Aubree: 7-months

Aubree is 7-months old today!  She has become such a smiley little baby...not that she wasn't before, but it would take quite a bit of acting like an idiot on my part to get her to smile.  Now, she smiles so easily and at just about everything. :)  Ayla is still the best at getting her to laugh...I finally got it on video!  It's so awesome.  What a perfect little sound.

She is still living up to her "chill" status.  She doesn't make much a fuss about anything.  Most of the time, she's content as can be.  She loves to watch what's going on around her.

She has become a pro-army crawler.  She's able to get across the room in no time.  Big sister Ayla is finding this new skill quite frustrating and is having trouble sharing her toys with Aubree.  Aubree will spot something she wants to go after and before she even reaches it, Ayla snatches it away.  Definitely something we need to work on.

She still isn't really sitting up on her own.  She can do it if she's supported but on her own, she can only stay up for a few seconds before toppling over.

She's very "grabby"...wants to touch (and eat) everything within her reach, including our faces and hair.  Dean's sporting a nice little scab on the tip of his nose right now. :)  When we take things away from her, she freeeaks. I feel like it's still too early for that type of protesting.  She's at that curious stage where she just wants to check everything out.

We put her swing and bouncer away a few weeks ago.  They, once again, were total lifesavers...especially the swing.  Technically, she can still fit in it but without cranking it to its highest speed and giving it a hefty jumpstart, the thing wouldn't budge.  I love fat babies. :)

It might be safe to say that she is binky-free (again).  We made it all week without it and she's also still putting herself to sleep for naps.  They don't seem to be very consistent yet length-wise.  They range anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.  She naps three times a day and generally they add up to about three hours total, which I've read is typical.  She goes to bed around 7:00 p.m. and generally wakes for the day around 7:00 a.m. give or take a half an hour.  She still wakes up every now and then over night.  I'm sure that will go away with time...hopefully.

She is so much fun right now (I think I say this every month) and her personality comes out more and more with each day.  It has been so fun to watch her grow and change.  We can't get enough of her right now. :)