Playing Parent: Lucky Number 7 Months

Our baby is turning into a little minx right before our very eyes! So much changes between 6 and 7 months, her personality really comes out. She's growing so fast. I don't know how much she weighs but she definitely feels more and more solid, which is good because exploring brings along bumps. I love her squishy, chunky little tighs, and her squishy little cheeks. She really is such a sweet, happy child. Oh, don't get me wrong, she can scream and screech like the best of them, but she usually has good reason for that (shame on us for leaving her in her jumper too long!).

She's not been doing so hot on in the sleep department lately. She's started waking up sometime between 10-12 and then again sometime beginning at 4, it varies. Usually the first wake up doesn't bother me because I'm still awake. I just go in and pick her up, cuddle her back to sleep, and we're good. I'd love for that to be the only wake up, but we still have the early morning ones to deal with. Oh well, she'll grow out of it eventually.

I'm still having my random night "terrors" about her being in the bed. Last night, I gave myself a little pep talk before falling asleep. "She is not going to be in the bed! You don't ever bring her to the bed in the middle of the night! She's not going to fall off the bed! You can do this Turner!" I actually think it might have worked. I don't any recollection of having a weird moment last night.

A week or so ago, I went on a big shopping trip. Spent way too much money in an attempt to revamp my style. It was tough because I've still got a belly that if you didn't know better would convince you I was rather pregnant. Boy, pregnancy does a number on your body! Well, that and a poor diet. I was/am pretty limited in what I can wear that doesn't accentuate my belly. However, I want to start making more of an effort. I'm pretty tired of my tee shirt habits, and I'm sure ~~my husband~~ people are tired of looking at shlumpy me. I certainly have plans to start a workout routine and lose some of this weight before I get pregnant again, but in the meantime I can still look good. I hope I wear everything I bought and make that effort!

Enough about me! On to...

Bonnie Brags

She's gone from looking like she might want to crawl at 6 months, to full on "crap where's she going now!" It's definitely not safe to turn your back on her for very long. She has this funny little evil laugh she does when she gets into something that she normally wouldn't have access to, it's like she knows she's not supposed to have it.
Oh, you thought crawling was an accomplishment?! HA, she's on to bigger and better things. She loves to stand up. For a while her fav was to crawl over to me and lift up her arms so I can grab her hands and pull her to standing. Well, she doesn't need my help anymore, any ol' object will do. I walked into her room at 5:30 this morning and she was standing up in her crib, facing the door, waiting for me.
She has two little teeth on her bottom gums, the cutest thing to see when she smiles really big (which is often). However, it also makes kisses lethal. Nothing says love like two puncture wounds and a puddle of drool on your face/arm.
As I mentioned above, she hasn't been sleeping perfectly but whenever I go into her room to get her, she wraps her arms around my neck and snuggles her head on my shoulder. Seriously, if I've gotta be up at all hours, this is definitely the kind of treatment I like. So snuggly cute!
Her Grandma swears she can say "kitty cat". She's tried to film it for me as evidence, but no luck yet. It'd be truly ~~tragic~~ unfortunate if her first words are "kitty cat" considering we don't even own a cat. But, Johnathan and I did swear we heard her say "doggie" the other day. We could have been imagining things, but you never know!
She has a jumperoo at Grandma's and a doorway jumper here at the house. So she's very proficient in jumping. If she's chillin out and not jumping all we have to say is, "bouncy bouncy bouncy" and she'll start jumping again. It also works when she's sitting in a shopping cart, she'll start bouncing in place. So cute!