7 months old!

Sweet Anna is 7 months old today! She is doing great and we just adore her. She now wears 12 month clothes, can sit up unassisted and rarely falls over, and she has just started being able to lean over to reach for toys and straighten herself back up. She prefers to be sitting on the floor over laying or standing the saucer. She will roll to get around, but doesn't really like to do that. We also just graduated her to Erin's big car seat (due to outgrowing the baby carrier) and got Erin a 3-in-1 car seat/booster combo. The switch has been met with mixed reviews from both girls. We are sad to be saying good-bye to the "sleep in the carseat" days, but are oh so happy to not have to lug that awkward carrier around with us. Now, trips to the store will be more challenging - Erin will have to walk, or we'll have to find carts with 2 seats! We've taken our double stroller to Walmart and Target, but that doesn't have a lot of cargo space. Perhaps Mommy will need to make more after-bedtime grocery store runs for awhile.

Anyway, Anna is such a delight - she's such a happy girl, and loves to have attention at all times. She shows us that dimple with each adorable smile, and we sure do love to get those smiles out of her! She eats 2 meals now - lunch and dinner - and also can feed herself cheerios or puffs at an alarming rate. We are practicing cups of water, but I don't think she's actually gotten any water yet. We have not begun the switch to formula...I can't decide if/when we are ready for that. It's hard to convince myself that paying for formula is justified since I am the one feeding her all the time anyway. But, we'll see. After recovering from a rough cold and getting 2 teeth (another milestone this month), she has now recently been sleeping 10-11 hours at night! FINALLY! She'll go from 7-8pm to 5-6am, which is of course early, but I am not complaining one bit. Naps are still not that great, but I know she will get that straight eventually. She definitely requires more entertainment now, and is not happy with the same old toys all the time. She's also not as easy to hold because she wants to grab EVERYTHING. She's been a busy girl this month with lots of changes!

What else is new with us? I feel like I have been slacking on the pictures and blog lately. We have officially been in our house for a month as of yesterday. It feels like home now, and we LOVE it! The girls and I went to Concord this week for Cookie Fest and had a great time. We are excited about Christmas and seeing all our family!