7 months.

Oh, it's been so long since I've posted anything at all!  Same excuse..but oh so valid -- I've been busy!  And sick actually.  I don't understand why our little family has gotten so sick over the past three months.  It's like non-stop.

Jovie, though, is great!  Thankfully.  Anyway, even though the posts have slowed the picture-taking has not.  I've just been posting a few on Facebook so family can see their little Jovie in the easiest way possible.  

I unfortunately have no picture with her 7 month sticker.  When I put her little sticker on, the stinker kept pulling it off and eventually ended up ripping it!  I'll get her for her 8 month photo though!

Jovie is finally sitting up on her own.  But I don't leave her alone for too long in case she face-plants.  And if I'm at the nursery, she still needs her Boppy.  

She used to LOVE eating.  Now she's not so interested and sometimes we have to force it a little.  But her favorites are apples, bananas, sweet potatoes, and prunes.  (We made our own sweet potatoes!).

She enjoys standing up...and holding herself up on the coffee table.  She's SO strong.  But no crawling.  And no teeth yet either. 

Jovie's not as outgoing with strangers.  She used to smile at everyone.  She still smiles..and she's still an overall happy baby...but you have to earn her smile a little more lately.

She shakes her head no...even though she doesn't know what she's saying.  She loves her bath toys (before she wouldn't take a bath...so I guess her toys she got for Christmas did the trick!).  And she says "BA BA BA BA BA".  She loves our cat...even though that cat is evil.  And she also loves Tobias...even though he doesn't know how to control himself around her.  He gets too excited.  

And no.  She still does not sleep through the night.  So future mamas...train your babies early.  

And as for me...I miss home.  For my sake and for Jovie's.  But...we are here for a reason my husband likes to remind me.  And he's right.  Plus...he LOVES his job.  I don't think I enjoyed my job in news as much as he enjoys his job now.  I think I just miss the security, financially speaking.  But..I'm learning to rely on God more because of it.  And when I look at my little Jovie's face...I'm SO glad I made the decision to stay home.  If it's within anyone's means to do it...I'd so recommend it. 

The beautiful moments with your little one are so fleeting.