Under Construction: 7 months... oh my goodness!

This is just crazy. Time is flying by so incredibly fast. I know I say that every time, but seriously. I feel like I blink and there went my whole day.

Macie is 7 months old today! She weighs 15 lbs 6 oz and she's 25.5 inches long. Growing steadily! She is still breastfeeding exclusively, and I just offered her some mashed banana this afternoon. It wasn't really a hit. I know she'll accept solids when she's ready. For now, a little bit at a time. I'm totally okay with that. The last thing I want is for my milk supply to dry up if we dive right into solids and regular meals. We've come so far. Further than I've ever gone with breastfeeding. This girl has not had a drop of formula, and probably never will! I am so proud of that. (Not that formula is a bad thing... It's a very valuable option for women who struggle with supply issues or cannot nurse their babies for whatever reason).

As far as development goes, she's scooting herself all around. She's not all-out crawling yet, but she's very mobile. She goes right to Joey's train tracks. Apparently the wooden tracks make great teethers. She loves to chew on them, much to Joey's frustration. He is very patient with her though. A lot more patient with her than with Annabelle. Most of the time he moves his tracks and she keeps following until he gives up and moves on to something else. Silly girl! Macie loves her siblings, just not when she first wakes up. She's not a morning person at all. Just like her parents!

That's about all I can think of right now... Macie is just a joy to have in our family. I cannot imagine life without her sweet face. She's the perfect addition, and the perfect third child. We love her so dearly! Everyone who has had the chance to love on her is just smitten with her. Precious baby girl!

Her very favorite place to be. She loves when I put her in the moby wrap. Why I never had one with Joey and Annie, I don't know.

Precious smile, and those adorable dimples!

As far as the big kids are concerned, they are growing at a rapid pace too. Joey is almost officially enrolled in kindergarten. *tear* He is also very excited to possibly play football this fall. How freaking cute that will be!! Annabelle is turning into such a sweet little lady. She is fully potty trained, including naps and almost every morning she wakes up with a dry pull-up. It is so awesome! Very weird to have two independent children. They both dress themselves if I leave outfits out for them to put on. It's really nice! Only one child to diaper, and dress. They still very clearly need help with some things, but it's nice to not have to spoon feed them... they're even able to help me around the house a little bit! Pretty soon it will be time to assign chores!! Sweeeeeeet!!!