7 Months

Someone is 7 months old!!

Autumn continues to delight. Her personality is starting to show, and she’s becoming a happy, silly, playful baby who loves to explore. She figured out how to get around this month, with a combination of crawling and scooting, and now she’s constantly on the move exploring the room and playing with Ember’s toys. She has the silliest laugh (its more like a cackle), and thinks lots of things are very funny (but the most entertaining thing is still her big brother). She also started clapping, and when she gets really excited she does an enthusiastic combination of laughing, clapping and bouncing, and it’s the cutest thing ever! After what felt like months of teething, her two bottom teeth finally popped through! She has been eating more and more solid foods like a champ and hasn’t yet met s food she doesn’t like.  She continues to sleep through the night like a champ, and has short cat-naps during the day. She’s still a trooper, happy to tag along on whatever outings and adventures we may go on. We just love her to pieces, and love seeing what kind of a person she’s becoming!

Milestones

First two teeth popped through!

Crawling

Clapping

Likes

Big brother

Exploring

Eating

Crawling

Being outside

Chewing on everything 

“Blackbird” by The Beatles

Dislikes

Being confined too long (like in a car seat or high chair)

Napping

That’s about it! She’s easy to please!

Iowa Trip

Excuse the belated post, but I neglected to write about Autumn's first trip to Iowa for the annual Kolbe family reunion! Autumn did great on what was her second plane trip, and was a real trooper all weekend. We visited with family at Autumn's Great-Great-Aunt Jo's house Friday night, then we attended the big shebang on Saturday in Melbourne, followed by the requisite dinner at Maid-Rite. Sunday we visited with more family at cousin Teresa's house before heading home.  It was a whirlwind weekend, but great for extended family to meet and spend time with Autumn for the first time! As of now, Autumn represents the youngest family member, but that is sure to change. I kind of hope someone has some babies soon so that she will have kids her age in the family to play with during these family get togethers! All in all it was a successful weekend with family.

Super Dad holding both babies while we wait to board our plane

Snoozing away on the plane ride!

Hanging out with cousin Anna

Hanging with cousin Oscar

Goofin' around at the hotel

Hangin' with Uncle Tim

At Maid-Rite!

She couldn't partake in the delicious food yet, but she was able to enjoy the cold shake glass, which is her favorite anyway!

Hangin' with brother at the hotel

Gigi and Aunt Anne Visit

We were just lucky enough to be visited for the weekend by Gigi and Great Aunt Anne! This was Gigi’s first time meeting Autumn, and we spent a low-key weekend just hanging out. We did some swimming at the hotel pool (which Autumn mostly slept through), visited a local park, and hung out around home. It was a lovely visit, and we can’t wait to see them again (along with the rest of the Hazeltine clan) in December!

So Close to Crawling!

Autumn is trying extremely hard to figure out crawling, and she’s nearly there! She gets up on her hands and knees just fine, and gets her legs moving in the right direction, but she just hasn’t quite put it together that she has to move her arms too. As soon as it clicks, there will be no stopping her!