Big Girl Car Seat

Mia still fits in her infant carrier just fine. However her carrier alone weighs about as much as she does, so we decided to go ahead and upgrade her to a convertible car seat. I had my heart set on something girly since everything we have bought thus far has been neutral so when we have a 2nd baby (I know you can't believe I'm even thinking about it) we can use everything we already have. I was not lucky enough to find a seat we liked and felt safe enough with that was pretty. I was disappointed but ok with it because Mia will be protected. However my mom found the same car seat online in a pretty black and pink flower pattern. I bought it for my car and Mitch gets the gray one for his car ;-)

I have decided to keep Mia rear facing as long as the weight limit on the seat allows. My research has opened my eyes to the dangers of a child too young and too light facing forward. The risk of serious/fatal neck injuries is significantly higher in such young children. I would keep her backwards until she's 5 if I could. (Stepping off my soap box now)

I have been doing my research on car seats and had decided on a Graco My Ride 65 due to the seat having a rear facing weight limit of 40 pounds and forward facing of 65 pounds. Once we got to the store we were discussing different seats with the sales people regarding safety and recommendations. They suggested an Evenflo seat that will take her rear facing to 35 pounds but stay with her as a booster until she is up to 100 pounds. The safety rating are equal to that of Britax seats in everything except side impact which is a little lower. So the decision was made.

Feeding Time Fun!

Mia got her hands on her baby food during dinner last night. We went right from the highchair to the bath tub, but had so much fun!

7 Months Old

Here are the pictures I took of Mia on her 7 Month Birthday. All too soon it will be me taking pictures of her first birthday party.

Mia wearing the outfit her 2nd cousin Nicki gave her

She was sacked out on the way home from church

Hands always in her mouth

Her foot is finally growing. She can wear a size 2 now!

Getting ready to make her favorite spitting sound

There she goes

She loves sitting in the glider

Almost time for bed

Eating her book for the evening

Whoops, she dropped it

Good Night time for bed

Mia's First Tooth

As most of you know Mia has been drooling non stop since she was about 4 months old. We have to keep a bib on her all the time or her clothes would stay soaked. She can easily go through 5-6 bibs a day. Well on Friday July 10th all that drooling finally paid off. Mia cut her first tooth. It has finally come in enough I was able to some what get a picture of it. I hope you all can see it since Mia really didn't feel like sharing when I was taking the picture.

Swimming

We took Mia to the pool yesterday. She had a great time floating in the big pool in her big girl float. It was a great day to take her since we waited until about 5 before going. The sun wasn't out but it was still very warm with a nice breeze. We were only able to stay for about 45 minutes because this is Florida and the afternoon thunderstorms started rolling in.