amelia is 7 months old! amelia is 8 months old! and she'll be 9 months old soon!

according to this blog post, amelia grew up over night! in my last monthly post (the one that i actually posted on her monthly bday!), she was just starting to get hair, and she couldn't even sit up yet. and now here she is with some fuzz on her head and a couple more months under her belt! she is growing so quickly in real life, too.... it seems like just yesterday that she was a quiet baby, content with rolling around on the living room floor most of the day. now she is sitting up and crawling everywhere, and she is a little noisemaker! her favorite noises of late come from the back of her throat (for my speech therapy buds, she has perfected the glottal fricative!), and she has the best time experimenting with her voice. we joke that she is a genius because i'll say, "what do you use to unlock a door?" and then i wait for her to squeal, "kee kee kee". :) oh the silly little joys of motherhood! amelia also loves to shake her head-- not really on cue or for "no", but it's so cute when she does it. her other favorite past time lately is grabbing my face while i talk and sing to her (you know, during all that one-on-one time i have with her all throughout the day.... are you picking up on my sarcasm!?). mama's keeping baby's nails nice and trimmed these days!

amelia is working on two more teeth.... the top front ones, and those two will make four. she has still been a pretty happy teether most of the time, though i can tell lately that they're bothering her. speaking of pain, amelia is currently sporting her first big bonk. she rolled into our new (very used) armoire the other day, and her lack of hair shows off the purple bruise. :( it's small but looks really purple on her blond head!

amelia will get to visit her first pumpkin patch this weekend!!! we are taking a day trip to a (sort of) local farm. i can't wait! a farm! with pumpkins! not a parking lot with pumpkins! surely, surely, surely this will be better than the mosquito patch last year. it has to be! (i would say check back soon for pictures of this weekend, but with my track record lately, i doubt any of you would believe me!)

we're so thankful to God for our precious baby girl...