7 months

My baby is seven months old.

When did this happen?

Oh yeah, August 8th. And I am just now posting sweet baby's 7 month update.  Perhaps if I just don't post, she will remain this age? I love watching my children grow, develop and learn, but time needs to seriously chill the heck out.  It could go a little slower, for crying out loud. 

(I have to remind myself of that saying - long days, short years - when I am on hour number 2 of crying fighting bribing trying to get my eldest to bed.  Another post!)

At 7 months, Anna Joy:

• Is the sweetest baby ever. I know you think I am being dramatic. I am not! She is the most laid back, sweetest thing. So very rarely cries. I even asked Ms. Annie the other day if she ever cries during the day, thinking maybe she is more normal when I am not there.  She laughed and said "Anna Joy? Never. Only when she's hungry, and even then it's sweet". Bless her bones.
• Is not sitting up! Perhaps she is too laid back? Jones was crawling at 7 months! He was born wild.
• Likes her milk. With that said, she still nurses and takes pumped bottles at school, which means I am still pumping away in my office.  Three times a day. I still hate it, but thankful I work in a supportive place and that she takes a bottle with ease (unlike her brother who refused it. For a year.) 
• Thinks Jones is hilarious. Thank goodness, as he has no concept of personal space. Her laugh is contagious and she laughs at everything he does! So much love.

• Has no teeth. Sweet gummy baby. Again, Jones was working on tooth #5 when he was her age.  Oh the differences in my two.
• Eats nothing. I am still not feeding the baby food.  I have to get a grip. I have no reason not to other than I haven't made the time to make her food, and by golly, I feel like I have to make her food since I made Jones'.  Dumb.
• Sleeps like a champ. Oh my perfect baby. At the risk of sounding like I am bragging I must tell you that this angel has been sleeping through the night since before I came back to work when she was 12 weeks old.  I can only say this because Jones nursed through the night until he was almost 8 months.  
• Is a chunky monkey.  She wears a size 3 (or 2, sometimes) diaper and mostly 6-9 month clothes.
• Loves to take baths and kicks so hard.  This cracks her up.

I am just crazy over her.  We all are.  She is the calm in our storm, which is often a very loud storm. We are blessed beyond measure.

**Sorry for the I-phone pictures. Will get real ones downloaded soon!**