Hadley: 7 months old!

WOW! Where has the time gone? I know I say that every month..but sheesh! Here I am...typing her 7 month update 15 days after she officially hit the 7 month mark.

Well...she's a crawling, climbing, talking, facial expression MACHINE! I forgot what it was like to sit her in one place and....she stayed there (now THAT IS a concept). Now...she's currently on my lap while I type this and has opened and closed the drawer of the desk at least 10 times, ripped off half the post-it notes, managed to eat said post-it notes, taken a sunglass cover out of the drawer, attempt multiple times to get my pen out of the drawer and now found my small honest company lotion and is trying to figure out what to do with it....and i just sat down 3 minutes ago...i wouldn't change these moments for anything.

Age: 7 months. (On Oct 9...)

Weight: No idea. They didn't weigh her at her flu shot and she doesn't have another routine appt until 12 mos!

Length: I would say 29-30 inches. She's a string bean (just like her mom ;) )

Milestones: She is a speed crawler..and she's a monkey. We get calls from day care at least once per week about an "incident report", which is basically a boo-boo that she gives herself from being a monkey. The most recent: she got up on the baby table, crawled over a cube toy, tried to swing from holding up on the side of one crib over to a toy...oh and she stands up in her crib and grabs her mobile...needless to say..the second she wakes up we are bee-lining it to her bedroom because I get scared she's going to try to stand up and swing out! 

Sleep: Hasn't slept through the night for a few weeks now. As a matter of fact, she's up every 3 hours...haha 

Best moment: I will precede this by saying the worst moment...the worst moment was when I had a short notice work trip that tore me away from her for a week. The morning leaving for the plane was the most painful thing EVER. I just held her and was crying like crazy- I hated the fact that I was being ripped away from her. it was horrible. Now, best moment: coming home a few hours earlier than expected...running into her room where Travis was drying her off from her bath and getting ready for bed and she heard me, looked over at me, and crawled super fast right into my arms and started laughing. MY HEART MELTED. 

Health: She's still congested and coughing like crazy (been like that since 3 months old) but her reflux is getting awesome. God is good ALL the time! 

Things to remember:

-She started making fun noises (like "da" and "duh" and some sounds that I cant type the sound too LOL)

-She loves bananas and oatmeal. It's her breakfast every morning. She can't stand peas. 

-She's in 6-9 month onesies and I put some 12 month pants on her because the 9 month ones are too short..12 months are a little too long but are better. 

-She is a tummy sleeper. The second we put her on her back she flips right over to her tummy.
-She gives us the cutest smile when she's eating her breakfast on the weekends...her two bottom teeth pop out and she crunches her nose. You melt my heart over and over again Hadley baby :)
-She responds to her name and when she's crawling somewhere she probably shouldn't be I say "Hadley..." and she looks at me, laughs (w/ the cutest crinkled nose) then keeps going LOL...so my daughter!
-I call her love bug. and she loves it.

-I made a huge life decision 2 weeks ago. and it was 100% because of Hadley. I never want to miss out on life with her again.

Hadley, you are your daddy and mines world. We love you Love bug.