Seven months old

Seven months old.

Seven months of being parents.

Seven months of no sleep.

Seven months, filled with Joy.

I am rocking you to sleep.

You are seven months old, today.

How many more nights do I get to hold you while you sleep? When will you be big and not able to curl up against my chest like this?

This month has raced by, faster than all the rest. We keep falling more and more in love with you!

You love to eat breakfast and dinner with Daddy and Mama, at the table.

You love patting/hitting/banging anything that makes a sound. Your hand patting Mama or Daddy's face or bare back is your favorite, thus far... Followed closely behind by banging your arms on the tray of your high chair, yelling "BA BA BA!"

I noticed you were cutting your first tooth on October 5th, and just ten days later, Daddy noticed your second one coming in. It is so heartbreaking for us to watch you in pain like this, sweetheart. We are doing our very best to comfort you. You are a teething rockstar, though, just needing a lot of extra cuddles, kisses and naps. You're nursing much less, we think it's because your teeth are giving you pain. I can't wait for those teeth to be done, because I can't wait for you to nurse like we are used to!

You're getting so close to crawling, your Daddy thinks it will happen in the next couple weeks.

You are sleeping in your crib by yourself ...most of the time.

We can't go to the grocery store without at least eight different people stopping us to "ooooh" and "awww" over you. There is no such thing as a quick shopping trip, anymore.

Actually, there's no such thing as a quick anything, anymore.

But I wouldn't have it any other way.

You are so funny, Addi Bird. You have a way of making everything a game, laughing at the simplest things. I pray that you're always stay this way.

You know exactly what you want, and you've started to let us know. Sometimes, you won't stop whining until someone is holding your hands so that you can pull yourself up. Over, and over, and over again. But I see your heart - so determined and strong. I am thankful for that, sweet girl. 

I can't wait to learn you even more, to help you grow and to kiss you with each morning that comes. 

You are a complete Beauty.

Happy 7 months.

I love you,

Mama