7 Months

Alyssa turned 7 months on November 2nd and is 32 weeks today.  I've slacked off this month on posting on her 7 month birthday but better late than never, right? :)

 

 

 

 

What's new:

 

• Loves playing peek-a-boo and knows to cover her face and uncover.

 

 

 

• She's been scratching the crap out of her right ear that we've put socks on her hands before putting her down for the night, but they never stay on for long.  She's figured out how to pull it off!
• Caught her first cold right before Halloween with a temperature of 102 that lasted for 3 days.
• Was a yellow jacket for Halloween.  I think this costume is very fitting since I'm always calling her my busy bee.

 

 

 

• Tried kiwi

• Knows the sign for "milk".  She was hungry and wanted some so she signed for it.
• Knows how to give kisses and by kisses, I mean she tries to eat your face!  She'll lean in with her mouth open to "kiss" you.
• She shows her love and affection for you by putting her hand on you and leans her head into you.
• Is very close to crawling!

 

• She's able to pull her bib off.
• Tried puff cereal and is able to grab and successfully put it in her mouth once or twice but gags when she tastes the cereal.  We think she does that because she's not used to that much flavor.  Everything she's eaten so far are pretty bland.  It's probably why she's not liking fruits yet.
• Her first official word is Dada!!

 

6 Month Family Session

Our 6 month family session went amazingly well.  Not sure what it was - maybe we felt more comfortable with Angelina with Asterisk Photography or we were all just in a really great mood, but this session had this very playful air about it.  We LOVED how our pictures turned out for the 3.5 month session and after the 6 month session, we felt so excited and positive.  Angelina did not disappoint!  Wow!  I'm so in love with these pictures - I can't stop looking at them!!  The colors are vibrant, the lighting bright...LOVE!!!

Angelina is amazing and so talented - I'm so happy to have her be part of Alyssa's first year.  Capturing moments we are not able to capture ourselves.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Here are some of my favorites:

6 Months

 

What's new:

• Loves eating solids - sometimes more so than her milk
• Really interested in watching us eat.  She's so interested in watching us eat that she'll salivate and you can hear her swallowing.  It cracks us up!
• Loves sweet potatoes!!! She's also tried sweet peas but got a rash afterwards, zucchini, and carrots.  For fruits, she's tried bananas and applesauce and doesn't like them at all!  She does the body shake after eating it then gags.  So no fruits for her!

 

• Is on the move...backwards at least
• Turns her body to the right while on her tummy
• Made a new friend at school

 

 

• Loves playing on daddy's iPad

 



Apples Everywhere

Happy October, happy fall everyone!  Hope you all are enjoying this nice weather we are having.  I know we did this past weekend!  We drove up to the north GA mountains with my sister-in-law and her family to Reece's Apple Orchard, in Ellijay, GA.  Picking apples has always been on my list of things to do and now that we have Alyssa, I hope this would be the start of fun new traditions.  Alyssa's cousins were on a mission picking baby sized apples for her - too bad she doesn't like apples!  I think we ended up with half the bag full of baby sized apples!    We had such a good time hiking through the orchard picking fresh apples, I know we will be back next year!

 

 

 

If you are in the market for some fresh mountain air and apples, I would recommend driving up to Ellijay.  And on your way home from a day of picking apples, I would recommend stopping by Mike's Ellijay Restaurant for some good country food!  We never leave Ellijay without stopping by.  I LOVE their rib eye!!!  It is so good my mouth is watering just thinking about it!!  And for dessert, you have to try their homemade peanut butter pie!  YUM!

North Georgia State Fair

Park and I have been going to the North Ga State Fair since 2003 and for about 8-9 years with the family.  It always falls on Romannio's birthday weekend so it's become the family tradition to attend the fair.  This year is very special because it's Alyssa's first time!  She was such a good girl the entire day.  Just hanging out and looking at all that was going on around her. 

 

Lover this picture but please excuse the dirty nose.