7 months changes things

Seven months has clearly been the most crazy month. And by crazy, I mean monumental. Piper has started doing new things literally every day. Grant and I look at each other almost every single day and say 'Was she doing that yesterday? I don't think she was'. It has been so much fun! I'm loving every minute of it and what people say is true....every day it gets better than the one before (even when you thought that's not possible).

 We walked to Za's for wine night and Piper did so good. While we have established a set schedule, we still like to make sure Miss Priss can go-with-the-flow too. She does and she is good at it!

Selfie with Aunt Julie! 

Piper gets up each morning around 7:00am. When I happened to look at the monitor on September 11th (2 days shy of 7 months), she was sitting up. This was the first time that she had sat up by herself. Since this day, she will pop right up if you lay her down. 

Piper continues to sleep so good (thank you, thank you!). When she does wake up she plays in her crib until we come get her. She never cries for us anymore which is very nice. One of my favorite things is going to get her from her crib each morning. That smile when she sees me is simply THE BEST!! 

On Sept 13, USC football played Georgia so Ashley and Ben came down to Columbia and Birdie and Bogey kept Piper and Bravery. She cheered hard and pulled them through! Great job, Piper!! And thank you, Birdie and Bogey, for letting us enjoy an adult day and that Gamecock victory. 

On Sunday, Sept 14th, we went to Rimini for a Dove hunt. None of the girls went hunting and neither did Grant. We enjoyed some quality time with our baby girl. Avery, if old enough, would have clearly gone hunting. She wears camo pretty well.

I took this picture one morning because she was looking too cute not to. I received a lot of comments that she looks just like Avery now and especially in this picture. I love hearing that almost as much as I love hearing how much she looks like me....which is rare. 

She is now eating stage 2 foods, some fruit cut small, baby yogurt, 4 bottles, puffs, yogurt bites, rice sticks...and just about anything she can put in her mouth. We are starting the baby-ifying our house. Piper has pulled up once (in her crib again) to standing. She hasn't cut her second tooth yet, but that should be any day now. And she is officially crawling. THAT changes things. She now rolls over and crawls away when I try to change her. She is fast and goes where she wants to go. She has become very chatty and loves saying her 'Bs'....'ba ba ba'. Still no 'ma ma' but I'm working on it! 

And just tonight she started waiving backwards at Birdie. 

 Piper Grace- You are getting too big too fast.  You are absolutely gorgeous and still the smiliest baby I have ever seen. Your momma and daddy love you from the moon and back. You have made my life simply the best! I love you!!

Piper's unicorn LaRouque mini!!