Suddenly Seven

Where in the world has the last seven months gone? While I am at school it seems to be taking forever on a daily basis, but overall the last seven months has gone by in a flash. God amazes me everyday with the blessings we recieve from Kirby. She is such a joyful child and she makes everyday better when I get home from a world of chaos. Lately when I walk in to Kitty's I peak around the corner to watch her for a minute. Then when I walk into the room and say, "hi sweet girl!" she looks up from whatever she is doing and kicks her feet while flapping her hands with excitement. She lets out somewhat of a squeal and can not wait for me to wash my hands to hold her. I just love that. She is now sitting up on her own. A little later than some babies of my friends, but we are totally ok with that. She is so strong and always has been, but with the brace holding her back for six months some of her other abilities are a little delayed. I know once she starts crawling, there is no going back, so we are ok with this progressing a little slower than usual.

At 7 months, Kirby:

*loves eatting her homemade baby food. So far she LOVES mangoes, avacado, banana, carrots, squash, peas, and sweet potatoes. She is ok with papaya, but makes a horrible face when she swallows it.

*babbles tons. The other day when CR said, "Are you all done playing?" We swore we heard ... "yayayyaya playing". I flew out of her room and said, "did you hear what I heard?!!!"

*naps and sleeps well. On average, she takes 2 naps a day about 1 1/2 each and sleeps between 10 and 11 hours at night.

*loves to make different noices with her voice box. Lately she grunts/growls which makes us really laugh.

*sits up, scoots around, gets on her knees some but then falls and growls with frustration.

*chews on everything. We think she has been cutting teeth since she was 4 months old, but just now is the bottom gum starting to actually feel like something is under there. According to CR, with her genes she already has all the teeth she will ever have. (CR is about 9 teeth short)

*Weighs about 16 pounds (she was 15 at last appointment) and wears 3-6 months clothes. Sometimes she can wear the 6 months clothes, but many of them look like they are falling off of her so we go with the smaller clothes.

*only lasts about an hour in the nursery at church. When CR goes to get her, she is never crying though, just fussy. So, I am not sure how she acts that makes them page us ...

*loves being outside and going on adventure walks. She loves talking to the cows and the dogs. She thinks Koda is kind of scary, but she loves Dixie.

*loves talking on the phone to my mom. She gets the biggest smile on her face when she hears her Grammy's voice.

*loves Granny and Daddy Ray. She never tires of seeing them ... when they walk in to our house she gets this look on her face like, "Hey, I am supposed to go to your house ... what are you doing here."