7 Months

This month might have been my favorite so far. Julia is so much more interactive now that she smiles and sits up and babbles away. 

We've been going to different little story times and music and movement classes- Julia usually spends most of her time at these things just staring at everyone she can. Perhaps she is sick of just looking at me for the bulk of her days? She seems to like all the new things that are there to put in to her mouth and all the songs and other babies hanging out. 

Julia is still an eating machine. Let's see... she's tried: green beans, peas, butternut squash, sweet potato, baked beans, refried beans, avocado, guacamole, flour tortillas, cottage cheese, cucumber, scrambled eggs, and lots of little tastes of other things we've eaten but I can't remember. We went out to eat last night a Mexican restaurant and I took the tortilla she was gnawing on away from her since she had about the entire thing shoved in to her mouth and she made a major freak out. Do not get between that girl and her food, unless you are prepared for her wrath.

Sleep is still pretty good. I tried to drop a nap so she should just have two a day, but I guess she wasn't quite ready for that, because she was a big cranky pants on the days I tried that out. Julia is still pretty great at sleeping through the night. We had a few rough nights this months where she woke up several times, but Jeff handles all those episodes, so I am not really sure what her deal was.

We've moved on (for the most part) from strangers asking if Julia is a boy or girl... Now the main comments we get are "Look at those blue eyes!" "She looks like the gerber baby" (that seems to be the most popular), and "Her cheeks are so big!" (which I take as a compliment because they are soooo cute!). Speaking of strangers, Julia is going through a pretty big stranger danger phase. Not fun. At this same time, she is also going through a phase (temporary, according to Dr. Carla) where she has developed an obsession with her mom, and I am barely able to escape her eyesight without a meltdown. It's exhausting.

Dear Julia, 

You are such a delight! Of course you have your fussy moments, but overall, you are such a happy, fun baby! You are my little sidekick and best gal- I love spending my days with you and running around town with you in tow. You have the world's cutest smile and the sweetest laugh, but it's a rare treat for you to give us a laugh, which I totally don't understand as we are hilarious and work really hard to entertain you... but, I digress. Now please stop growing, and let's just enjoy your non-mobile state a little bit longer!

Love you, sweet baby. 

Mommy