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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Watch Me Grow...7 months!

True story, this little lady is already 7 months...as of August 6th!

The Tigger shoot this time around was HILARIOUS! She would not just lay there...she was all over Tigger!
Shot number one: looking at the camera, yes...stretched out to show her length...no so much!
She thought this was funny and kept giggling!
Then she grabbed him and dragged him all over!
Take 2: a little better?
Well here we go...the best we got! We are not looking at the camera, but we are sort of stretched out!

So what is the little peanut up to these days?

*I have no idea how tall she is or how much she weighs (maybe 18 1/2 pounds?) We go to the doctor again at 9 months...so I will know then!
*Maria is in size 3 diapers.
*She wears 6 months clothing, and has recently moved into 6-9 months, as well! She has quite the wardrobe and I love picking her clothes out each day!!
*She sleeps like a CHAMP! Praise God! She naps three times a day! A morning nap for about an hour, an afternoon nap for 1 1/2 hours - 2 hours, and a late afternoon nap for about an hour. She goes down for the night around 8:15 and sleeps until 7:15/7:30!
HEY MOM!

*Maria also loves to eat...surprising based on the size of her thighs and cheeks, right? HA! She eats a bowl of oatmeal with fruit in the morning, a 6 ounce bottle at 11, 1 veggie and half of a fruit (stage 2) at 2, a 6 ounce bottle at 5, and an 8 ounce bottle with lots of oatmeal at 8! I have a feeling all of her bottles with be 8 ounce bottles soon...as in starting today! :-)
*Maria still just has the bottom 2 teeth waiting to poke through...you can only feel them when you push on her gums!
*Maria is CRAWLING EVERYWHERE!!! She if getting pretty quick and is one determined little girl!
Big girl just hanging in the kitchen!

*She pulls up on everything! A few times she has taken a step or two while up on the chair, coffee table, couch....
*She LOVES Greg and loves to tease him by taking his stuff! :-)
*She plays very well in the playroom with Greg.
*She really likes to chew on Greg's cars and on the balls from the ballpit.
*She no longer likes to be in the exersaucer.
Trouble with a capital T!

*Maria LOVES to be outside! She loves to swing in her swing or just look around!
*Maria goes with the flow in all we do! She really is the easiest baby in the world!
*Maria recently discovered the DVD cabinet and loves to open and chew on the cases!
*Maria is obsessed with playing cards and when Greg takes his cards out to play with she goes for them immediately to chew on! We have lost several cards to drool if she gets to one before we can catch her!
*Maria still is not one for cuddling! She certainly loves to be carried around, but the moment you sit...she wants down to move!
We don't really encourage caffeine before bed...or at any time! ;-) Photo courtesy of my mom!

*She prefers to be left alone to fall asleep! I just turn on the lullaby music on her dog, Violet, and she is out in minutes!
*Most of the time she wants to be where Greg is. She even cries if he leaves her in the playroom by herself.
*Maria is a Mommy's girl and wants to know where Mommy is at all times...especially in new environments or with lots of people around.
*Maria is always smiling! She really only cries if she is hurt!
*Maria kicks her legs and moves her arms any time she sees that her food is being made!
*Maria is not interested by TV...only if a song is on!
*She LOVES bath time with her brother! She just sits and plays and laughs so hard when Greg makes big splashes!
My friend, Rebecca, took this picture and I'm kind of obsessed with it!

Another month is in the process of flying by way too quickly! As I am planning for Greg's 2nd birthday in about a month, I am realizing I will be planning her 1st birthday party three months after Greg's! Time if flying....but we are enjoying every moment!! :-) People are not lying when they say they will be off to college before you know it...

big girl hanging in the grass!
tub toy fun!
Clean baby girl!
She works hard for the sippy cup to work!
Brotherly/Sisterly love!! :-)

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