7 Months Old

Technically, Hattie did not get a seven month birthday.  There are only 28 days in February (this year) and she was born on the 29th.  I guess March 1st will have to do... 

Hattie has become quite the charmer this month!  Her stranger anxiety is fading and she will smile at just about anyone who looks her way.  The most common phrase I hear from people who are around her is, "Is she always this happy?"  Seriously.  Everyone (except maybe the nursery workers at church) says this.  And my answer is YES, all the time.  If she is not happy then she is hungry or tired, and when those issues are addressed, she quickly resumes her happy state of being.

A few accomplishments/highlights of the past month include:

• Sitting like a pro
• Sleeping on her side or stomach
• Trying, but despising, carrots, squash, rice cereal, avocado, and the blackberry cobbler that Grandpa snuck you!  Hopefully, you will decide you like food sometime during your 7th month...
• Talking
• Sticking out your tongue
• Giving big slobbery kisses
• Grabbing anything in your reach, especially in restaurants!
• Playing peek-a-boo
• First trip to College Station!
• No more spitting up!!! 

We are STILL not sleeping through the night, only waking once to eat, but it is getting a little old... I'm hoping that once she decides to actually eat food, we might get a decent night's sleep.  I did get her to drink out of a sippy cup this morning, so just MAYBE we will give mom a break on the nursing... we shall see!  It would be quite nice to completely skip the bottle weaning process and go straight to a cup!

This is the face she makes ALL the time right now

And just because we may not have toothless gums next month...