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Seven months

Our little bird turned 7 months over the weekend! She's had an eventful couple of weeks, has reached a new milestone, but has also challenged us with some sleeping problems (the 7 month sleep regression is just as real as the 4 month one).





Wren had her first flight in Paw Paw's airplane last week when she went to Ruidoso with Cam, his parents, Oscar, Mark and Tim. I missed her terribly, but I got to get away with the girls in Asheville, NC.







Last weekend she came to Austin with us for her first Texas Game Day. She stayed at Poppy and Wes' with her cousins and a babysitter while we went to the game. We think Wren might have come down with something over the weekend because she developed a fever, a rash, threw up in the car, and was pretty cranky all day on Sunday. Fortunately she's back to her normal happy self, although her rash still hasn't faded.



She's working on her Horns Up

Wren's sleep is still pretty consistent, but the past couple of weeks she's thrown us a curveball a few times by waking up in the middle of the night and struggling to fall back asleep by herself. I've taken to googling "7 month sleep regression" and find comfort in knowing it only lasts a couple weeks.

She has been sitting up by herself for a couple of weeks now, but we found out from daycare yesterday that she can now bring herself from laying down to sitting! She's developing right before our eyes, and is in such a fun stage lately. <3 <3



New toys from Babcia




Daddy entertaining Wren in the morning


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