Fun with Anniston

Well, we are 7 months in to this parenting thing...
Are there sacrifices?  Yep
Is it all worth it and better than I could have ever dreamed?  You betcha

I laugh to myself when I think about how I used to not want to have kids, when I thought that I wasn't really built to be a good, nurturing mom, that I wasn't sure if I would like having kids- maybe I would like having teenagers, but certainly not babies...and here I am, a mom that comes completely undone by one smile from her little one.  I know I have much harder days ahead of me...but I have so many indescribably good days ahead.  Maybe, just maybe...I was made for this.

So what is my 7 month old up to?
Crawling.  Standing up in her crib.  Saying DaDa.

We went to her six month doctor appointment.  The highlight?  As I was leaving, they tell me excitedly, "We have something for your baby book!!!"  I'm thinking, but I don't say- I don't really have a baby book...instead I say "Great!"...they proceed to say "You can put this in your baby book to remember coming to see Dr. Wilson", and then they hand me this...

A sticker of Jasmine.  For some reason, I found this incredibly amusing.  They were so excited to give me a generic Disney sticker to put in my baby book to remind me of a Doctor visit.  I just loved it.  So yes, it will go in my baby book, AKA my blog.  :)

6 month stats:
Weight:  16 lbs 3 oz, 25-50%
Height:  26 inches, 50%
Head:  16.25 inches, 10-25%

We have been having a fun summer.  One Sunday morning we woke up and took a family walk to Starbucks for breakfast and coffee.

We spend a lot of days just around the house...watching Anniston explore her new world.  She's so fun.

Our little monkey all ready for bed...

I can't help but think she looks a little mischievous in this one...

It was so fun the first morning I came in to find out that she can now do this:

One of my favorite things is to come get her in the morning or when she wakes from a nap, to be greeted by a smiley baby ready to play.

We had a couple of sick days this month, which is never fun...but I have to admit, there is something sweet about cuddling with a little one that isn't feeling too well.  She just needs her mom...

 We enjoyed some Thunder basketball.  Even Anniston got into the Thunder spirit.

We got to go to the lake to celebrate my dad's 60th birthday.  It was so fun to spend time with family and to celebrate the first man of my life.  My dad is amazing- to say he's a great husband and a great dad doesn't quite do him justice.  He's pretty incredible.  I am so thankful for dad, and now Pops...I can't wait for Anniston to grow up knowing her Pops, and for her to also love her dad like I love mine.  What a blessing to have an incredible dad and also an incredible husband that is an incredible dad to our little girl.  Anyway, it was so fun to celebrate him for a weekend.  It was also fun to get the girls together.  I can't wait until they can run around and play together....they don't look like they are having too much fun here, but I promise, they had their share of smiling, hugging, playing...

Easton is getting old enough to play out on the water, which is so fun.  This is her tubing with her mom and dad.  Makes me so excited thinking of the girls tubing together.  Maybe next year.  :)

 Loving the summer!!