Letters to Adeline- Seven Months

 Adeline,

You turned seven months on November, 9th, 2013 so this is a recap of your seventh month. 

Milestones this month: 

- You were baptized on October 20th, 2013.

- Got your first two teeth (your two center bottom teeth) on October 30th, 2013.

- Celebrated your first Halloween
- You had your first teething cookie

This was on 10/30/13 when they first broke the surface. They have since grown up into actual teeth.

Worth mentioning:

-Your hair is starting to get so long! It's beginning to do the same spiky thing your big sister's hair did. I LOVE it!
- You are starting to SQUEAL! You love to hear yourself, so you'll gurgle, sing, etc.  So cute.
- You are now eating two solids a day (for the most part), and are doing great.  You love food and have given us no issues with eating.
- We retired your swing since you hadn't used it it a month or two. We lent some of our gear to one of Mommy's friends, Lauren, so we passed along the Bjorn, your playmat, bouncy seat, swing, and bassinet.

*HUGE DISCLAIMER ON PICTURES: Yes, we are in our pajamas.  Just keeping it real in this house. And let's be honest-- we were already 9 days late taking these pictures, so if I waited until we were all showered, it could be another 9 days. ;-)

Adeline 7 Month Stats: 

* no doctor's app this month, but if I had to guess I'd say 18ish lbs and 28"

Clothing:  6-9 and 6-12 months, just depends on the brand.

Diapers: Size 2 and 3.  You still fit in 2's but I bought the next big box in size 3's. Your nighttime diaps are size 3.

Favorite Toys: You LOVE your jumperroo, and car doorway jumper that Nanny bought you.  You would stay in either for a long time if I didn't take you out.  You are now becoming very independent and will sit with a basket of toys and take each thing out. You are very content to just sit and watch your big sister play.  You are very easy.

Favorite Past Time: You love to be out and about, are content to watch Big Sister play, and you love the tubby.

Communication: You cry when you're hungry (like you from zero to screaming in a second), and also when your tired and fighting it, but honestly? You very rarely cry- such a good girl!

Cries: Only when hungry, tired, or when in pain (teething). You're very content.

Bedtime/Nap time: 

- You go to sleep for the night about 6:30pm. You wake up like clockwork around 4am.  After your bottle, you'll go back to sleep until about 6:30/7am.  Daddy and I are tired even though you are technically sleeping through the night, and have been for MONTHS, but this 4am stuff is OLD.  We switch off each night of who gets up with you for that 4am feeding, and then who gets up with you and Reese. So if it's Mommy's night to get up with you at 4am, Daddy will get up with you at 6:30/7 and let Mommy sleep until 7:30.  The issue is that your monitor is on my side of the bed, so even when Daddy gets up with you at 4am, I still hear you.  From that point on sleep is choppy mostly because my mind starts racing and I can't get back to sleep. We just want you to skip that 4am feeding and sleep until 6/7am and then be up for the day. So, take note, ok?

- You have transitioned to 3 naps per day.  Your first nap starting about 90 mins-2 hours after you've woken for the day so if you wake at 7am, your first nap starts anywhere from 830-9am. This nap is typically either around 45 mins in length but sometimes you'll do a long morning nap and go almost 2 hours. Your next nap begins in the neighborhood of noontime. I try so hard to push it until when Reese goes down, or as close to it as I can to have some overlay of both of you sleeping at once.  This is when I run around like a crazy person doing laundry, paying bills, cleaning the house, eating lunch, blogging, and fun stuff like that. This nap is typically the longest and usually is about 1.5 hours to 1 hour 45 mins, however if you took a long morning nap this one will only be about 45 mins  Your last nap of the day is usually about 4pm and is short-- only about a half hour.

Foods: You drink 5 bottles per day, typically every 3 hours. 6 oz each for a total of 30 oz per day. You also have a solids twice a day most days.

I know Adeline isn't looking at the camera, but I just love this picture. She adores Reese!

Mommy, Daddy, and Sissy love you to the moon and back! Happy 7 months, sweet girl!

Love,

Mommy

xoxoxxo

Trick or Treat 2013

Let's pretend I'm not almost 3 weeks late on posting about our Halloween, mmm k?

This was Reese's THIRD Halloween and Adeline's FIRST. Adeline wore Reese's hand-me-down pumpkin costume, and Reese was Cinderella! 

We were so excited that both grandmothers could come see the girls before Trick o' Treat.  It was raining before we left, so we ended up leaving Adeline at the house because we were afraid it was going to be too cold to have her out (it wasn't), so she got to hang with Nanny, Grampa Ted, and Nonna and give out candy. :-) We went around our neighborhood for about an hour and Reese had a blast!

Adeline was a little unsure of the paparazzi taking pictures.  Look at her cheeks!

Reese is looking so cute here! She loves being a big sister.

Nanny!

Since Adeline was a little overwhelmed with all of the commotion during picture taking on Halloween, I decided to dress her up the next morning and do a re-do on the photo shoot. :-)

I LOVE this one.  Wish I didn't cut off her head!

You know I love a good comparison.  Here are both girls in the pumpkin costume.
Reese @ 3 months in 2011, and Adeline @ 6 months in 2013.

Topsfield Fair 2013

I've been going to the Topsfield Fair since I was a little kid, and Todd & I have made it a tradition to go every year since we started dating 7 years ago. Each year seems to get better and better.  Two years ago, Reese was only 9 weeks old, last year she was 14 months old and I had Adeline cooking in my belly. This year Reese was able to enjoy the kiddie rides, and Adeline loved people watching.

BEEP BEEP! Reese loved all of the rides!

Checking out the animals and laughing with Daddy.

In the big school bus!

Carousel ride!

Big slide

Elephants!

Just waking up from a quick snooze

Apple Picking and Connors Farm

I feel like I blinked and fall is over.  I'm super excited for Christmas this year, but I still need to recap all of the fun things we've done as a family this fall, like apple picking at Russell Orchard and visiting our local farm, Connor's Farm.

Apple Picking at Russell Orchards:

My mom is so generous always, and gifted the girls with these amazing pumpkin shirts. I love them so so much!

Our family!

My pumpkins in a pumpkin patch

Reese driving the tractor

 Checking out the animals with Daddy.

This little peanut passed out in the carry soon after this picture was taken and slept like a champ for over an hour.  That's my girl!

YUM!

Snoozing

A girl on the go...always!

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Connor's Farm: