7 Month Letter

Dear Riley,

I cannot believe that another month of your life has come and gone! You have grown up so much in this past month. You're trying so hard to crawl and move little bug. It cracks me and your daddy up when you slam your head down and push off with your feet to move; someday we'll figure out how to incorporate those arms of yours :) You're also such a rolly polly! It kinda freaks your mama out when you do "barrell rolls" on your changing table, but I know you're so proud of yourself when you do it.

This past month has been the month of lots of new foods for you baby boy. You're doing so great eating 3 solid meals a day, but still taking bottles and your mama's milk so well :) We are so lucky that you're such an amazing eater! While it grossed mama out to make pureed chicken and turkey, you loved it and ate it up with a vengence! I love seeing my long, skinny peanut getting bigger!

You're home with daddy today while mama is finishing up my last week of work at Body Spa. Can you believe you're going to be a California baby is just a week and a half?? Crazy huh bug?

Riley you have also surprised us how well you've been sleeping in your own crib, in your own room, for the last few weeks. We thought you'd be in our bed until you were in high school, but you transitioned like a pro! (Honestly, your mama and daddy have had a harder time with you not in our bed, but in the long run, it's best for all of us to get some good sleep. Just so you know, daddy really misses you staring him down first thing in the morning :) )

I love every square inch of you little bug! I love watching you roll over and over across the floor. I love listening to your trying out your voice, (you kinda sound like a teradactyl, but it's so adorable)! I love hearing you coo through the baby monitor in the morning. I love changing your soaked bibs, because that means a tooth is on the way. I love pulling up in our driveway and seeing you and daddy on one of your nightly walks. I love hearing your sweet laugh when I do silly ballerina spins in the kitchen. I love hearing you "almost sneeze", (this makes me and your daddy crack up)! I love the sweet, lavendar smell of your skin right after a bath. I love hearing you laugh and "talk" to Mickey Mouse. I love how much I can see that you feel so comfortable with your mama when you're nursing in my lap and you're almost asleep and making the sweetest moans and holding onto me, pure bliss!

You are the light of your mama and daddy's life. We are so blessed by you being in our lives. This month we've been happily married for 6 years and our little bug is 7 months old, wow!!, God has really blessed us with his gifts. When days are stressful and feel overwhelming, your sweet angel face makes everything alright.

I love you forever bug!

Love,
your mama