Audree - 7 months

I really can hardly believe that Audree is now 7 months.  Everyone always says it, but it's so true.  Life moves so quickly and your kids grow up in a flash.  My little angel is growing up to be such a sweet (and mischevious) little girl. I've been amazed at her motivation to move and be busy.  Like I've told many of my friends and family, she is completely different than Josh so this is all new to me.  It's really fun to watch the differences in personality between your kids and watch their individual spirits shine.
 

This is the closest I could get her to smiling

Most of her pictures were like this. :)

Audree is definitely growing in size as well as personality and in her motor skills.  On our scale at home, she's approximately 17 1/2 pounds, which is right in that 50 percentile which is great.  Most recently we've finally got a handle on her eating.

She used to be up 2-3 (sometimes even 4) times a night which really was just getting exhausting.  Letting her cry it out was an issue because first we have neighbors sharing her wall and she wasn't a very good eater throughout the day so I was always worried she was hungry at night.  From the time she went to bed to getting up she could easily eat 10-12 ounces of formula, which seemed like a lot.  Well after a little tweaking to her daily schedule and going to her at night without a bottle and just soothing her, she is now a great little bottle eater during the day and is up once maybe twice a night.  So things have definitely improved there, which is great!!  She is also up to 3 solid feedings a day and is loving it. 

As far as personality, she's a little spit fire.  She smiles all the time.  She just learned to click her tongue in her mouth and makes that noise a lot throughout the day.  She also buzzes her lips and says "bwah, bwah, bwah".  She is so fascinated by Josh and laughs it him any moment of the day.  The joy that they bring each other is priceless.  She is so fidgety and can never hold still when I'm holding her on my lap. 

Jake and I have also discovered that she's a quiet little thing though too.  When she's focused and moving around, getting into stuff, etc. etc.  she is silent.  So her stealthy behaviors make me quite nervous for her future.  I'm going to have to keep a close eye on her. 

As for motor skills, she is all over the house.  Literally.  She crawls everywhere, climbs up on to Josh's mattress, and "stands" up next to her toys (not all the way standing, but she's on her feet).

 I was telling my mom just yesterday that I forgot how much babies get in to things.  Josh is at an age and has been for awhile where he doesn't really get in to things and so I don't didn't have to worry about it.  Now, Audree just finds everything.   She always likes to sneak into the dark bathroom if I forgot to close the door.  Look at the mischievous little smile. :)

 She is also breaking another tooth, so that makes two total that are coming in.  She seems to be doing pretty well with it.  She sometimes seems irritated, but overall I think she's handling it pretty well.  The Hyland's teething tablets have been my good friend during her fussy times.  I've really noticed that they've helped with her.

Overall, she really is such a fun-loving, crazy, busy and happy child.  It's not very often that I find her in a bad mood (if she's been fed, changed and well rested).  I'm so lucky to have her here with me.