BFFs

Wow, it's been a crazy couple of weeks! And it doesn't look like its going to slow down any time soon! But I wanted to take a few minutes to update the few people still following my ramblings! :)
As of yesterday, Kera is 7 months old! Hard to believe how fast it's flown by. But at the same time, I can't hardly imagine what life was like before she came into our lives. Her latest development is reaching for us. It's so sweet and endearing, but she doesn't quite comprehend that just because she reaches doesn't mean we are always going to pick her up. It's a bit heartbreaking to put her to bed only to have her reach out with a smile, as if saying "come get mom!" And then when you don't pick her up, her cute little bottom lip quivers... Ahh, she's going to be spoiled.
I feel like she's been teething for the past four months. But seriously, her gums are SO swollen and white, I half expect an entire set of teeth to pop in one of these days. She's been fussy, which is hard. She really doesn't like tethers... We've tried every kind that I know of. The frozen ones, the gel ones, hard ones, a cold wet rag. She prefers her fingers. I'm trying to decide if I should break down and buy one of those Sophie things, but its kinda expensive, and I'm worried she won't use it. Even oragel doesn't seem to help.
Kera has also made a new best friend- our cat Mollie. We were honestly worried about Mollie, as she doesn't particularly like people, especially not kids, but she's been great with Kera the last two weeks. It started with Kera realizing that the cat is actually a real thing. She would stop what she was doing and watch her when Mollie walked into the room. We've spent time each day sitting on the floor gaining Mollie's trust, and the last two days, Mollie has actually let Kera "pet" her. Today she actually rubbed her head against Kera's hand! It's so cute to watch Kera get so excited. Sometimes too excited, then Mollie runs away and Kera cries. But we're working on it. I want to get pictures, but I'm still really leery about Mollie being alone or too close to Kera.
We leave tomorrow for a trip to see my family. I'm excited, but it'll just be me and Kera, so I'm a little scared. It's been a couple of months since we took her away for a weekend, and she has grown so much, it'll be interesting to see how she acts.