7 Months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With all the drooling going on, we finally have some teeth!!!!!!! On Nov. 26th, while at Thanksgiving dinner, I felt a 'bump' in Braelynn's mouth. Her first tooth!!!!!!!! You couldn't see it very well, but it was there. She didn't have any problems leading up to her first tooth either. There was never a fever, no fussiness, nothing..........just a LOT of drooling. So hopefully all the others will come through with no problems too. Brinkley, on the other hand, still doesn't have any. :::(((( I thought for sure she would be the first, since she seems to have excess drool 24/7. But I'm sure her time will come as well.
So about a week later, on my birthday actually Dec. 5th, I was feeling in Braelynn's mouth to see if any more appeared. I was feeling the one that had already popped through and thought to myself, Now this tooth sure feels alot bigger than usual???? So I looked in and saw her other bottom one had come through as well!!!! The two bottom teeth can officially be seen and felt!! She loves to put her tongue on them and 'play' with them, sooooo cute!!!!! Brinkley...............still nothing!!! :)

At Thanksgiving dinner, we tried some table food. They wanted nothing to do with it! Some mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. I thought for sure they would like it, since they eat them in baby food, but something was different. I'm sure the 'real' food had more flavor than there bland baby food. They would put it in their mouth, look at me like, 'what are you doing to me?' and spit it back out. After a couple more tries and having the same looks, I gave up and just fed the rest of their baby food. It will come in time I'm sure, but until then.........supplies of baby food will still be bought.

They are now eating dinners of baby food. They have mac and cheese, veg chicken dinner, macaroni beef dinner, and chicken noodles. Some new veggies we have tried are sweet potatoes and turkey, broccoli chicken, and mixed veggies. They like all of them and eat every last spoonful, so all is good. I have started putting juice in sippy cups and all they want to do is 'chew' on them. Braelynn finally got the concept down the other day, and took a big gulp of juice. Startled her a little bit but eventually got the idea.

Brinkley is sooooo close to crawling. She will get up on all fours and rock back and forth. One of these days................... then I will wish for the days back where they couldn't move at all!!! She will scoot backwards all the time, which puts her feet going under the couch, chair, or entertainment stand. Braelynn will get up on all fours too, but no scooting or rocking yet. I'm not in any hurry to get them moving, just enjoying the time now where I can go switch laundry, wash bottles, etc without worrying about what room their in or what they are getting into.

The talking is becoming more and more......................... Daddy will say 'boo' to Braelynn and she tries so hard to say boo. She will put her lips together and start saying, bu bu bu bu but can never get the 'oo' to come out. Hilarious!!!!!!! Brinkley babbles about something, not sure yet what, but she has some stories!!! Hopefully its all good things to say! :)

We got Jadyn's old Johnny Jumper, which is a chair that hangs from a doorway and enables them to jump. Both of them go nuts!!! Bouncing up and down up and down, while laughing. Sometimes Jadyn will hold them up and let them go in a swinging motion and they LOVE it!!!! The laughter won't stop as long as you keep doing that.

The first encounter with Santa happened on Dec. 13th. We went to Bass Pro Shops in Altoona, because Santa visits every weekend to see the kids. We had to wait about an hour before it was our turn to see him, so we toured the store for awhile. They did great considering they had to be in the stroller and surrounded by a huge crowd the whole time. It was finally our turn and I put both of them on his lap together. No crying!!! :::)))) I didn't know how Brinkley would do since she has a little bit of 'stranger anxiety.' Braelynn just stared at him and Brinkley just looked ahead. I got some pics taken and then we were out of there!!

They have mastered sitting up on their own, which they have been able to do for about a month now. They started at 6 months but wasn't sturdy enough to be left alone. Now, they can sit, then get to their tummy's all by themselves!!!

Our schedule is still about the same.

6:30-7am 6oz bottle
7-9:30am playtime, catnap
9:30 5oz bottle
10-12pm playtime
12pm baby food dinner and fruit
12:30-2:30/3 naptime
3:30 6oz bottle
5:30-6 dinner, cereal or baby food and veggie
6:30-8 playtime, catnap
8-8:30pm 6oz nighttime bottle


Now, its getting ready for Christmas. Their first Christmas!!!!! I'm so excited. Luckily, they aren't crawling yet, so the tree is still safe!! Next year might be a different story. I have yet to get some gifts, but plenty of time since I'm a last minute shopper. :)