The Mashhouns: Grace: 7 months

This month snuck up on me way too fast! She is still wearing mostly 3-6 month clothes with the exception of the full pieces with feet because they are getting too short and her poor legs can't stretch out all the way. Weight wise she fits into all the 3-6 month clothes perfectly but we have started rotating them out to add in some new 6-9 months.

She is sitting by herself a little better every day but still not full on sitting up. She leans forward pretty far and still topples over pretty quickly. But she is on the move. I put her in one spot of the living room and a few minutes later she will have rolled and scooted her way somewhere completely different. I found her stuck in this corner on her knees trying to push off on the table. I'm totally not ready for a crawling baby yet!

She is seriously the most smiley baby -compared to Caiden anyway. It's just so weird how different he was at this age. It took a lot to get him to laugh and smile but you just look at her and she smiles so big. Here is a perfect example. This is both of them at the same age. Caiden loved the swing but he didn't feel the need to express it by smiling -seriously he never smiled on the swing but always wanted to be in it. Grace on the other hand is all smiles the second you put her in there.

I love to see Marc interact with her. I'm so glad we had a girl because it's just the sweetest thing ever seeing them together. I've taken these photos the past few weeks in the middle of the night when we put her in our bed. He is so tolerant of her when she's fussy and kicking and not wanting to sleep. He ALWAYS finds a way to get her to sleep. He says, "She loves when I breathe on her." (the first picture) Hahahaha -annoying to me, not to Grace! In this second photo I woke up to hear him snoring so loud and her sound asleep on his chest...again, annoying to me, not to Grace!

She is not really able to put herself to sleep yet...something we totally had Caiden a champ at right now. She is either being held in the rocker and laid down, falls asleep in the car or takes her naps in the swing. I know the longer I do this the harder it's going to be, but I just don't have it in me yet to let her cry it out until she figures it out on her own. Sigh...a disaster to come for sure.

Still no teeth popping through. I really can't believe it because she's so grabby and has to constantly put things in her mouth. And if I rub my finger along her gum line she just loves it and stops moving entirely. She is also a tag baby...loves, loves, loves the tags on anything. If she eyes the tag -she's going for it and putting it in her mouth.