7 Months

Hadley Joy you are 7 months old! I can't believe it! You are my little bug. You weigh approximately 18 pounds. You are all over the chart on clothes. You can still fit into your 3-6 month onsies...you wear 6-12 month pants and onsies...you wear 9 month outfits. You are so fun to dress!

You are eating rice cereal in the morning, a bottle for lunch, vegetables and fruit for dinner, and a bottle before bed. Bananas and Pears don't seem to settle well with you right now, so we are going to try those again in a couple months. You do love your green beans though!

You are starting to show a little more personality. I think you are going to be a charmer. I think you are going to have mommy and daddy wrapped around your little finger for a very long time...

You have two teeth on the bottom (as seen above :) You also have both top teeth coming in. You grind your top and bottom teeth together and it makes mommy and daddy's skin crawl...



You are still an excellent sleeper. (mommy and daddy both appreciate this very much) You take a little 30 minute cat nap in the morning, a three hour nap in the afternoon, and sleep completely through the night.

You are such a good baby. You do have a set of lungs on you (I think you get that from me...and it will get you in trouble in the future, I'm sorry to say :) You very rarely "scream" in anger or because you are upset. You are mainly just a loud talker and laugher...

Speaking of laughter...You have to best laugh my ears have ever heard! It is a deep chuckle, and it is so infectious. If we are out running errands, the minute you speak or laugh, you have total command over the entire room. I love that you think mommy is so funny. However, I have to come up with something new everyday to make you laugh, because the same thing is never funny to you two days in a row.

You get so excited when you talk to Nana on the phone. You can recognize her voice and you talk back to her...

You love your daddy with all your heart. When daddy is at school studying, we Skype with him, and you love it! When he gets home from school everyday, your face lights up when you see him walk through the door.

I know you are never suppose to wake a sleeping baby, (and we never do) but sometimes, after we put you to bed, we both just miss you so much and want to cuddle with you. You pooch your booty so far up in the air while you sleep that mommy can literally fit her whole arm underneath you.

You are such a mover! You can not crawl on all fours, but you are a scooter on your belly! You LOVE to jump in your exerciser!!! You can sit up by yourself, unassisted...yeah!! You just can't put yourself in a sitting position yet.

We had to take some pictures of you with your Jippee. We love Jippee! Thank you to Courtney and Scott for giving Jippee to Hadley.

Hadley, you are a special girl. You are original, one of a kind, and can never be replaced. Your laugh and joyfulness make troubles melt away, and make everything worth it. A simple cuddle from you, can do wonders! When your daddy is busy and under a lot of pressure with school, all you have to do is snuggle your face into his neck and everything is right in the world again. (Mommy helps him too by telling him to "get off your pitty pot Nancy" and get it done :)

Hadley, just know, You Are Loved.