SEVEN Months Old!

This has been such an amazing month for us. Norah changes by the hour and we're having a hard time keeping up with her. Because I am insistent that her monthly pictures get taken on her actual month birthday, today's photo shoot was short and sweet (it was after work and we were both exhausted). The only way she would stay in her chair was if I included her two favorite things right now--purple elephant and the ladybug book.

She is so curious. She wants to touch and eat everything. She loves being read to or just getting the chance to eat a book or two. Now that she is crawling like a maniac she is into every nook and cranny. Glasses of water and the remote are her favorite toys right now. She chases Loretta around the house and I am consistently prying her hands open to get out all of the cat hair.

See this look on her face? She furrows that brow whenever she is annoyed at something we've done. Lately that's been whenever I make her eat broccoli. She loves any fruit and all of the orange veggies, but we are having a harder time with the green ones. Zucchini she will do as long as it's mixed with something else (oatmeal or yogurt), which makes perfect sense. I don't enjoy zucchini, but I certainly enjoy zucchini bread.

She loves, loves, loves other kids and babies. Loves their toys mostly, but the babies too. We started a music class in January and she is already learning how to groove. She dances to the beat and consistently tries to eat all of the musical instruments. She's getting so big! She got a new car seat and stroller to start the transition from itty bitty baby to itty bitty little girl.

She would stay in the bathtub for an hour if we let her. She loves getting zerberts on her stomach and every morning she tries to zerbert my face. She is currently obsessed with my hair (even more than usual), and wraps her sticky hands in it constantly. She pulls herself up on anything and everything she can find. She's isn't quite adept at getting herself down from a standing position, though, and often times gets stuck. She sleeps in her crib 85% of the time.

Life is so exciting that she doesn't want to miss a thing.

She's our shining star.