Audrey: 7 Months

Let's start with real talk. It is getting a lot harder to take Audrey's monthly pictures. Baby girl can move. It makes things a bit harder. Though, I think some of these 7 month pictures are pretty much the cutest. Also, the lighting in these pictures is terrible, it started storming right when I started taking the pictures. The artificial light in our house leaves something to be desired.

She always tries to grab the camera these days.

You don't mind if I chew on this lens cap, do you mom?

She played with the mouse.

Baby girl is not serious all the time. In fact, she is smiley quite a bit.

Give me that camera, mom.

Look at how well that baby is sitting up!

435 photos later we got a shot that shows how big she is compared to that mouse.

It has been another busy month for little miss Audrey. She went to Wisconsin twice this month. She is a great little traveler. Sleeps and plays in her car seat like a champ.

Last weekend Audrey got to hang out with two of her cousins, two aunts, an uncle, and all four grandparents. Let's just say she was not starved for attention. She certainly enjoyed all of the people to play with and JT and I enjoyed a dinner out with my sister and brother-in-law!

She did great in the car on both trips, which is good because we have a nice long drive to North Carolina coming up in a few weeks. That little lady will have been to nine states by the time we are done with that trip. Quite the jet setter.

This month Audrey has been working hard on becoming a big girl.

She is sitting up on her own, of course she still tips over but she is pretty good.

She loves to babble.

She knows how to roll places, and therefore get into things. She can do a wicked baby push-up so I'm sure she'll be crawling in no time.

Oh. Did you not want me to chew on this photo book?

 She loves to stand and jump.

She loves it even more if you swing her up with her jump and make rocket noises so it sounds, and feels, like she took off.

She loves it even more if you will hold her up a above you and toss her up and catch her. She giggles and squeals. It is pretty darn fun. And as a bonus, it is a pretty good shoulder work out.

She has also started communicating her desires a bit more. She will point and reach for things she wants, like the camera. Or food. She loves food. She will also squeal while pointing at something just to make sure you really understand what she is trying to say. Such a big girl.

 One of our favorite milestones this month is being able to take her in the jogging stroller. She loves to sit in the stroller and watch everything go by while we all go for a run together. JT and I sure enjoy being able to run together again as well.

Audrey has a lot of loves right now and not so many hates. I hope it stays this way. Loving is so much more fun than hating.

Right now Audrey LOVES
Music
Her "iPod"
Chewing on everything
Feeding herself
Sweet potatoes
Bananas
Avocado
Bouncing
Being tossed by mom and dad
Hamming it up for everyone
Bath time and bath toys
The pets
Her exersaucer
Reading bedtime stories

Hates
Getting jammies on
Cuddling
Getting buckled in, though not as much as she did before
Bright sunshine is still not her favorite. She doesn't mind if she has her sunglasses on.