7 months

Well, it's hard to believe, but this tiny girl is now over half a year old! She is closer to 1 than she is to 0! At the beginning of the year we went in for her 6 month check up, and she weighed in at a hefty 13 lb 14 oz. Yup, she's my 7 month old who is the size of a 4 month old. She loves to sit up and play now. I love it when they get to that point, so much easier to keep them happy. And she really is a happy baby. Well, not right now, she has her first real cold right now, and so life can get quite sad these days. But usually, she is so smiley, and she wins over everyone she sees. She still does that super cute shaking her head no thing, and she thinks she's so clever when she does that. She has also figured out that if she stretches out her arms that someone is likely to pick her up. And if she reaches to someone who is not holding her, then she will be transferred to that person. She has decided that mommy is her favorite person in the world, and she will still put up with being held by other people, but if mommy leaves the room, then she should probably cry. She enjoys her time with mommy so much, that she doesn't like to have it end just because it's the middle of the night. The past week when she was getting sick, she wanted to spend time with mommy during the middle of the night as often as 4 to 5 times each night. But mommy loves her anyway. All she has to do is smile, and usually all is forgiven.