Shasta's 7 Months!

There isn't a 7 month appointment so this month doesn't come with a lot of updates. Instead this month is full of cute things that Shasta's started doing. Every new thing she does is my new favorite. I love watching her learn and grow and discover things around her.

By 7 months:

• Was Dwight for Halloween.

• She loves playing with my hair. She's always trying to run her fingers through it. She also loves playing with her own hair. I'm always finding her hands in her hair!
• Went to Arizona. Got to see Grammy Tammy and Papa again. Plus she was the first cousin to meet new baby Ian who was only two weeks old. It's funny that my sister Sally was the first sibling to meet Shasta and I was the first sibling to meet Ian and we only had to travel 800 miles to do it!

• She's discovered the mirror and loves it!
• Sucked on a carrot for the first time. She was crying in the car on the way to Arizona and the carrot was the only thing that would make her happy.

• Had her first haircut; just a trim on one side. She's rubbed most of the hair off on the back and right side so the left side needed evened out so it didn't look so silly.

• Crosses her legs while laying on the floor. Super cute!


• Doesn't typically cry when she wakes up. She's currently laying in her crib talking to herself after just waking from a nap.
• Started using a sippy cup.

• Started eating baby food. She makes less faces with the vegetables, but eats more of the fruit.
• Stayed in her first hotel room, twice. Once on the way to Arizona and once on the way back.


• Has mastered reaching for things, but doesn't have the best control of her hands. If it's just out of reach she'll figure out a way to get to it, mostly rolling, but she pushes on her toes to help extend her reach.

• Has also mastered holding toys.

• Knows her name.

• Nick is really good at getting her to fall asleep. She also seems to be less wiggly when he holds her. Take this next picture for example. She completely chill sitting with her dad like that!

• She has the BEST smile! It seriously melts my heart! She smiles with her eyes and has a dimple in her left cheek. (Sorry the pictures are blurry. She's always moving!)




• 7 month comparison with her cow, Bree.



• She loves her tongue. She's always sticking it out. I think the credit is owed to her best friend being a puppy!




• She's recently discovered her thumb. She chews more than sucks on it, but it's in her mouth a lot and I'm okay with that. It's too cute to make her stop!

• Started bathing in the bathtub. Up to this point I've always bathed her in the kitchen sink. She's small enough to fit and the sink is really deep so it worked well for us. It was so convenient to feed her and stick her right in the bath without having to carry her upstairs in the process. I wanted to wait to start bathing her in the tub until she was sitting up on her own, but after two months straight of practicing I've decided she's going to crawl and possibly walk before she sits on her own! I started bathing her in the bathtub after staying in a hotel where there wasn't any other place to bathe her. And she LOVES bathtime. I scrub her down and then let her flip to her belly and play with toys for a little bit.


• Still in size 1 diapers.
• Still wearing 0-3 month clothes, but we've put bigger sizes on her occassionally. All of her winter clothes are in bigger sizes since they were planned for her to be born two months later.