7 months

I can't believe another month has already passed us by. We have now enjoyed a fabulous Thanksgiving with family, both the Carrolls and the Chambers. Makena is so blessed to have such a great family that love her very very much. Don and I couldn't ask for a better family. Makena has continued to do her "push ups" to strengthen her arms, abs and legs. She is not crawling yet but can pretty much go where she wants to go...usually backwards however. I suspect by Christmas we'll have a busy little bee on our hands.

Since her 6 month check up we have had some sleeping problems. She is nursing a lot and getting up 2-3 times a night (what used to be her old night anyways). I have chalked it up to shots, teething and growing. Hopefully that is all it is. She has remained healthly besides a slight cold just before her 6 month appointment. No fever, just a running nose. The weather has changed too. It is now much cooler. We had our first freeze this last week, but expecting to be back in the 60s come this weekend. Gotta love Texas weather. Hopefully sleep will get better.

Makena is doing a lot better the last few days with eating solid food. She is still only eating 1 to 2 times a day but the last few days have been much better. Over the last month, she has had sweet potatoes, rice cereal, oatmeal, peas, a little apple sauce (which she hates), and a few taste of other things. The one crazy thing that she seems to enjoy over Thanksgiving is a pickle. Don just loved that of course since he hates pickles. She wanted to suck all the juice off. She also enjoyed the gravy off of uncle Tyler's chicken pot pie and the cream on the green bean casserole. Just yesterday she thought holding her sippy cup was hillarious. She seems to like the cool water on her teeth so I put some ice water in the cup so she could feel it on her teeth without drowning herself which she has come to like doing with my ice water. She tries to lap the water out of my cup like a little puppy. It is so cute. She is learning learning learning!!

Over Thanksgiving Makena also attending her first Turkey Trot. Chris, Stephanie, Don, Riggins, Makena and I went to downtown Dallas Thanksgiving morning. Makena and I walked the 5k..well Makena slept the 5k. Don and Steph ran the 5k while Chris set out to make is best time in the 8 mile, which he accomplished. It was a lot of fun until I couldn't find the crew after the race was over. Manuvering a stroller through 40,000 people is really no fun but we made and it was a great day!
Then we were off to have lunch with the Carrolls. The Carroll men stayed up smoking a brisket on Wednesday night. It was delicious! We had a fun night of Ticket to Ride and lots of laughs. Friday after breakfast and some hang out time we were off to Rising Star for a relaxing weekend with the Chambers family. It was good to see everyone. Mom and Dad hadn't seen Makena in a couple of months so they were surprised to see how much she had grown and what she could do.

Here are some pics we took over Thanksgiving just a week before her 7 month birthday. We were getting ready for Christmas. Thanks Granny for the dress. :)