Development

Miss Mabry Ruth just turned 7 months old today. And this little girl is on. the. move. She is crawling everywhere. And transitioning sitting and crawling like nobody's business. She's doing great with solid foods (though still not taking a bottle, ugh), babbling and pretty much just blowing me away daily.

Its crazy how much I'd forgotten since having Abby. I forgot how strong 'typical' babies are! I forgot how quickly they hit milestones and how easily. She doesn't need me to work with her, just picks her self up and does it.

I have such an odd combinations of feelings when it comes to Mabry's development. Part of me is sad she's 'growing up' so quickly, but the other part of me is excited to see her doing new things. Here she is, 7 months old now and sometimes I'm STILL surprised that we had another baby (I TOTALLY thought we were done). And I'm relishing in every minute... every few minutes I find myself kissing her little cheeks or squeezing her leg chubbies. Not that I didn't do that with the other babies too, but this time I'm savoring because... well because I blinked and Ashley turned 6. Because Emily used to love me to rock her and now she'd rather cuddle with Daddy. And though Abby's been my baby for longer than the other kids, she now runs right into her classroom at school shouting, "Bye MOM!" without even looking back at me. *big sigh*

Its so cliched but it really is true: Kids grow up fast. Why do I have this sinking feeling that tomorrow I'm gonna be teaching Mabry to drive? But tonight, I'm gonna squish those little legs and blow zurburts in her neck and enjoy every second of it.