Seven.

My dear little Sofie socks, you have been a part of our family for seven months now. The strange thing is that these last seven months have gone by so fast, yet so slow at the same time. Sometimes I forget that you’re only 7 months old because I’m so used to referring to you as already 7 months. Also, it feels as though you’ve always been a part of our lives.

Everyone who meets you thinks you’re just the cutest baby ever. Daddy and I cannot argue with them. J

I know I’ve said this before, but you’re always so happy! Just yesterday, you and I went shoe shopping while you were napping. Shortly after getting to the store, you woke up and started laughing. Full on belly laughs. I wasn’t even doing anything besides smiling back at you. It was an amazing high to my soul.

My dear, sweet little Sofie...

You are now 6 months old. Actually, next Saturday you will be 7 months old. Time is flying by now that you’ve joined our family.

I have been back to work for over 3 months now. That’s about how long I got to spend every single minute of every single day with you when you were first born. Why did that first 3 months seem so short and this 3 months seem much longer? Your daddy sure has been taking great care of you while mommy’s at work. Heck, he takes great care of us both even when we’re all together. He’s a great daddy, huh?

I miss some things while I’m at work, but you sure do show off for momma when I’m home. You’re moving around more and more these days. When you see something you want you can actually wiggle around until you have it in your hand…unless you’re tired. Then it’s our job to get it for you. You’ll be crawling around in no time! Daddy and I need to get on that baby proofing thing ASAP.

You’re also laughing so much. All I have to do is look at you with a funny face and I get a belly laugh. Yesterday we were at a store and focused on shopping. You started getting antsy and fussing a bit. As soon as I starting making faces at you, you lit up and started giggling. My faces impressed a couple strangers too because they started smiling (that or they loved hearing your baby laugh).

I need to get better at keeping track of your awesomeness, but I get so caught up in just experiencing it with you that I forget to write things down in one spot. Here’s what you’ve been up to the last few months….

You chew on everything you can get your hands on. Sometimes you even bypass the use of your hands and just go for, say my forearm, with your gums. Chomp, chomp, CHOMP! :o) We wonder when those teeth are gonna break through. No rush though. 
You went from being able to sit as long as we were holding onto you, to sitting totally unassisted. Of course we’re still right there in case you tip over. We don’t want you to bonk your head on the hardwood floors.

You can go from sitting up to getting on your belly without hitting your face on the ground now. J Yay! For using those arms to catch yourself...most of the time.

You can go from laying down to sitting up with very little resistance put on your legs. This makes diaper changes more challenging for sure. Maybe we should stop trying to help you. ;)

You love to bounce on anything (especially mommy’s lap)

You’re practicing crawling, but can use your feet to scootch yourself on your belly to what you want.

You can stand without folding in half or swaying like a drunkard when I only hold on to your hips. In fact, you prefer to stand over sitting. Your little legs and back are so strong! (You’ve been standing for a few months now.)
You flail your arms and legs and squeal in excitement when you see me come through the door after work. Actually, you do this the rest of the night too. Every time I come back to you, you act like you haven’t seen me in forever even though it’s only been about a  minute since I left to go to the bathroom. You do this for your daddy too.

Speaking of squealing….your new favorite thing to do is scream at the top of your lungs. All.the.time. It’s cute, I love it and I wish you would get over this phase soon all at the same time.