7 months old today!

We are all really enjoying Maleah's age, stage, personality right now. Reese is so often saying "What a cute little baby you are, yes you are!" And Maleah saves her best laughs and smiles for Reese of course. I am pretty sure THIS is what Reese thought having a baby would be like.

Maleah seems to still enjoy all the action around the house and is content to sit and watch her sister, dog, dad and mom run around. She has this new trick of sticking her thumb into her binkie so it doesn't "run away" from her as easily. Smart kid.



Maleah is also content to sit and play with her basket of toys. She is getting better and better at taking the toys out and "playing" with them, moving their parts. Daddy has been working with Maleah to help her learn to crawl, but for now she rolls from side to side to get to where she wants to go. Daddy is also trying to help her learn to walk, since he started walking at 8 months. So far, Maleah is not so interested...thank goodness! :)



Maleah really does seem to be in awe of her big sister and watches all she does. Especially at meal times. Maleah also has been showing that she likes me to make her baby food for her rather than eating the Gerber foods. Funny I was all set to make food for Reese who did not like the changing textures of homemade baby food and with Maleah I thought, why try, but I have done avocado that way and she loves it!



Sleeping is going very well. Maleah takes two 1.5 to 2.5 hour naps each day with her afternoon nap lining up with Reese's nap. She has come a long ways in being able to put herself to sleep and stay asleep. Just this last week she started waking up again at 45 minutes. Seems she is more aware of what is around her and curious too. So she is re-learing to go back to sleep in the middle of a nap.

Maleah is working on dropping her last nap that is usually 30 minutes. This will make it nice for our family this summer, as it will make it so we can go for a walk after dinner, something we love to do.

She is also sleeping 12 hours from time to time! Love this new trend! But it is not fully there yet, she probably does it 3 times a week. Other wise she wakes at 5ish (sometimes 4, other times 6) to nurse.

Maleah is finding her voice and discovering how LOUD she can be. She loves to sing loudly as I blend her food for her. And the louder we are as a family, the louder Maleah gets to join in the fun!

She is such a sweet girl and we are loving watching her personality start to emerge!