Teething fun

7 month photo shoot!

Tacy is officially 7 months today!  I can't believe it.  She is getting bigger every day (in my opinion at least).  At her 6 month appointment she was 16 lbs 7 oz and 26 3/4 inches long.  That puts her at about the 50% for both weight and height.  I feel like she has gained a lot of weight since this appointment.  Tacy is now having food twice a day.  She loves bananas, apples, strawberries, pears, peas, carrots  and green beans.  

Poor Tacy is definitely teething now.  She has always been a drooler, but now she is like a fountain.  Drool just pours out of her mouth each time she opens it.  She puts everything in her mouth or always has fingers in there pushing on her gums.  She also loves to feel everything now.  What I mean is that whatever we put her down on to sit, she feels the material (ie: her play mat, the chair, the carpet, the blanket, her crib sheet..)  You hear this funny scratching sounds from her closing and opening her fists on the fabric.  It's pretty funny especially when she is supposed to be sleeping.  

Now that she is sitting so good, she gets to ride in carts and she loves it!

Tacy loves paper, table paper, mail, envelopes, mom's homework, etc.  She is an excellent sitter now.  She only falls very occasionally.  Now if only she would roll over when she falls/tips over then we would be great.  She keeps trying to reach for everything, so she has a pretty far reach.  She has had to develop this skill because she is good at throwing her toys too far away from her.  It's funny to watch her play with something, and get so into shaking it all over, and then have it fling behind her/too the side/ too far in front etc.  She then tries to stretch to get it or moves on to another toy that is closer to her.

Tacy still loves standing and will take steps.  In the walker she now will go forward (before she only would push herself backwards).  Rolling and crawling are still not something she is interested in.  She will move her legs on her tummy and stretch her arms out, but she won't put weight on her arms or try to coordinate to get herself somewhere.  Overall, she can play independently for a while, until all of her toys are without her reach.

I have 2 tests this next week for adult health and then we start OB/Peds and I'm excited.  Granted I am in end of semester mode and really would love a break...but oh well.  

I love the days I have off and can just play/spend time with Tacy.  I love watching her play and seeing all of her smiles, hearing her baby babble, etc.  I love her so much!  We are working on drinking from sippy cups. Tacy can get the liquid to her mouth, but then she typically spits it out, making her even more wet then she was from her drool.  So we have been going through a lot of bibs, thank goodness for water proof ones.

loving some naked time

I get to have another root canal (this will be #4).  I told the dentist how much I hate my teeth and how hard I try to keep them clean.  He told me that I have great teeth but he thinks it's my funky roots that are causing the problems.  He showed me that my roots don't go straight down but go to the side, which is what he thinks is causing all issues.  Fantastic.  Thank goodness for a nice tax refund to help pay for this tooth.  I'm ready to pull them all.

The sun is finally coming out and the snow is melted!  Too bad all the grass looks horrible and it reaks of mud.  But at least Spring is almost here!  I'm so excited and so is Tacy!  I keep telling her that soon she will get to see pretty flowers and her grandpa's big garden.  I'm looking forward to it!

Tacy's new passion: piano playing!  She pulls her self up from sitting to play