7 Months!

How is it possible that my little Bri is already 7 months old?? Whenever I think back on the last 7 months, I feel as if they have both dragged and flown by at the same time. It is sad to think that she is closer to being a toddler than a newborn :( And lets not forget about party planning her first birthday. I am no where near where I want to be in the preparations! I know I have lots and lots of time, but honestly, it will be here before you know it, and I want to have everything ready and decided before the time comes in case I do end up going back to work (but that will be a post all in its own!)

So without further ado, here are her stats for this month.

• is a crawling monster, still preferring to do the army crawl, but getting better and better at regular crawling each and every day
• can pull herself up on almost anything from lying/sitting position! Craziness!! This one scares me
  
• can say baba, dada, wawa, yaya sounds
  
• has developed quite the personality already. If she doesn't like what is going on, or if she is happy about something, she lets you know
• will sleep anywhere from 7:30-9:30 at night to 8-10am depending on how well she naps during the day
• will only take 2 naps a day, sometimes only 1 if she is in a particularly unhappy mood, and will only sleep for about 30 minutes most of the time
• loves to fake cough and have you fake cough back at her, this to her is HILARIOUS!
• has moved out of her hammock baby bath and now takes baths in the tub like a big girl
  
• wears only 6-9 or 6-12 month clothing, with pants needing to be 12 months as her legs are so long
• is still not a fan of solids at all! It's a struggle but we are working on it. Breast feeding on the other hand is still going marvelously
  
• and last but not least, she is still a toothless babe!

I still need to take some pictures, but with my mom here, we have been doing other things and haven't been home much. This afternoon we have our first family photo session with an actual photographer, so excited! I will post her 7 month pictures when I take them, which will most likely be sometime tomorrow :)

*And here are her 7 month pictures!

Wordless Wednesday

My baby now takes her baths in the tub like a big girl.

My Mom Is Coming To Visit!

My mom has never been out here to visit us since we moved out West almost 3 years ago. She has never met Brianna, other than me sending her pictures and videos, and talking on the phone. I am so excited that she will be here in less that 24 hours! We pick her up at the airport tonight at 11:30, so so so excited!

I have some posts that I wrote up ahead of time so all I have to do is add some pictures and then they will be ready to go for while she is here. I want to spend as much time with her as possible :) We have so many activities planned for while she is here, it's going to be great!

I believe...

in a great book, a big glass of wine, and a nice hot bubble bath. The moments where you can relax and enjoy some alone time are amazing!

in friends calling just to see how you are doing.

in baby smiles and giggles.

in a stranger telling you how nice you look when you feel like you have never looked worse.

in taking long walks followed by a long nap cuddling with your baby.

Wordless Wednesday

Love her more than words can express.

Halloween

We went with a monkey costume for our own little monkey. I wanted so badly to dress her up as a little bumblebee, but the reality of it was that with where we live, the weather would have been too cold for that. We think she made an absolutely adorable monkey! And best of all, she was warm then entire night handing out candy to all the trick or treaters. Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

Beautiful Fall Day

We took some pictures of Brianna with the pumpkins we had bought to carve up for Halloween since there are no pumpkin patches anywhere near us. She refused to look at the camera for more than a second, but at least the weather was beautiful.