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These pics give you an idea why there has been a greatly reduced number of quality O-shots these days

Seriously, how cute is that diaper butt??

Finally

To my big girl, who is and will always be my little baby,

This cant be right, in 5 months you will be a year old?? I know the first day I met you, I fell totally and completely in love with you, but trust me when I say that every day, that love grows leaps and bounds. Our bond grows so much stronger as we get to know each other better (even at the end of a bad day when we are both exhausted and yelling at each other, trust me this does happen, you yell at me way more than I do you and daddy will vouch for that!). You know without a doubt that I am your mommy, and will do anything and everything for you. You also know that when you let our an ear piercing screech, the louder and louder it gets, the quicker you will get what you want. It is a pretty funny to watch actually.

I know it probably gets boring for me to tell you the little new things you do, but trust me, being a new momma, this stuff is exciting!

At 7 months you are:

Finally all grown out of your 3 month clothing, I think you chunked up maybe a little bit with adding solids

Eating twice a day, usually a stage one fruit or veggie with “puffs” (these cereal like finger foods that dissolve quickly). You LOVE that you can feed them to yourself, and sometimes will only eat puffs and nothing off a spoon

Drinking water out of a sippy cup

Drinking 4-6 six ounce bottles of formula a day, and for the most part, you cant stand when we hold you to feed you, you are always on the move

Crawling around like a mad woman. You quickly learned that the little “worm” crawl you were first doing is rather slow, you get there much faster on your hands and knees and now are a pro! If we let you loose in a room, we quickly have to tie up all the cords (your most favorite things to grab) and anything that is baby size that you could possibly choke on, because you put every single thing that can fit into our mouth.

Are in love with the little coils that prevent the door from slamming into the wall. You hit them and just love the “booooiiiiiinngg” sound they make. Mommy quickly learned that the little rubber pieces on the end are not glue on very well!

Love going on walks outside

Still have just two bottom teeth, maybe all the rest will come in at the same time because you are drooling and biting up a storm

Your most favorite time of the day is when you first wake up, you coo and crawl around in your crib, laughing and smiling. Its mommy and daddys most favorite time with you. It is still our morning routine for one of us to go and scoop you up, bring you back into our bed, and all play together before we start our day

Are in love with all things electronic, remotes, phones, cell phones, the laptop…you go crazy for them all. We web cam with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Bean and Jose all the time and you just love chatting with them. You and aunt bean usually have a shouting match, which is the only way you know how to communicate so far

Are repeating the sound “aug” over and over, and we are starting to wonder if you are saying dog. It is highly likely, considering Kobe is your most favorite friend

This month you had two baby sitters that weren’t family for the first time. Mommy’s friend Mo from work came to watch you, and you had so much fun. You made her rock you on your horsey forever, and you loved playing with your new bubble gum machine. Our sweet neighbors came over one night with their little girl who is one, and you guys had a blast together. We are trying to plan it out so you guys get to spend more time together, and so we can switch off date nights

Grandma and Grandpa were here to visit you on your 7th month birthday, we had such a fun visit together, they are amazed with how much you are growing and changing

Will NOT let us change your diaper, the second we lay you down on your back you instantly flip over onto your tummy to crawl away. We must burn 500 calories each time we have to do it because it is not fun. We quickly learned that zip up jammies and easy to put on clothes are the only way with you, you have no time to fuss with snaps and buttons

Are still working on sitting up by yourself, which is funny considering you are a pro crawler. You love doing this little side lie when you get tired of crawling, but not quite sitting up

Anything and everything goes into your mouth

Love pulling hair, ouch!

Are still up twice at night to eat, we are working on that part, we have realized now you are just doing it out of habit and not really needing or wanting the bottle

Use a binky occasionally, but its not really your thing, you can fall asleep with or without it

Still love bath time

Stopped letting mommy take pretty pictures of you, there is just not enough time in the day for your busy work

Are the single best thing that has ever happened to us and we love you with every inch of our being

Thank you for the changes you have made in my life Olivia, while I still do miss that little baby that you were 6 months ago, this month I have started to get so excited about all of the growing and changing we have ahead of us. I was so proud of you the day you started crawling, and to think how many more milestones we have to hit in your lifetime. I hope you always know how proud I am of you and how grateful I am that you made me a mommy.

I love you Olivia Bea

Just so you know what its like now to take her monthly pictures, this was my attempt at the piggy pic

Excuse me while I pout.

I am having a moment, day, week, month, no wait a year where nothing I ever seem to do is good enough. I feel like I have all these intentions, plans, ideas, whatever they may be, and none of them go as expected or wanted.

I want to snuggle my baby, hold her all the time, shower her with kisses and hugs and love. I want her to crawl over to me, pull at my pant leg, and look up at me to swoop her up and just snuggle. If you have ever met my daughter, you know this is impossible. She is a busy, BUSY baby, always on the go, cant be tied down, hates being confined more than anything in the world. The only chance you may catch a snuggle session is if she is completely exhausted. I want so bad to hold her and sing her songs, or read her books, but she wont sit still for 2 seconds to even hear one word! I want to rock her to sleep, and have our special quiet time together, to be able to lay her down in her crib without any crying or fuss. The last week, she has fought sleep so bad, she screams her head off, refuses to let you hold her to give her a bottle. (I just put her down a minute ago, and am planning on drinking a nice big glass of wine with dinner tonight!). I want to feed her all different types of baby food, to be silly and enjoy watching her experience new things, nope. She takes 2 bites of food and throws anything on her tray on the floor. If you dont take her out of her high chair in 2 seconds when she is ready, the entire neighborhood knows!

I want to be a good home maker, to have my house be clean (or at least clutter-free most days), to have dinner prepared and my fridge always stocked. I want to cut coupons to save my family money, and have our meals planned out. To have a monthly budget, and take the time weekly to balance it all out.

I want to be a good friend, one who calls people often, just to see how they are. Who makes time to spend quality time together, to do fun things and make memories. I feel like there is not enough hours in the day to even call to say hello some days, and I hate that.

I want to be a great nurse, one who takes the time with my patients and their families, who meets their physical and emotional needs, who is more compassionate. Lately I feel like I am too busy or just exhausted and I hate that.

I want to be a better daughter and daughter in law.

I want to be a better sister, one who can spend more time with my sister during her pregnancy, who can shop for baby clothes together, and talk about what my nephew will look like over a salad at Red’s. I want to throw her the best possible baby shower, with lots of thought and effort, and time is seriously slipping away from me

I want to feel better about myself, to start exercising more and putting more time into me.

I want to do about 247 different craft projects and there is just no time.

Maybe if I pray reeeeeallly hard tonight, God can put just one more hour in the day??

I just had to share these. I dont know how this little girl has such a little ‘tude at only 7 months, but she sure does. She has no idea what she wants most of the time, and makes sure to let all of us know!!

 

My favorite “fit” is the second to last image, this is the “I am so mad but I cant talk or tell you what the heck is bugging me, so I am yelling through closed lips, and so mad I just start spitting!” face, classic O right there

Ahhhh, the joys of parenthood

Seriously, can she get any cuter?? I am sure the answer to that is yes, I feel like every day I find something that makes me love her more!

Had a busy couple of weeks, my parents were in town for a few days, which was soooo nice, I LOVE having family here (hint hint to anyone who may be reading this!), and of course, O just eats up the attention. I cant believe she is 7 months old, where does time go? I think there is some rule that God made, the second you have children, the time in each day is cut in half, maybe by even more. You sleep way less, but have way more things to do, how is that fair??

My cousin gave birth this week to her fourth child, and after 3 girls she finally got her boy. Jacob Anthony was born on January 11th and I cant wait to meet the little guy. We haven’t had a boy born into our family in a really long time, so its a welcomed change. Love you guys so much and cant wait to see you all! My sister is just a few weeks behind her with another baby boy, my nephew is due the second week of March. I am planning her baby shower that me and my mom, aunts and cousins are all planning, its going to be such a fun time. We are doing co-ed and I am super excited. I am trying to figure out what to do for the favors, aside from that everything is thought of or taken care of. I maybe forgot to put on the invite where she is registered (ooops), so if you are planning on coming she is at Target and Babies R Us

I have to catch up on some laundry and things around the house, so her 7 month letter that is almost done will just have to wait. The older she gets, the harder it is to take pictures of her I swear. I have to have someone behind be holding toys over her head or doing something silly. She is a busy busy baby and is always on the go. We are enjoying this age so much, I think this last month has been just so fun to watch her grow!

 

Yes, it does say I love daddy behind the 7 month decal. I am having a major shortage of plain onesies with no hearts or flowers or cute sayings!