Clara's 7 months.

Here are some things about you this month sweet girl...

*You are still nursing a few times a day as well as drinking a few bottles of formula. You have baby food around 5:00 pm. A fruit and a vegetable although you don't eat the whole jar! You love all the fruits and seem to be getting more and more used to the vegetables. You have a big bottle of formula with rice cereal right before bed. And then every time you wake up in the night I nurse you.

* Speaking of sleeping...oh my goodness. You and your sister are definitely not the best sleepers! I am one tired momma. In fact I know I have not slept through the night for over a year. The last months of my pregnancy with you were interesting and then of course after you were born that was the end of sleep:) I love snuggling up with you at night and nursing you. Yet at the same time I find that I am so tired during the day that I am a lot less patient especially with Olivia. That sister of yours has ALOT of energy! So hopefully we will figure something out!

*We were able to go to Utah this year to spend time with my side of the family for Christmas. You went on your very first airplane! You were an angel and just snuggled with me on my lap the whole time. You were pretty friendly and very smiley. The only person you seemed to be afraid of was your uncle Winston. But he never gave up and after a few days you decided that he was okay:) Your dad and I were able to leave you and Olivia for long periods of time with grandpa and grandma. Grandma absolutely loved giving you your baths and putting you to bed. You were able to meet your uncle Emerson over face time who was of course flipping out over you. It's hard to believe that you will be almost two when he gets home.
*You were so brave and sat on Santa's lap. In fact you were so brave that Olivia decided that if you could do it, so could she! You loved unwrapping your presents on Christmas and of course tried to eat not only the wrapping paper but your presents as well. You are at the stage where anything you can get your hands on goes right to your mouth:)

*So I really need to get some baby pictures of me and put them on the blog but while we were in Utah we looked at some pictures of me when I was your age and we are definitely little twinners. All my aunts and family members that knew me when I was a baby said that you are a "mini me." It's funny because everybody said that Olivia looks like Emerson which means she looks like me because Emerson and I look a lot alike I am just so much darker than him. You have this one smile that you do though that reminds me exactly of your dad. I love it!

*You still can't sit up for longer than 5-10 seconds at a time. You do better if you are leaning on something. As far as rolling over goes, you can do it that's for sure but you rarely do!

*You are such an easy going baby and are just happy doing whatever. You are so sweet, so smiley, and so giggly. You love to snuggle. You love your toys and sometimes get so excited when we give you one that you bust out laughing! So the only thing we need to work a little on is getting you to sleep longer at nights:)

We love you so much Clara. 

The joy you have brought to our little family is indescribable.