Lucky Number 7!

Awwww.... 7 months is here and already passing on us. Brailey is such a cute little squirt with a funny personality coming out more and more. Still hard to get smiles for the camera, but what do ya do? I just grow to love her more and more and more... even though she can now grab things that I don't want her to (and this is after I think that I have made it impossible to get to)... even though she can be a little bit drama queen when I leave the room. I still can't help but love everything about her. Now I know how my parents made it through the teenage years. lol. Lots and lots of love! ha ha. 

So here are so fun facts about Brailey in her 7th month. (One of my lucky and most favorite numbers). 

Look at those beautiful blues! And those chunky rolls. lol. 

• She can get up onto all fours when she wants to, but she doesn't always want to. ha ha. Her favorite forms of moving are either rolling all over the place or turning herself in a circle. 
• She is starting to understand different words. I know she knows what I mean when I say "no, no" but she is my little rebel and laughs and keeps doing what I told her not to do. And I am using a very calm, but serious voice without any smiles. Just a straight face. Apparently, I am not to be taken seriously. But now, every time I say "no, no, no" She turns to look at me cause she knows I don't approve.  She can also understand her name and she understands things like "eat" and "come here." When I say "come here" to her and move my hands in a motion to signify it she tries to roll in my direction. Its SO cute!
• She hates most vegetables, loves the fruits, so I have come up with a way to get her to eat the veggies since she would always just keep her mouth completely shut. I first tried keeping one of my fingers in between her lips so that I could get the spoon in long enough to get her to swallow, but that just didn't work very well. Now, though, I give her a bite of fruit and then she will continue to open her mouth and that's when I sneak in the vegetables. I usually get about 3 or 4 more big bites in before she starts to refuse the stuff. So then I do a bite of the fruits again and continue on. I know its kind of sneaky and tricky of me, but how else am I supposed to get her to eat her veggies? I haven't found any other good ways. 

Brailey LOVES riding up on my shoulders. I do it all the time and she is so giggly about it, but she is camera shy still. 

• She is such a smiley girl. She is constantly smiling and laughing, but capturing it on camera is hard. The one thing she smiles best for is my phone so I use that the most. (Plus its conveniently near me almost all the time). 
• She loves to try and babble all the time. She will just say different things to herself or squeal really loud and laugh. Sometimes we will make noises or say words and she will try mimic us with the same sound or mouth the words. 

The costume I made for Brailey this year. "Little Red Riding Hood" 

• She sleeps up to 13 hours at night and then takes 2 naps throughout the day, usually both are anywhere from an hour to 2 hours each. 
• I just recently found out she has a birth mark. When she got sick and I took her into the docs office to check her ears I asked the doc about it. He told me that not all birth marks show up right away and that they can take up to 9 months to show... sometimes more. Hers started showing up at 6 months, but I wasn't sure if it was a bruise or not.
• She loves to be swung around in the air. She just laughs and laughs when we do.
• She is SUPER ticklish all over. 
• She loves to grab EVERYTHING still. I don't think I have ever been around a baby that is so grabby and wants to mouth everything. I have held her up in the tub without her little chair before and she always tries to dive for the water just to get it into her mouth. I have to keep a really good hold on her so that she can't do that, but even then she always attempts to get some in her mouth. 

Brailey and her cousins Quincy and Adalyn. :) They put their arms around her so that she wouldn't fall! SO cute. 

• She is a such a love bug. She can play on her own, but she loves having someone to be with. 
• She likes hearing me talk. I read her books all the time and she likes to listen to my voice. 
• She loves watching her cousins and trying to "play" with them. Her version of play is to grab them and pull on them. lol. 
• She always gets comments on her big blue eyes and I absolutely LOVE them... just as bright as her daddy's. 

Love this picture of all three of them! Just Beautiful! :)

I just love her with all my heart and being. She is so spunky and hyper and smart. I can't wait for more! She is just amazing in every way to me. Its funny to hear other parents say "Isn't he/she the cutest baby in the world?" with their own babies.... I understand why they believe that though. Because they are with them every day... they know everything about them. I don't base Braileys beauty on just her appearance... I know she is gorgeous because of her personality and the beauty she has within. The innocent spirit she has inside that tiny little body, the funny, crazy, dramatic little girl, and the wonderful person she is already becoming. So I too believe that my baby girl is the most beautiful baby in the world. No offense to any other mothers in the world. :) lol. I understand why God see's all his children as beautiful. He not only created us, but He knows everything about us... the good and the bad. He can see the beauty even when others can not.