7 months

sitting up on her own with pillow support

sleeping in crib for most of the night

having play dates

has some separation anxiety

likes to chew on her toys and her hands, maybe teething?

doesn't seem to be very interested in solid foods, only nursing

napping for 30-45 minutes

play date

today we had an official play date. sarah and harry had us over as well as lindsey and maple, kate and adelle, and prather and imogen. it was kind of wild to sit at the table to have lunch and see the babies all playing together on the floor by themselves. makes me realize how fast they are all growing. unfortunately all i have is a crappy camera phone photo.

she sits

she began sitting on her own just the other day!! we've been practicing...

mama's girl

she's been very clingy lately. she only seems to want me. which is sweet but can be very draining. but then today i realized that this time is so short-lived so i better suck it up and enjoy every snuggle i can. before i know it she'll be a teenager....

cast off

we had an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon on friday. he thought the cast was too low and that she could probably make due with just a splint anyway. so they removed her tiny pink cast and made a splint (looks like a back half of a cast) and wrapped her up in an ace bandage to wear for the next 3 weeks. when her cast was off the doctor was bending and squeezing her leg and she didn't even flinch. it was like her leg wasn't even broken. and this was 6 days after the initial fall!! pretty impressive.

first trip to ER

i was headed to a yoga class saturday morning when zach called me and told me to come home right away. he had slipped on the stairs with juniper and she hit her head. i was luckily only about 6 blocks away so i ran home as fast a i could. as i was running i realized i had to pee so bad but couldn't stop or even try to hold my bladder. so i ended up peeing my pants running down 4th street to get home to my screaming baby. at least i was wearing black pants....anyway i got home and zach and juniper were very upset. zach was wearing socks and lost his footing on the bottom few stairs, fell backwards and juniper fell out of his arms to the floor. i tried to nurse her to calm her down but after an hour she was still crying out in pain. we couldn't find any other bumps or bruises other than the one on her head but she was definitely still hurting. we called the pediatrician and she suggested we go to the emergency room. we went to CHoP and during all the evaluations we pinpointed the source of her pain was her right leg. we were admitted to a room and waited for about 5 hours until a doctor ordered x-rays. turns out her right femur was fractured above the knee. she got a long leg cast put on (pink) and as soon as her leg was set she was back to smiley herself. we have an appointment on friday to find out how long she has to wear the cast. luckily she isn't crawling or walking so it doesn't seem to be much of a hinderance.

it was a terrifying day but everyone is healing up just fine. healing physically and mentally. and it could have been worse. it could always be worse. but i'm not thinking about that.