7 months and then some!

AAAAHHHH!

I have been so busy with various things the last little while
(some important, some not as important...)
that I have neglected to be on top of my monthly post!
But here I am now, so enjoy :D

Gabby turned 7 months on Thursday, the 21st of May.

The day was pretty uneventful...
I did a bunch of resident managing stuff,
we went for a walk in the park with some friends...
we did NOT take her to the doctor's for any shots or checkups,
and so she was not officially measured or weighed,
but we did our own guestimating, and
Gabby is approximately 18lbs, and about 26 3/4" long.

However, as uneventful as the day was,
Gabby is doing some pretty fun stuff!

At 7 months, Gabriella Claire:

~ Still has blue eyes and hair that goes really curly when it's wet.

A random lady behind me in line at Michael's actually said to me that my baby must look a lot like her Daddy, and when I said "no, actually, we both have dark hair and dark eyes" she laughed and said "oh, then I bet you had a lot of explaining to do!"
lol... yeah... okay. :) I guess lucky for me Gabby has Paul's exact ears!

Anyway, to continue, Gabby at 7 months...

~SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!
This one is huge.
HUGE.
All you other parents out there understand, I'm sure :)
Sleep Training was one of the harder things we've ever done as a couple, but it was so worth it, and I'm glad we powered through. It took less than a week, and last night Gabby slept from 8pm to 8am. Solid. No waking. and fell asleep on her own. Compared to nursing for 3 hrs (8-11) to get to sleep each night and then still waking up, as she's been doing up until about a week ago! For those of you who want to know how, go here.

~ Loves cuddling. I love this picture.

~ loves her sippy cup :) she doesn't like holding it on her own tho, she likes it better when somebody holds it up for her to suck on!

~ Likes solid foods - loves bananas, yams, squash, cauliflower, carrots, and broccoli; will tolerate avocado and chicken and grains (rice/barley/oatmeal) and as far we know, still hates peas.

~ loves her playtime on the floor, as long as she's sitting up she'll sit like this for an hour or so and be totally happy, as long as she's got her toys and books to look at!

~ Has grown out of the first sleepsack that Gwamma bought her before she was born. So Mommy made her a new one. :)

~ still doesn't have any teeth, but sometimes we think she's working on one...

~ can hold her own weight standing (she's been doing that since she was a month or so) but now will take little steps with help :)

~ Still won't take a pacifier, and still won't take a bottle, so is still breastfed for milk.

~Has received her first Bling (thanks Sister Jacobs!)

~ Has been to the zoo for the first time ever (with Candace & Sofia!) and even though she didn't seem to care one way or the other for a lot of it (and was actually unconscious through a good portion of it!) she DID notice the sting rays, the giraffes, and the hippos.

~ makes this really funny face - sometimes you can tell she's laughing with pursed lips, and other times she looks like a disapproving old lady.

It cracks me up. ~ Has learned how to spit (she started out just making that "bbb" noise with her lips, and then we left her with the grandparents, and they taught her how to blow raspberries!) (We still love them a lot!) So now she entertains all of the ladies in Relief Society with her slobber-blowing gift.

~ Has a really goofy smile, especially when somebody she loves comes into her line of sight!

And yes - Gabby's T-shirt says "My mom is hot." - a gift from my parents, which Paul thinks is hilarious wants her to wear all the time :D