7 Months

Here we are again, another month has passed and Hallee is 7-months-old. I like to record each month because they change so much during the first year.  I remember asking someone something about their kids (this was before I had kids) and they couldn't remember and I was surprised.  I wondered how you could forget milestones, and then I had kids.  There is no way to remember everything, especially when you have more than one child.

Hallee is still as sweet as ever.  She loves to play with all her toys and have time on the floor to roll around, but she still gets excited when I pick her up.  She will grab my face and bounce up and down and I love it! 

I thought she would be more cuddly while she was sick, but I wasn't that lucky.  Even when she wakes up at night she won't lay in my arms.  As soon as I pick her up she arches her back and is wiggling all over the place.  I have to put her back in bed if I want her to go to sleep.  This morning she woke up really early and again I thought she would lay with me and it would be so great.  She had other ideas, she was moving and wiggling and hitting me while she was throwing her arms around.  It is a little sad that my snugly little girl is gone.  She will fall asleep in my arms at church for a short time and I always enjoy that.

Hallee is still really social and interactive.  She loves to catch people's eye and smile for them.  She loves attention from strangers, but she won't let them hold her anymore.  She will still let our families hold her, but no one else.  She has started crying and wants mom. 

Hallee makes the cutest faces.  I love how excited she gets when I come in to get her out of bed.

Hallee's hair is finally coming in on the sides.  She still has the long strip on top that almost covers her eyes.  Her hair is an auburn color on top, but it looks like the sides are coming in brown.  I hope she doesn't lose the red color, it is so pretty.

Hallee can sit up pretty well now, but she prefers to be on her stomach and roll around and scoot backwards.  She still takes three naps, but she is staying up later at night so we need to cut back to two, but the timing never seems to work out right.  She still loves her bottles and seems to like eating solids more.  We haven't introduced her to very many, but she likes sweet potatoes.  She also likes little pieces of whatever I am eating.  On Sunday she grabbed two pieces of bread out of the sacrament tray and shoved them in her mouth before I could stop her.

We all love having Hallee around.  Wyatt says, "Hi pretty girl" at least ten times a day.  He also says, "mom she so cute."  Jonah loves to entertain her and Caitlyn loves to hold her.  Keith and I love our time with her after the other kids are in bed.  She loves when we blow on her tummy and tickle her.  She laughs and gets so excited that she is throwing her arms around and kicking her legs.  She is still very vocal, she is constantly making cute sounds and growling. I love seeing more of her cute personality as time goes on.  I am so grateful for her happy, easy going nature.