Month 7

Our littlest princess is seven months old, and growing up so fast, she already weighs 18lbs 12oz and is learning more and more each day. Jared and Gracee are such great siblings and love playing with baby Ali. Seven month lessons:

Alison knows her values… she has been saying aaaaaaaaaaaa for a long time she just added a few continents she now says baaabaaaabaa (and Jared thinks she is saying bubby) as well as daaaadaadaaa (calling out for her daddy)

Ali loves to take a bath, she loves to splash in the warm water right after her morning breakfast and bitter biscuit (she gets very messy)

Alison now has five teeth… she is stilling working on getting the sixth one and drooling like a pro but in one week the top three popped in!

Alison now drinks only formula… Simlac Advanced (with the blue lid) its been a bit of change for everyone, she wasn’t used to taking a bottle so we are now working on her holding it herself. For the most part she is doing well – still gets constipated, I’m thinking from all the iron in the formula but as she gets older and eats more food her poo is changing too.

Ali likes to watch T.V. in her bubby’s room… at night after bath time the kids get to watch one show in Jared’s room before we read a book and call it a night, just recently Alison has been sitting in bed with the BIG kids and they all love it!

Alison just at Chicken and veggies for the first time yesterday (1-20-10) I mixed a little with some rice cereal and at first she wasn’t too sure of it, but ended up eating almost half of the jar. She likes apple sauce much more then bananas and could eat only Squash if I would let her… she is a very good eater!

Ali can sit up in the middle of the room with no support she actually has been for a couple weeks. During tummy time she gets up on all fours and can push herself backwards (she has only done that a handful of times). She claps all the time now too!

As you get older time flies and it is my new years resolution to take a minute and enjoy it… the house doesn’t have to be spotless and the kids will get in fights so I am trying to be alittle more laid back about the way things go here… Its crazy to think that Jared is going to be six in July and Gracee will be three in April. Alison is already half way to her first birthday, we are truly blessed and thankful each day for what God continues to give us.