Seven Months

At seven months, Kaitlyn:

• has one tooth and the second bottom tooth is trying to poke through.
• is eating 3 meals a day and gets five six ounce bottles.We quit nursing a week after she hit 6 months.
• has gotten better at feeding herself....she can now grab things with her fingers instead of her whole hand.
• is wearing 12 month clothing with a few 18 month items mixed in.  She's a tall, skinny girl!
• still babbles.....she's been stuck on D for the last week and her daddy is LOVING it!
• goes from sitting to her belly and back to sitting.
• is figuring out how to army crawl.
• hasn't started to crawl yet.......she gets on her knees but doesn't seem to want to go anywhere that way.....rolling is faster.
• LOVES Buster, our dog! Also he's decided that she's not so bad.....She'll pet him and share her supper.  
• with the help of mom or dad, will chase Buster....squealing the entire time!  Poor dog is going to have to hide!

I'm not quite sure when my baby turned into an independent little girl, but it's happened!  She'd much rather do things herself and actually will squeal or grunt when either of us step in to help!

She loves to swing!

Her first 4-wheeler ride....Grandpa Smith was happy!!!

Just playin'.

Just in case I didn't remember......

When I was pregnant with Taylor, I signed up at all the baby websites to get weekly pregnancy updates.  After my miscarriage, I painfully unsubscribed from all of these.....or so I thought. This morning I received an update on my 14 month old.  It doesn't seem like it's been that long since all of the heartache.  How could I have lost him a year and eight months ago already?!?

Then I couldn't help but think of what would be......Taylor would be running around now.  And his name wouldn't be Taylor.....we had decided on a boy name from day 1.  I would be trying to keep up with a growing boy.  Learning about tractors and trucks, frogs and snakes, walking into a boy's room.  He would be talking and his first word would have been dada......

Just when it seems like I've got my emotions figured out and I'm okay, something seems to blindside me.

I miss you everyday Taylor....not a day goes by that mommy doesn't think about you.  Know that I love you always.