Pure Joy!

PURE JOY!! My little love is 7 months old today and she has at least 4 people (probably more) absolutely wrapped around her little finger. She wasn't dressed cute enough to take her 7 month doll picture, and unless an outfit is covered in puke or poop, there is no changing. This last month has been a dream--Abby has been sleeping amazing---12-13 hours and sometimes she doesn't even wake for a feeding. She has been doing better with naps too--a 30 min and a 45 min -2 hour. When she is awake she is happy, happy, happy. She isn't mobile yet, but is freakishly close to crawling--dang.

I took this picture just an hour ago. Abby discovered her thumb about a month ago and night sleeping has been better.

Look, she has a spoonful of squash in her mouth and she isn't gagging or wincing.

Oh my goodness---an open mouth,,,with food coming toward it. We have NEVER encountered this before. She likes her food mixed with with rice cereal and watered down,,,but she will open her mouth over and over and even says, "mmmmm".

Still in love with momma.

This is a dress I wore for my 8 month pictures--She looks quite a bit like me.

Yes, I do know that I am jinxing myself as I type all the wonderfulness of Abby. She will probably start teething tomorrow, be up 5 times tonight and start crawling/destroying the next day. But, when those things do happen (oh, and I know they will) I would like to look back at this time and remember how marvelous it was.