Happy 7 Month Birthday, Sugar Cookie!
Well, my Cookie, you are 7 months old today!Your current nicknames are: Boo (that's what your daddy calls you), Cookie (mommy's nickname for you), and S'muffin (what your Gramma on daddy's side calls you). The "new" name we chose for you (and do call you) is Mia Elizabeth. Most of the time I call you "Mia Cookie". You seem to like that.
You are wearing clothes for a 9 month old now, and some outfits for a 12 month old. You don't miss meals, and you love sitting in your high chair and making "artwork" on the tray with your fingers and little splatters of sweet potato or carrot.
As for food, you haven't yet figured out the pincer grasp, but you do like playing with tiny bits of food, and sometimes you do manage to get things into your mouth using your fist. You really enjoyed making a soggy mess out of a Biter Biscuit cookie the other day. It was fun to watch you suck and gnaw on it until it was soggy and sticky. I had to give you a bath afterwards because the brown pasty cookie goo had hardened all over your face and arms like plaster.
You still don't sleep through the night, but your mommy and daddy might be to blame for that. When you wake up wet or stinky, we change you. And when you're hungry or thirsty, we give you a warm bottle. You still get to sleep between us in the bed. Sometimes I wonder if you like us, or the high thread-count sheets and Ralph Lauren comforter. We pray for the day you will sleep in your own bed and sleep through the night.
You are crawling so fast now, and are learning how to use your hands to pull yourself up onto things. Your favorite thing to crawl on and climb is your daddy. If he is sitting on the floor or lying on the bed, you have to go over to him and pull yourself up so you are "standing" next to him and supporting yourself by holding on to his tummy or shoulders. You do it to me sometimes, but I think daddy makes a better mountain.
Your favorite toys are books, and your little piano table that makes noises and tells stories. You love things that make noise, and you love slapping the big piano keys that light up and make sounds. You also love your rubber duckies and plastic fishies, though you still like chewing on them more than floating them. You have now learned how to pull yourself up to a standing/squating position in your bathtub, so soon we will have to retire the baby bathtub.
You still don't have any teeth, and no signs of them either - I wonder when they will come in? Hopefully, it won't be too painful for you (or traumatic for us).
It's been 5 months now since you've seen your Birthmom. I wonder sometimes if she looks like you, or looked like you when she was a baby. I will try to get you pictures, but it will be very, very difficult. I may never be able to get anything for you related to your birth parents. I'm sorry they have so many problems. I'm glad your mom chose to give birth to you, and I'm glad you were healthy.
Your daddy and I love you so much, and we love singing to you, and playing, and talking with you. We can't imagine life without you, and its hard to remember what our life was like without you in it.
On this day, your 7 month birthday, we are still waiting for a court date where the judge will decide if your birth parents will get any more chances. We think that date will probably be in September. If that happens, we will move forward on plans to adopt you. In a way, I'm glad you won't remember any of this - visits with social workers, your daddy and I talking about "what ifs", and the times I stress about how long it all takes. We pray the court date comes soon, because you deserve a permanent family and a life that doesn't have to be inspected by social workers every month.
We love you, Mia Elizabeth. We are so blessed to have you as our daughter.
posted by No Longer In Crisis @ 7/20/2006 03:30:00 PM
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