7 Months Old... only a *few* days late ;)

Heart.Melts. sigh... such a sweet baby doll!




It's not surprising, as little J gets bigger, her 7 month photo with fuzzy bear is getting significantly more difficult to capture. Nonetheless, she's adorable being her new, more mobile self! Poor poor fuzzy bear - his ears get pulled, his bow chewed on, drooled and snotted... but he loves her all the same!

At 7 months old, Josie is officially a crawler. It was a fun month watching as she learned to move one knee ahead of the other - and since the day she figured it out, she gets a little quicker and coordinated. For a while there, she could only get traction on the carpets. She would swim about when she's get to the hardwood or tile :) But now... she's got it! She's pretty darn quick these days.

At 7 months old, we guestimate her weight at about 19lbs. There were a few weeks there that J suffered through a cold and wasn't eating like her normal self, combined with the extra crawling activities in her days, I bet the weight gain is going to slow down. Diapers sizes have finally stabilized at size 3 and size 6 month clothes are still fitting pretty well, but size 9months are quickly approaching. We love the warmer weather, if only for the fact that we get to see her cute arms and legs in short sleeves and shorts! I feel like we've been cocooned all winter :)

Our first signs of words are "dahh dahh" almost all day long, I correct her with "ma ma" on a regular basis ;). And her hair, oh my gosh, the hair is growing SO FAST lately. The newborn hair from the top of her head hangs in her eyes if I don't put it in a pony or a barrett, it's so pretty no matter what way we put it. She still has an undying love for Mr. Mickey Mouse, her exersaucer, and many toys. No longer do we use the swing *sniff sniff*, and many other baby toys have recently been retired.

NAPS! NAPS - at least 3 hours in the morning, IN HER CRIB! She's a great napper lately and that's making for a very happy baby and mama. But admittedly, I get bored and can't wait for her to wake sometimes. Our day starts with a morning bottle, mid morning fruit and cereal, early afternoon bottles, dinner is homemade veggies and cereal and another bottle before bed. Favorites are bananas and carrots :)

blaaahhh...

Majorly slacking in getting J's 7 month photo taken. I tried once, I really did, and it didn't go so well. I'm going to try again here soon... and pull together all of her updates for her 7th month. But until then, goings on around here... besides a rainy day....

I spent a lovely weekend away (missing J and E the ENTIRE TIME) with my girlfriends :) It was great mommy therapy. I came home to a happy husband and baby - AND A CLEAN HOUSE! Remarkable :) While I was gone, our new bike trailer arrived and it's put together and ready to go - now we're just waiting on a nice day to take it for a spin.

The few nice days we've had, have also been very windy - not optimal for biking. Instead we went to our favorite walking trail and caught some rays :)




A few nights lately have been very warm in the house, and what a fun change to put on shortie jammies instead of the heavy winter ones. I love this tushie sticking up in the air :)

Nature Walk

A beautiful day to visit the Dunes and take Josie on her first nature walk! We didn't make it to the beach (I'm not crazy enough to climb the dunes with a baby) but we did walk the easy trails - about 5 miles! Josie loved greeting every friendly dog that passed us by and the scenery along the way. It's still looking like the middle of winter out there, but there are a few signs of spring flowers and buds making an appearance!

Officially a Crawler

At 6 months, 2 weeks, and 6 days, she figured out the hands and the legs and off she went. Each and every day she perfects it a little more and before we know it - we're going to be chasing her around the house. I'm off to research baby gates this weekend - the choices are overwhelming, believe it or not. But for now, we have our own containment system.... because all of our house is hardwood floors - she just treads water if she crawls off the area rugs. I move her back to the rug and she's back in business. Above photo is Uncle Brian enticing Josie to crawl with a fun toy at Mimi's house on Easter :)

Easter Photo Out-takes :)

bwhahaha...too cute not to share!