Seven Months

Hazel, 

You are seven months old! This month has flown by. You are getting bigger and bigger every day. What's new this month? Well, at the beginning of the month we started food. At first you hated it, then you loved it, then you got sick and hated it again, and now you are back to liking (not loving) it. We are hoping you'll get back into eating your veggies you loved so much (avocados and sweet potatoes). I also froze pears and acorn squash to try too! Getting sick has been a big bummer. You have had a little bit of a cold for awhile, and it finally came on full force. At the beginning of this past week daddy even had to stay home with you because you were so stuffed up, you weren't eating, and you just seemed super sick. You guys had a fun sick day at home and since then you have been getting better. 

Aside from coughing, sneezing, and blowing snot bubbles, the big news this month is how much you move. You are so close to crawling! You are definitely scooting. You'll get into your push up position, pull your knees up, and then scoot your whole body forward over and over again to get where you want to go. It's so fun to watch you be able to get what you want! Speaking of getting what you want, you definitely have more of an opinion about what you want and when you want it! You are showing us a little bit of an attitude! We think it's funny now, but I have a feeling that in a couple of months we won't think it's so funny!! 

You are still talking up a storm. Dadada is your favorite, but you are also making k and b and sometimes p sounds. Pretty much everything but mama. Okay, that's a little bit of an exaggeration! You love interacting with people, whether it is talking to whoever is holding you, pulling their hair, or trying to eat their necklace, you love it all! You are so fun to be around, Hazel. Your smile is so pretty and makes everyone around you smile! Yesterday GG and Great Grandpa came to visit, and you sat in their laps and talked and smiled with them! Mike and Jeannie came to visit too, and you had so much fun with them! You love games like peek-a-boo, tickling, and flying above daddy's head (see picture below)!

The next three pictures crack me up. Such a funny series!

Seriously Mom? Another picture...lame.

Okay, fine, I'll look at you. What do you want now?

Oh, you just want me to smile, I can do that!!

It's a good thing my camera can take pictures fast as you only stay in the same place for a couple of seconds!

And you're off...

rolling all over the chair!

You love to read! We read to you every night, but lately you have loved reading books in our laps. You love looking at pictures, listening to the words....

and mostly, eating the books!!

You are such a big girl, and doing such big girl things! You make us smile every single day. We are so blessed to have you in our lives, you are the best Hazel we could have asked for!

We love you big seven month old girl!!!
Love,
Mommy and Daddy