The Southern Life: KA 7 month update

The past few weeks have been SO busy... not that we have been doing anything exciting... but Kerriann has really been keeping me busy! She has NOT been napping. She will sleep 30 minutes a day... tops! And even getting that much sleep out of her is a struggle. I am trying my hardest to stay patient but it is so draining waking up at 4am and then 6am to start the day and going nonstop until bedtime. I have been putting her to bed at 6pm because she is so overtired by the evenings. Kevin's schedule switched last week from 10:30am-8pm to 7:30am-5pm. He has been getting home just in time to kiss Kerriann goodnight.

I don't have an update as far as weight and height, but you can tell that Kerriann is growing steadily. She has really started to fill out lately. She is eating between 1 and 2 jars of baby food each day so that makes sense! So far she has tried sweet potatoes, green beans, peas, prunes, pears, and applesauce. She has also had a sip of pear juice but didn't seem that interested. We have been working on getting her to drink from a straw sippy cup and hope that she will become a pro with that. This will make it easier for us to give up our fight with the bottle.

Kerriann now has her two bottom teeth... and we're sure that more will be on the way soon!

Kerriann is now saying "Dadadada" and "Babababa"... hopefully "Mamama" will be next on her list! She loves squealing and "talking." Everyone comments on how vocal she is when we take her out. She just loves to be the center of attention!

Kerriann is also practicing her crawling movements now. She can get up on her hands and knees and kicks her arms and legs while on her tummy like she wants to go. She's also able to roll and spin her body to get to where she wants to go. We think she will be crawling any day now... but secretly hope that she will at least hold off until we finish baby proofing the house ;).

Happy 7 months Kerriann!