7 Months!

Sweet Baby Clare is now seven months old!  She is growing like a weed and developing more and more personality every day!  The past month was filled with a lot of firsts for Clare.  She tried her first foods, started sitting steadily on her own for long periods of time, starting rocking back and forth on her hands and knees like she is about to crawl, and she started "playing" with her brother.

We enjoyed a visit from my best friend from Arizona this month.  Jessie is a lot of fun to have around and I was particularly grateful that she came out since Julian had a business trip.  She always takes super cute pictures of my kids and even though Grayson was particularly uncooperative this time we still got some good ones!

Julian and the kids spoiled me for Mother's Day this year!  Julian came home early the Friday before Mother's Day and told me that I was going to lunch and a pedicure with a good friend and he was taking the kids for me.  I haven't been away from both kids very many times over the last seven months and I have to say that it was really nice to be able to use both hands to eat a meal!  J also ordered me flowers that were beautiful and had Grayson make me an adorable card.  We went to church that day where the kids made me cute crafts with their hand and footprints.  Motherhood has definitely been the best blessing I could have hoped for and I feel privileged to be able to stay home with my two adorable kiddos!

At 7 months Clare is:
-wearing size 3-6 but we are starting to move her in to 6-9 month clothes.
-sitting very solidly on her own.  She can sit for up to 30 minutes straight if she has something entertaining her (usually a toy or her brother).  I don't have to worry about her falling over anymore which is nice!
-pushes herself from a sitting position to all fours where she rocks back and forth.  She hasn't figured out how to move forward quite yet but she pushes herself backward until she gets stuck on something.
-can get to a sitting position from her stomach.
-really likes being read and sang to.  She loves the wheels on the bus in particular and she is super cute when her brother does the actions too.
-is sleeping fairly well but some nights she is up twice.  It is still much better than it was two months ago so I am grateful.
-is a little wiggle worm who is always trying to get to something.  She isn't really a cuddly baby because she always wants to see what is going on.
-eats sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas, apples and has tried peas and peaches though she didn't care for those two.  She seems to like food but not as much as G did at the same age.
-likes playing with her brother.  She just lights up whenever Grayson gives her attention.  It is so darn cute!  He gives her lots of kisses and is very sweet to her most of the time.