7 Months Old

Today, Adeline is 7 months old! My, how time has flown!

What is "A" doing at 7 months?

• "Crawling" in a forward motion - sometimes it's up on all fours, sometimes it's an army crawl
• Telling us sweet stories constantly
• Is now a pro at sitting up - rides in the grocery cart & sits in hi-chairs at restaurants
• Wearing size 6-9 month clothes
• Wearing size 2 diapers
• Eating 3 meals of solid food a day - fruit in the mornings, veggies at lunch & dinner; the only things she hasn't like are the mangoes & plums
• Recently learned how to use her teeth and bites the spoon every time you put it in her mouth (still has only bitten me once)
• Sleeps 10-11 hours at night & takes 2 long naps a day (ranging from 1 1/2 hours to 2 1/2 hours)
• Loves being outside
• Loves animals
• Still hates riding in the car in the evenings (never makes a peep during the day)
• Figured out how to jump with both feet in her jumper
• Loves for Daddy to put her on top of his head - she belly laughs every time
• Nurses 5 times a day (every 3 hours starting at 7:30am)
• Loves drinking ice water
• Was told she was very "pensive" by the church nursery ladies - pensive: expressing or revealing thoughtfulness; I would agree with that. She's a very serious baby, but also loves to laugh.
• Loves water
• Loves to be read to

I could go on and on, but I won't. Poor little Adeline hasn't had a very exciting 7 month birthday. I woke up feeling absolutely horrible this morning. I was dizzy, nauseous, achy, coughing, sneezing, and running fever (I'm pretty sure the last time I ran fever was about 10 years ago). I can hardly get out of bed without feeling like I'm going to pass out. Jon had to take off work today so he could care for Adeline (and me). I went to the doctor, but it's just something viral that will have to run it's course. Let's pray it's a very short course.