Grown up Little Lady

Well it has been a while since I posted! So sorry! Eila is now 7months old! Crazy how time flies. She is just a little miss busy body, cant hold still for a second. She started crawling at 51/2 months, and it is amazing that I am still finding things in her mouth. You would think after 2mo. I would have the house baby proofed. Oh funny/gross story... about 2 weeks ago Matt and I were sitting in our living room and we realized Eila got very quiet- never a good thing- she wasn't very far just in the corner of the same room we were in, but we saw something in her hand. She was squishing it like you would a stress ball just kinda rolling it around with her fingers. Matt went to see what it was... turns out she is quite the roach killer! I know how gross is that, so we stripped her down and just put her in the tub. Ya my biggest nightmare came true. Anyways she also has 3 teeth in now and is working on #4. She got the bottom 2 the same week she started crawling! She is starting to think that it is time to walk, pulls herself up to anything and everything, and lately her new trick has been to stand up on her own. She will let go of the couch look at me with her big 'look what I can do' grin then grab back on. Matt and I are doing well also. I am loving being a stay at home mom. I get some good exercise chasing her around the house! My favorite part though is probably when she follows me around sayin Ma Ma Ma Ma ma maaa. It's just amazing to watch her grasp things that I have taught her (she also calls all babies la la's-her nickname- or she sees pics of her and says Ei-la- and she says Da da) it sure makes me feel good. Like YAY! I haven't completely messed up... all you mom's out there probably totally understand where I am coming from. Matt is still working with my dad and it is going great. His favorite part is driving around the big bucket truck. In the fall he will be going to ASU. He got accepted to the W. P. Carey accounting program, and he is really excited to be there. We wanted to thank everyone for their prayers on our behalf. With the 4th coming up this week I just wanted to say how thankful I am to live here in America, and how grateful I am to our Armed Forces. They do amazing things and we pray for them and their families that they return home safely. Have a happy 4th, and again thank you for all of your prayers.