Seven Months Old

HOLY MOLY!  YOU'RE SEVEN MONTHS OLD!

This last month proved to be quite eventful for you!  And definitely filled with many firsts.  You celebrated your first Christmas and rang in your first New Year!  You also had your first scary moment as you fell off the changing table and broke your leg (hopefully the first and last broken bone you'll ever have).  Through it all, you have proven to be one tough and easy-going baby.  You continue to be all smiles--whether you're opening your first gifts from Santa, or getting a cast put on by a doctor.

You are babbling up a storm these days.  Your favorite sounds are /m/ and /b/ and a combination of /s/ and /t/ that make you sound like Sylvester the Cat. You love blowing bubbles and making raspberries at everything around you.  You are reaching and grabbing at EVERYTHING (especially Remy's legs and ears and tail).  You have officially learned to drink from a straw (awesome!) and are getting better and better at that pincer grasp (and feeding yourself those puffs you love so much!).  You're expanding your palate and learning to embrace more flavors and textures.  Meal time has become a lot of fun and filled with exploration.

You are SUCH a HAM these days.  You laugh and laugh at all the games we play (one...two...three...tickle monster!), love dancing in the kitchen to your favorite tunes, and discovered that you can do the peeking and booing, too.  

You're getting stronger and starting to push yourself onto your hands and knees.  If it weren't for that darn cast, you'd be taking off!  You are also teething, and we're expecting to see those bottom teeth pop up any day now.  (Which means those nights have been pretty rough with sleeping through the night a thing of the past.)  

My absolute favorite developments this month?  You "nosing" us, and your ability to say "mam," "mom" and "mama" (even if you don't know what they mean yet).  Gets me every time!