7 months... it's been a while!

Madilyn is 7 months old today... she is getting so big! She seems to think so too! :) She is trying to be so independent, and really is getting a mind of her own lately! When she is done nursing she will take her arm out from behind me, and put it up near my shoulder and push herself up. She's really wanting to do everything on her own now, it's so cute! She prefers to feed herself now, so in between her bites I have to sneak in spoonfulls of cereal since she still needs that to keep her tummy full. She loves green beans (canned), peas, carrots, "puffs", cheerios, mandarin oranges, oatmeal, avocado, sucking on apples and pears, chewing on celery... the list goes on... If I have food in front of me, she strains to see what I have because she wants to try it too! :) She's a good eater! I am still nursing her 5 times per day, yesterday she was on an eating frenzy and I nursed her 6 times plus 3 solids meals. She must have been extra hungry yesterday! She sleeps through the night. Her last night time feeding is at 7pm and then she wakes up around 6 or 6:30 am. She's sitting on her own, and doesn't topple over as much... barely any more at all. She cries when she's on her tummy and she can't reach what she wants. She can scoot, but not well enough to get to what she wants. We're gonna have to work on that, because right now her cry seems so pitiful, I go to help her. I'll have to keep working on the crawling so she can get to her toys. I haven't weighed her since her 6 month appointment, so I'll have to get on the scale with her to see how much she weighs. She's outgrown most 3-6 month clothing and is in 6 month, or 6-9 month clothing. She still falls asleep in the car so easily, almost anywhere we go, if it's more than a 10 or 15 minute ride, she's out! Even if she just got up from her nap, so I try not to put her in the car unless it's around nap time, or she'll be all messed up and won't know what's going on! :)

Well, that's about it for now, I'll have to tell a couple of the cute stories about her that I have when I have a little more time to blog. For now, here is one of her 6 1/2 month pictures.