7 months old already???

Boy, where does the time go?! Hailey is now 7 months old! Her smile and laugh are cuter than ever. She's really good at crawling now ... in fact, she even climbed two steps today! Plus she sat in a high chair at a restaurant for the first time today and had a blast flirting with the boys at the next table and playing with an empty to-go box.

She looks much older than 7 months (as her 18-month clothing shows). She's started taking baths sitting on her own, and LOVES her foamy alphabet letter bath toys. A "cookie monster" voice always makes her smile.

She eats 4 times a day, including 2-3 meals in a high chair. She's working on using a sippy cup ... great at grabbing the handles and bringing it to her mouth but still has a hard time drinking the water that gushes out.

Hailey still loves her jumperoo ... or the "poop" maker, as I like to call it. She just spend five days with grandma and grandpa while Ben and I went to Scottsdale, and she seemed to hold up just great! Except she has a little bit of a cold now too ... runny nose, a few sneezes and some coughs, but she's still smiley!

She misses her friends in St. Louis though ... hopefully they'll come visit soon!

Don't tip over!

"I love grass!"







Hailey can sit by herself but is a bit wobbly. We have to put pillows around her just in case she falls over. If she gets too excited, she tends to tip. So taking a bath in her baby tub has been really hard because she doesn’t like to lay back in her tub, she always wants to sit up. But she’s not stable enough to sit by herself so it ends up being a struggle to hold her upright with her trying to arch her back and sliding into the water. So we’ve started just showering with her, which is scary because she’s soooo slippery when wet! But the good thing is she gets very sleepy that way. Several times she has fallen asleep in the shower … and even stayed asleep on the towel! Very cute.