Life With the Links

Olive,

Today you turned 7 months old! We can't believe that it has been 7 whole months since we first saw your precious face. You are doing so many fun things now. One of those being, not being helpful for Mommy to get a good picture on your month birthday! We tried, but you were acting pretty silly.

"Me? Silly!?"

"You can't be talking about me!"

"Hi-Ya!"

You don't lack for personality!~You are so full of energy these days and we love getting to play with you! You enjoy playing with your toys. Your newest favorite toy is the "sing along stage" we borrowed from Molly. It is a mirror with buttons you can push and lights that light up and sing. We knew you would love it, because it combines your two favorite things, lights and mirrors. You are still trying to figure out the whole crawling thing, getting your feet under you has proven to be really hard. You are enjoying pulling yourself up and standing. We like to hold onto your fingers and watching you take "steps", there is always a lot of crazy jumping involved too. You still like reading books. You enjoy chewing on the pages while we read and you really seem to notice the pictures. You have added the "t" sound and a popping noise to your list of sounds. Your favorite thing to do is still spitting and blowing raspberries. You think it is so funny. You have been going through a stage where you have to have Mommy in your sight, or you freak out a little. This is definitely getting better. You are still really friendly and like to go to family and friends. You love talking to your Daddy, you are super chatty when you are around him. This only seems to be a problem during church. You really like Wrigley and she is getting used to you grabbing her fur. At first, she didn't like it, but now she lets you do it. We hope you guys stay friends. You are a really good eater, which is a relief for Mommy and Daddy! We hope that you continue to like foods! So far the only food you will not eat is avocado. You gag and act like it is the worst thing in the whole world. Right now your favorite fruit is mango and your favorite vegetable is sweet potatoes. You will gobble these up and wait for more. You are very healthy. We went to the doctor 2 weeks ago and you weighed 14 pounds 4 ounces (9th percentile), you are 25 inches long (whopping 15th percentile). We are so grateful that you are happy and healthy. We love you more than we ever knew we could and we can't wait for many more months and years to come! Happy 7 Month Birthday!

Love, Daddy and Mommy