Aisley 6 and 7 Months (May 17 and June 17)

You have turned our lives upside down these last couple months with your crawling.  (This is partly why the 6 month blog post was skipped and combined with month 7!)  Even though you are still just army crawling, you are everywhere and can get there fast!  You are so close to hands and knees crawling, but for now, you are just fine scooting across the floor.

So many firsts have happened for you in months 6 and 7:

• First two teeth (bottom middle)
• Pulled up in co-sleeper (You are now in your own room full time)
• Says ma-ma (especially when you're chasing after me or trying to find me when you're tired)
• Tried solids... You weren't too sure with your first few bites (avocado was your first food), but now you love to eat.  Your favorite foods are Cheerios and homemade applesauce with green beans.

You love interacting with everyone and are very social.  Your sisters love you so much, sometimes too much!

Other milestones you've made this month are:

• making "silly" eyes (You close your eyes tightly)
• fake whining
• waves 'hi" with her arm
• peek-a-boo
• mimicking sounds and movements (waving hi, raspberries, screaming)
• makes kissing sound when someone asks for a kiss

Enchanting Lightning Mystery

My mom is an 8th grade English teacher and she is spectacular! I think it takes a very special person to teach that age group effectively and she has every quality that you would want in a high quality teacher. She does so much for her kids and finds so many opportunities for them better themselves inside and outside of the classroom. Yes, I think my mom is amazing, but that's sort of a side note. :)

One opportunity that my mom presents to her students each November is a program called NaNoWriMo, which stands for National Novel Writing Month.  Any age person can do it, but NaNoWriMo has a special section just for young writers.  If the student has met their word goal at the end of the month, they are presented with 5 paper copies of their novel and the opportunity to sell their book through Amazon.

This year, my mom allowed Branna to participate with her class!  (Like I said, my mom is awesome. :) )  Branna was so excited and got right to work.  At the end of November, Branna had met her word goal and was given the opportunity to get her books in print.

You maybe wondering why I'm just now writing about this and it's because of my procrastination that we are finally finalizing the book for print.  (Or you could chalk it up to having a new baby during the month Branna was writing her novel!)  Whatever the case, we have finally got the book in order and it will soon be printed.

Branna is very excited to give copies to her friends and has even asked about donating one to our local library.  If you would like an e-book copy, you can find it here: Enchanting Lighting Mystery.