7 Months

This picture is actually from election day.  I have gotten really bad about taking pictures on the 23rd of each month. Our sweet Aubree-Rose is just that.  She is so sweet and smiles all the time.  We are amazed at how much she smiles.  Brigham was not a smiler.  He wasn't a crier either.  Aubree cries more than Briggs did but  she only cries when she is tired or hungry.  She also has to cry herself to sleep.  Most of the time she just wines for a few seconds but as she was getting close to 8 months old, she would cry pretty hard and sometimes even cling to my clothes once we got beside her crib even though she was obviously tired.  She is just a busy body and wants to be where the party is at.  She is still an awesome sleeper at night.  She goes to sleep for the night between 7:30 and 8:30 (depending on how early she decides to wake up from her afternoon nap) and wakes up between 7 and 8 the next morning. Occasionally she will wake up in the middle of the night or early in the morning and she will play or talk to herself and then go back to sleep after 20-30 minutes.  Nap time is a whole different story.  She will sleep anywhere from 30 minutes to 3 hours.  Most of the time her naps are between 1 and 2 hours.  Luckily she will play in her crib until when her wake up time is supposed to be.  Morning nap is supposed to be 10-12 and afternoon nap is supposed to be 2:30-5:30.  I will take a bad napper but a great night time sleeper any day over a bad nighttime sleeper.