Seven Months...

It seems I'm always at least a day late for Selah's monthly posts, but better late than never!!

Dear Selah,

You are SEVEN months old!! You are growing up way too fast for me. You are such a joy, and you bring so much happiness to me, Daddy and Myla. I look forward to each day with you, and I feel like I have enjoyed your "baby" stage so much!

You are certainly finding your voice these days! You have a sweet, soft voice when you are "talking"...you love to say dadadada, mamamama and babababa. I will hear you in your bed in the mornings or after your naps just jabbering away. It is the sweetest sound! But, you are also finding your voice in other ways too. For instance, if you are playing with something and it gets taken away, you DO NOT like it, and you do not mind letting us know it! You can be very loud!!
You are really enjoying sitting up more and more. You love playing with any kind of toy that you can put in your mouth and chew on. Speaking of chewing on something, you got your first tooth just 2 days before you turned 7 months old. I think your second one will be popping through any day now. I already miss your little gummy smile. Teeth already make you look older!
This picture explains what you do about 95% of your day - reach and grab!! You love to reach for anything in your sight, grab it, and put it in your mouth. I am already trying to teach you to not do this all the time...let the training begin!!!! You haven't been the fastest learner. Ha!

You still love your big sister so much. You love to watch her while y'all ride together in the van. I have heard you laugh more in the van watching Myla than anywhere else! You are not the biggest laugher, but you do love to smile!

You also love to roll over! You can get where you want to go by rolling. It's so funny to watch you. I will post a video soon. I have a feeling that it won't be too terribly long before you crawl. My life will certainly get a lot busier then!!

Selah, I am so thankful to the Lord for entrusting your sweet life to me and Daddy. We love you so much, and we can't imagine a day without you. It's crazy because I can't even really remember life before you were here. I can't wait to see what your eighth month will bring!

Future Covergirl??

This is what happens when Myla puts on her own red lipgloss! I think she may have a future with CoverGirl?? What do you think??

Oh, and a side note...this is her self named "fancy" shirt that she has worn at some point everyday lately...she LOVES it!

A Full & Fun Saturday...

Yesterday Myla and I had a busy day! We first had a birthday party to attend for one of Myla's friends, Jane Anne. Myla had a great time jumpingin the jump house, playing in the bubbles, and eating some delicious (Emileigh's) birthday cake!

Myla and the birthday girl...they stood by each other like they were complete strangers. Kids are so funny!
The bubble machine was a HIT! Myla loved running through the bubbles whenever the machine was turned on!
Happy girl enjoying herself!

I l.o.v.e. this picture. It was like she was in hog heaven just popping bubbles!

Getting out of the bounce house for about the 20th time.

Going in the bounce house for about the 20th time! ha!!

This picture cracked me up! She was watching some other kids play on the playset. I don't think she was quite sure she wanted to join them. I love the hand on the hip action!

Myla and Pharis playing in the bubbles

Shelby, Jane Anne's big sister, tickling Myla.

Shelby and a friend of her's had a face painting table. Myla was having nothing to do with painting her face. She finally wanted to get her hands painted, but she wanted me to do it!

After the birthday party, we headed to Batesville to go to the wedding of a friend of mine from high school. Bodie was in the wedding, so Myla was so excited to see him up on the stage! I thought this was a GREAT picture of Bodie and Myla.

Mimi, Bodie and Myla - she LOVES these two so much!

The whole crew

This picture just cracks me up! I asked Frank to take a picture of us. Why do men not know how to use the zoom on a camera! I thanked Frank for the great picture of the brick wall!

Yes, Frank also took this one, but I wanted to include it. This is Bro. Alan Kilgore. He along with another pastor, Bro. Ben, married me and Michael. Bro. Alan did this wedding as well, and it brought back so many memories from my wedding day!

A little closer up of me and Myla.

The groom's cake...

Myla thought it was finger-licking good!

This is Myla's "I'm tired of stopping what I'm doing and smiling for pictures" smile!

Bodie and Myla again

Me and the groom, Richard.

A cute story from the wedding....After Laurie, the bride, walked down the aisle and Myla couldn't see her anymore over people's heads, she leaned over to me and whispered, "Mommy, I can't see the princess anymore!" It was so sweet! She is so into princesses right now. The whole time we were at the reception, she kept asking to go see the princess!

Setting a Trend...

Selah loves to chew on her pacifier like this.... It is the funniest thing because it usually squeaks the whole time she is chewing on it!

Maybe she's just setting a trend for a new use for the pacifier!

Sittin' Pretty...

Okay, so I realize these first two pictures don't show Selah "sittin' pretty", but they were just too cute to skip over, don't ya think??

On to the sitting part...Selah is starting to really be able to sit up well unassisted. She still can flop over in a split second, but all in all, she is doing great. Myla didn't sit up until 7 months, so I guess Selah is a little ahead of her on this one. It is so funny to see her sitting up to me! She just looks so big!

She seems to really enjoy it, just don't sneak up on her or move quickly because she will turn her head and usually fall over!

I just love her sweet smile!

Myla's First (Attempted) Sleepover...

While we were in Jackson, the girls decided they wanted to sleep together. So, when it was time for bed, they both got so excited! We read a Bible story, tucked them in and waited... It only took about 20 minutes. Myla couldn't believe that Abby actually wanted to go to sleep! I guess she thought they were just going to play all night. When I went in there, Abby said, "I'm trying to go to sleep and Myla just keeps on talking." Needless to say, we let Abby get her sleep and Myla slept with me! At least the short-lived sleepover afforded a great photo op!

A Lap Full...

Myla still likes to "hold" Selah pretty much everyday, but Selah is getting to be quite a lap full!

Notice how Myla is holding Selah's hand...it's probably to prevent her from getting a death grip on Myla's hair!
So sweet!

Not much room in your lap anymore, Myla!!

Crazy to think this was just a few, short months ago...