oh my beauty, i blinked my eyes and suddenly you are 7 months old. just like that. you have gone from a happy, smiling baby to a happy, giggling, loving big girl. so much has happened this month. you are sitting up - mostly on your own. you are scooting around a tiny bit on the floor, but love spending time in your walker much more. speaking of your walker, you can get around. holy cow, my love. you are moving and chasing after the dogs and dragging the dog bowls on the floor and seriously, just amazing. you are also STANDING on your own when holding onto something. SERIOUSLY. you are my big girl.
you are so funny. you love being tickled. you love when mommy barks at you (because you love the dogs so much). you love reading books and will lean to get them when you're in the rocker with mama. you're starting to try to grab the characters out of books. you are eating food SO much better finally. you LOVE prunes and apples. you are SO vain and absolutely adore looking at yourself in the mirror. i just bought you the fisher price sing along stage and oh my gosh, you are in love.
you love animals. we've gone to the zoo. we've played with animals at a fair where there was a petting zoo. you are in LOVE. you LOVE other babies and your cousins absolutely delight you and you delight them as well.
you are starting to get really into your baths and yesterday for your bath you were sitting up and playing with the water. i love that you love your baths. i hope you will be a water baby.
you are starting to develop a bit of an attitude.... and you definitely get mad when you don't get your way and get frustrated when you want to do something that you can't do yet.
this month, i got the chance to spend 6 days with you. it was absolutely amazing. mimi was gone for four days of that, so it was a lot of time for us to spend together connecting again. it breaks my heart every day to have to leave you to go to work so when i got 6 days with you, it was beautiful. we spent so much time playing and cuddling. unfortunately, this month was also the first time that i haven't put you to bed myself (besides my surgery) because i had to work super late. my love, you woke up two hours after mimi put you to bed when mama was home. i swear, you knew i was home and you hadn't seen me yet.
you are SUCH a good girl. an absolute delight. although you are a little more weary of strangers lately, you still smile for pretty much anyone who talks to you. you generally take two naps during the day and go to sleep between 7pm and 8pm. when you're sleeping in bed with me (which you still do sometimes...), you will stay asleep when mommy is with you.... opening your eyes every now and then to make sure mommy is still asleep. i think it is because you know i need sleep. i can't believe how amazing you are.
you are a giggly, loving, happy, beautiful, fantastic, amazing child. i am SO excited to watch you growing up. but man, i miss my baby.