Our Little Hawkeyes

Iowa vs Iowa State Game 09.15.2013 

 

We watched the game at Ryan & Laurie's this year. Both kiddos were pretty well behaved and we had a great time with good friends. As much as I feel like a bit of a traitor (graduated from ISU in 2005), I must admit that I know I am raising two little Hawkeye fans. When your child knows the fight song.. dreams about basketball, football, and Hawkeyes you know the battle has been won. It's a good thing this Mama is admittedly not into sports..

Hattie is 7 Months

 

Our little girl turned 7 months on August 30th. We have been busy which is why I have struggled to post this!

 

• Hattie now has 2 teeth. Her second lower incisor came in shortly after the first. We keep thinking that the two on either side of these teeth are pushing through as well but we have yet to see them.
• She is a much better eater. She is eating baby food 2x per day (more recently up to 3x per day). She still nurses or takes a bottle while at daycare about 6x per day.
• Hattie has unfortunately been sick this month. She had pink eye during the second week of August. Then she had a high fever for about 3 days followed by a rash. And look out - because Hattie did not feel well and she was letting everybody know about it. When she finally felt better (about 5 days later...) she was a completely different person. Mommy and Daddy both said - Oh, there's our sweet girl! We missed you. We were extremely relieved when she started feeling better.
• Her hair is starting to grow in more. Mommy is excited for braids and barrett's. :)
• She has started to make some fun noises like raspberries and more recently "dada, gaga, baba..."
  
  
• She is not crawling yet. We are encouraging her to get up on to her knees but have yet to see a lot of progress.
• Hattie prefers to sleep on her tummy. It is to the point now where it is hard to get her to sleep in her carseat because she can't get comfortable. She wants to be able to flip on to her tummy to get some good rest. :) Makes it a little more difficult for us to travel but we make it work.
• At her 6 month appointment she weighed almost 20 pounds and was 28 inches long. She was in the apx 95th percentile for everything.

Overall Hattie a lot more active and showing more personality. She loves to be held by her Mommy but watch her Daddy and Emmett. You can tell she wishes she could play more with her big brother. She is just as sweet as can be and so squishy and lovable. We couldn't have asked for a sweeter little girl.