Ashton Kate's 7 Month Update!

7 MONTH STATS:

Weight: 18 lbs 12 oz. (chunky monkey!)

-Still wearing 6 month clothes

-No teeth yet! 

-Moved to size 3 diapers

Ashton Kate Currie,

I never grow tired of hearing your sweet name spoken. You are such a ray of sunshine in our lives and your little blossoming personality continues to endear us more and more to you with each passing day. You are the perfect mixture of your big sisters! You have the happy, spunky disposition mixed in with very easy-going and laid back, take you anywhere thrown in too! We couldn't ask for more out of baby #3 in the family! You make our lives easier for sure and it’s easy to take you anywhere as you rarely cause a fuss! We can’t believe you are 7 months old already! It seems like yesterday we were arriving at the hospital to welcome you into the world and now you are already a month closer to turning 1! It will be here before we know it! We are truly cherishing your first year of life as we know from being in this place before just how quickly it goes!! We know we will soon be chasing you all over the place! We are praying for your sweet little heart, longing for Jesus to cleanse you from your unrighteousness and clothe you in His. We pray your heart’s desire is to live for Him and give your life to the One who has given His for YOU! You are so precious to us and we love you so deeply! Hard to fathom a greater love than that! We praise Him for entrusting us with your life here on earth! We desperately pray He uses you to make His name known wherever He leads you sweet Ashton Kate! You make our hearts overflow with thankfulness for your life! And PS: could you please stop growing so fast!?

Love, Mommy & Daddy

Milestones & Memories from 6-7months:

-Laughs all the time-seriously happy baby 99.9% of the time and the twins can get you laughing better than anyone!-You took your first international trip and first plane ride to Costa Rica with Mommy & Daddy for 4 nights from 5/16- 5/20-You took your first dip in a pool (or hot springs shall we say!) on 5/17
-Enjoyed your first baby mum mum on 5/18 and LOVED it! Can eat both of them with no problem for an afternoon snack =) -First swim in real pool at the Hyatt resort in Papagaya, Costa Rica on 5/19-our little water bug! -First toes in the sand beach experience-in Costa Rica on 5/19-you were so so about it. You definitely seemed to prefer the pool over the beach for sure! -Apparently you are not a big fan of getting hot (but really who likes it, right??) You got pretty hot during a couple of our dinners in Costa Rica and would fuss-as soon we blew cool air on you, you would light up with a huge smile! We don’t blame you for being uncomfortable!

-You are a super curious babe-you love to take in all your surroundings, crane your neck so you can get a complete look at everything going on, and you reach and pull to get anything in your hands to inspect!

-Seriously our JOY! You one happy, content, joyful baby for the majority of the day and you play beautifully by yourself! You LIGHT up when you hear your name or someone paying you any attention!

-Slept unswaddled for the first night on 5/21-did well at night…but naptime was a different story. For a solid week, you screamed for upwards of 45min to an hour before you MIGHT fall asleep for about 20-30 min. To say you hate being unswaddled would be an understatement. After you rolled over we decided we would go back to one arm out but the rest of you swaddled to re-gain some sanity for you and for us! =)

-Went back to one arm swaddled 5/27 after a week of virtually no naps at all and incessant screaming and you’ve been back to your happy, normal self!

-You LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your sisters and you love when they entertain you and make you laugh! Such a precious relationship already!

-You have started crying when mommy leaves the room and you realize you have been left =( 

-Yay! You are now able to roll from back to stomach (when you want to of course!) as of 5/31-you did it twice before we left for Atlanta so now mommy can rest easy keeping you swaddled for now! =)

-Just started banging two toys/cups together loudly and it brings you such delight!

-You enjoy playing peek-a-boo and will giggle when mommy uncovers her eyes!

-You’ve reached that stage where you enjoy the tags on things!

-Still in the “I love sucking on my toes” phase =) such a flexible little babe!

-Still no visible teeth, but a drooling machine & love chewing on a cold teething ring!

-You break into the biggest smile when you spot Daddy!

-It didn’t take you long to catch on to the whole sitting up thing! You were doing it quite well right at 6 months and now at 7 months you are much more stable and although we still prop pillows behind you so you don’t face plant, you rarely fall over these days!

-Lastly, you can make a full circle spinning around on the floor and scooting to reach certain toys. While you’re not crawling, you definitely have begun moving from the spot we first put you in!