy and good natured baby, however she has a temper and can in fact get really mad, really fast. She has a large vein on the top of her head that bulges and looks like it's going to explode when she gets mad or cries hard.

Her hair is still not growing very fast. It has lightened up a lot since she was born and although her bald spot has now grown in, she still doesn't have much! She is going to have wild hair when it does start growing... she has 2 matching cowlicks on the top of her head and hair grows literally in every direction back there. (I've joked that she is definately not going to need a bump-it)

She is a really great sleeper. She started sleeping through the night at 2 months and has never looked back. She typically goes down between 7:30-8:30pm and she wakes up like clock work between 7:00-7:30am.

Once she eats dinner, we read one book and then I put her in her crib with her little snuggly elephant and she rolls over and goes right to sleep. It's heaven.

Naps are much improved. Finally morning naps are pretty consistent and seem to be getting longer, usually between 2 - 4 hours. It's so great! She wakes up happy and giggly and rested! We usually get another much shorter afternoon nap, an hour to hour and a half if we're lucky! Finally a routine that I can live with!

She's super chatty. I love to watch her, when she doesn't know that I'm watching her. She talks to her toys and stuffed animals/dolls. Its so funny. She is also slightly obsessed with sticking her tongue out and spitting. A little gross, but ridiculously cute.

Her eyes are still really dark and constantly filled with wonder and awe. They say so much about her.


She loves peek a boo and patty cake and loves any songs with actions. I keep trying to get her to join in and start learning them with me, but she's not really interested. She's perfectly content to let me be foolish all by myself.


Leah got her first (and perhaps rare or only) taste of having a pet this past month and she was in heaven. We were able to puppy sit our neighbors' teacup yorkie for 5 days. Leah was fascinated with Coco and couldn't believe there was something smaller than her that moved and made noise. Coco, however, wasn't a big fan of Leah and pretty much just totally ignored her, all the while providing hours of entertainment to the littlemiss. It *almost*, but not quite made us reconsider being "pet people".

She is comfortably wearing 9 mos clothes, but she still has several 6 mos items that she can squeeze into. She is wearing size 3 diapers and has now nearly grown out of her baby bath tub. It's quite a sloppy ordeal to bathe her these days, although she still loves it. She kicks and splashes and squeals nearly the entire time.

I am obsessed with the soft skin on her neck. It's my favorite place to kiss and nibble her. I love her chubby dippled hands and the rolls on her ankles. The way she wiggled her fat toes constantly always makes me smile. I love kissing and tickling her rolly thighs and making her laugh hysterically.

I love when we're around other people, she smiles and gets excited and then gets shy and buries her face in my chest.

I love how excited she gets when Daddy gets home from work. The bond that these two have is hard to describe in words, but it's humbling for me to watch. Chris is such a good daddy.

I love seeing her figure out new things. I literally just watch her most of the day.

I love watching her smile when Grandpa is swinging her.

I love when she starts to get tired, she lays her head on my shoulder, snuggles me and plays with my hair. There is nothing in my day that is better.

And mostly, I just absolutely love being her mama.