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You're 7 months old today!   Seven months ago we met you, face to face, for the first time. You're getting so big, fascinating us daily with all the things you can do.  You're becoming very verbal {no surprise} and can say lots of new words.  Dog = "da-da" Daddy = "da-da"  baby = "dada"  Mama = "da-da"  Ethan = "da-da"  more = "da-da"  ... you get the picture.  Copying your older siblings, Mama was not your first word.  I decided Kara was on to something when she told me that you're probably  trying to say Mama,  but da-da is the only thing that will come out.  I believed her until Daddy walked in from work the other day and you smiled and said, "DA-DA!!"  You're a food eating, nursing champ {thank you!} and are so cuddly and smiley and overall very happy.  You have your days where I wonder where my sweet boy went, but those are days I remind myself

Her 5th tooth came out last night and 5 more are loose! What's happening to my baby?  Kara is getting increasingly concerned because she doesn't realize a new tooth eventually grows in.  She told Rachel, "soon you'll have to buy pretend teeth like the Grandma on The Lorax." :)  Congrats, Rachel! Ethan has lost 8, so I think she's just in a hurry to catch up to him. 

I'm so glad the election is over. For some reason this one felt way too long. Maybe because neither guy was a man I'd vote for. It was one of those, "pick the one you like most and if he wins hang on tight for an interesting term." I also wonder why they put those at such a glorious time of year. Why not February or March when nothing terribly fabulous is happening? But November? Thanksgiving month? For real?! Anyway, Obama for 4 more years. Yippee. Its his fault I'm not more overjoyed about it, so he can just deal. Cuz he reads my blog, you know. Thanksgiving is less then two weeks away! Its one of my favorite holidays {sorry Thanksgiving... Resurrection Sunday takes the cake} however, I do get all excited about the traditions we hold on Thanksgiving Day and the food we eat. Thanksgiving is all about the food, right? We don't eat traditional Thanksgiving Day food, but we still eat till we're busting. Between the yummy breakfast, the parade in our j