Every Day a Memory: Kaitlyn || 7 Months

Hey you gorgeous girl. How are you closer to being a one year old than a newborn now?! I feel this constant tug between not wanting you to grow too fast... but also feeling so excited to watch your personality and uniqueness continue to grow and shine. You could not be any more adorable, and every day I still pinch myself that you're MINE! I must have done something right to deserve you. :)

This past month has brought a few developmental changes. Just this past week you've really started liking your baby food. It was a slow start, but now we're hitting our stride, and I love feeding you each morning and night! Your favorites include the orange veggies, peaches, baby oatmeal with various fruits mixed in, and we just recently started the Gerber puffs and fruit pouches. You loved the oatmeal, raspberry, banana blend you tried the other night, and I've got a strawberry concoction on the menu for tonight. ;) Feeding babies now is so different than it was even when Brandon was little! Eggs and peanut butter were a definite no-go back then, but now they are saying the earlier we introduce those foods to you, the better, to help ward off food allergies. So - in the next month I anticipate you'll be trying lots of fun things. :)

You still don't have any teeth, but there have been times when you acted like you were teething. I think you are in the midst of some big mental and physical growth because you no longer sleep through the night regularly. However, you still go down for bed so easily - just like your brothers always did. If you don't fall asleep with your bottle, we put you in your crib at 8:00 and very rarely hear a peep out of you after that.

You aren't sitting on your own yet, but you could if you really wanted to. You're definitely strong enough, but you are far more interested in bending all the way over to try and pull your feet into your mouth. You love your toes, and we have a hard time keeping socks on you!

You are starting to recognize when it's bath time (every other night) because you get SO excited when we start stripping your clothes off of you after supper. You flail about, get the biggest smiles, and start squealing. You love being in your little tub, nibbling on your Little Mermaid bath toy and letting Mommy or Daddy suds you up.

You're still in size 3 diapers and wear mostly 6-9 month clothes, although a few of your 3-6 month onesies still fit you, and you also have some shirts that are sized 12 months. It just depends on the style of clothing and where the clothes are from.

Your hair is really growing and lies flat now - no longer sticking straight up on the top your head except for one small spot at the very back and top of your head. Some days it looks really dark, sometimes it looks just like Jaden's color, and some days we even see some waves on the sides and in the back like Brandon's used to do. You really are just such a perfect combination of all of us, and it reminds me every single day of God's amazing works.

You really seem to enjoy daycare and all the attention you get while you are there from Kathy and the other little kiddos. And your love for your brothers just grows and grows and grows. I love the way you look at them, and I love how much they love you. They are both getting older and not expressing their love to us as much as they used to, but they don't STOP telling you they love you. You bring out the softest sides of them, and it's precious.

You're spending more time in your bumbo seat lately and want your hands on EVERYTHING. You made it quite challenging for Brandon to complete his Valentine's last night, and you are really showing a lot of interest in Lucy-cat. Especially her tail. ;) You reach for her and watch her and study her, and so far she's being nothing but patient with you.

You handled your six-month shots like a champ and have recently started making this face, pictured below. You love playing with your lips and it's so silly!