7 Months

Wow. 7 months.  At this time, 7 months ago, I was laying in a hospital bed, trying to sleep.  I had gotten an epidural a few hours prior and it was still working at this point.  I was trying to sleep but Corky and my dad were watching the Seattle Seahawks football game on TV. Lol.

Miss Mara Soleil is doing great.  She sits up for indefinite periods of time. Either until she gets bored and falls over or reaches too far for something and tips over.  She can roll both front-to-back and back-to-front, although she is better at the former.  She doesn't crawl, but she pulls herself up to standing.  Because of this, we bought her a pair of real shoes yesterday - her first pair!  They're adorable.

She loves to eat!  She likes apples, carrots, mango, peas, beans, peaches, eggs and yogurt, but Mum-Mum crackers are still her favorite! She also loves to nurse.  She still only has 2 teeth but is chewing like crazy again so I wouldn't be surprised if more pop through in the near future.

Mara is a very happy, healthy baby.  She weighs about 22 pounds and is about 28 inches tall (2'4"). ;) She babbles all day and says "Mama" constantly.  She loves music and toys that click.  She also loves purse straps, zipper pulls and tags.  We love her to bits and are sooooo blessed to have her in our lives!

Just had to include this outtake picture!  Jax decided he needed to assist Mara with her owl. Lol!! He loves her and she loves him.