7 Months Old

It's already November and not enough time to 'catch up'.

Haley: As Haley marks 7 months tomorrow, she's made leaps and bounds in growth. At her last appointment, she jumped in weight percentile from 25th% to 45th%... and in height, she jumped from 40th% to 75th% percentile. Our little baby is growing healthy!!

As she hits her milestones, she is only slightly delayed. She is starting to sit up on her own.

She is also trying to 'move' and travel. Haley has taken an interest in many of her toys and those of Evan's. And after she eyes her target, she tries to 'roll' towards her goal. Unfortunately, she only will roll over one time and then forget to continue on to her toy. The Dr even said that if he didn't know she was early, there would be no developmental delays to indicate she was a preemie.

However, Haley's interest in food is interesting. She started strong on cereal and spoon feeding. Then for some reason, she can't seem to figure out that once the food is in her mouth, she needs to use her tongue to push it down not out! But my friend, Laurie, then suggested giving her some table foods... so yesterday, I decided to break a cheerio for her... and she LOVED it. I still had to help her keep the Cheerio in her mouth, but she tried to "chew" it. And the best part was how helpful and excited Evan was about his baby sister 'getting bigger'.

Evan: Our little Evan is growing up so fast. He's going to be 3 soon but he looks like he's already 5 :) We've hit a brick wall in the potty training front... but figure we'll try again when we all have the time. We have finally passed through the fussy pickiness of food. At one time it was chicken nuggets, broccoli and grilled cheese everyday. Now I get to make tilapia or steak or lasagna and we can eat as a family(without any fights). And he's even gotten to liking grape tomatoes and salad... now if I can only get his daddy to eat them.

Halloween: So Haley's first Halloween proved to be more fun for her older brother... as this was his first Halloween in which he truly understood. However, it also mad him a fiend for candy. Check out the photos.