I wrote in my journal:
Lily is 7 1/2 months old now. The time is going by so quickly! She is just the brightest part of our lives, for sure. She had a rough day today, unfortunately :(. She couldn’t keep anything down. In these 7 months I’ve never seen so much spit up out of her. She was nice enough to puke all over Clark during church :). By the evening she was able to keep down an ounce or two of water with just a little bit of formula mixed in. Luckily. We’ll see how she does tomorrow. She got 5 vaccines 2 days ago, so we think it might be a reaction to that.
There have been a lot of changes in the past few weeks. First of all, I just stopped nursing. The inconsistency of my work schedule made it too hard and I slowly ran out of milk. So lily is about 1/3 solid food and 2/3 formula. She is eating solids like a pro! She is climbing all over us to try and get our food and she seems to like almost all of her fruits and veggies. She especially loves little pieces of bread. Last week she hit two major milestones! She can officially crawl now! She is still faster at scooting on her stomach, but when she’s in no big hurry she’ll do it. She can also now pull herself up to a standing position. We are both just so amazed. It is crazy to watch her go from a little lump who just slept and ate to moving and standing. She definitely falls over but is learning how to sit down instead of falling straight back. She is very talkative, not with words, but just loves to make sounds. Half of the time I think she is singing (or trying to). She just gets so amused with her own voice. She also LOVES her dad :). He can get her to laugh like no body’s business. She gets so excited when she sees him and he does the same :). Lily is still a very happy and mellow baby. It has been so much fun and a lot easier than I expected. We got so lucky to get such a sweet spirit to take care of.
She and I went to San Diego 2 weeks ago for my step brother Charlie’s wedding and she got to meet her cousins. She did so well on the plane, once again, and just rolled along happily with all we did that weekend. Luckily she takes to her aunt Jeni very well. It is so cute seeing the two of them together :). Lily is currently 28 inches long and weighs 15 lbs and 1.3 oz.
