Seven Months!

It seems impossible, but we have a seven month old in the house!

We're thinking Lydia is around 19.5 pounds and about 28 inches long.  She seems so tall lately!  Lydia is thoroughly enjoying her baby food!  We've started sweet potatoes, green beans, peaches, peas, pears & bananas this month!  As long as the green veggies are hidden with some other flavor, she'll eat them!  She's still getting about four bottles per day.  Lydia is also starting to get the hang of drinking from her sippy cup at mealtimes.  

 Our biggest accomplishment this month was starting to teach Lydia how to put herself to sleep.  We started this two weeks ago.  We read books, sing, and rock, and then lay her in the crib.  The first few times she fussed about an hour (torture for me!), but now it's usually not more than 5-15 minutes.  Lydia takes 2-3 naps per day, depending on how long they are.  She's now sleeping through the night, but sometimes decides to get up already at 6:00 AM.

Lydia is always moving!  She's started to rock back and forth while on her hands and knees, so maybe we'll have a crawler soon?  Who knows!  She is frequently babbling or grunting, too.  She can be quite loud!  :)

Lydia still loves books, music, playing "Pat-A-Cake" or Peekaboo, eating her feet, eating the tags on toys, being outside, being "thrown" in the air, and seeing Daddy come home!

Some highlights from the past month:

-swimming for the 1st time & loving it!

-having her toenails painted pink

-First bruise

-putting herself to sleep

-trying lots of different foods

-visiting the Omaha Zoo

We can't wait to see what the next month has in store, Lydia!  But you can stop growing so quickly!  :)