7 Month Celebration

Happy 7 Month birthday to our Peanut who is growing leaps and bounds every day. 

You are doing so many new things every day, you are constantly amazing us!

This has been a big month for you Peanut! Two nights ago you said your first real word-- da da. Mommy said da da and you repeated it back to her. I guess the 300 million times mommy said ma ma just didn't stick. Of course, Daddy is over the moon about this and smiles ear to ear every time you say da da da da over and over again. Mommy recorded you saying it last night and has listened to it 100 times and has sent it to so many friends and family members. 

You also can growl (thank you Tucker?) and can babble ba ba, pa pa, ga ga, and say something with an r. I've heard you say mama once while babbling but I'm pretty sure it was a fluke as we haven't heard you say it again.

Standing all by yourself on Super Bowl Sunday

You can stand by yourself! Only for a short period of time, and when you're done you just plunk down but still, you can stand!!

You are a wonderful baby to take anywhere, still. And I hope that continues. Whether at a party with 50 people or just a few when Mommy and Daddy have friends over, you are the easiest baby to entertain. We love to dress you up and take you wherever we go. You are usually the hit of the room and most of the time you work the room better than Mommy and Daddy.

At an aunt's retirement party

You had your second ear infection this month and it was not fun for anyone. You were very clingy and fussed a lot but we understand, that silly 'ole ear of yours hurt and you just didn't know why. Thankfully, your medicine has kicked in and you are back to your smiley, silly self. We are so glad you're back to your old self, we missed you! 

Not having a good time

You are a champ at sitting and eating in your big high chair. We retired the smaller high chair we were using since you're such a big girl now. You love to sit in your chair while Mommy and Daddy and Grandma are eating dinner and play with your toys. Mommy tried to get you to eat a puff the other day and you acted like she was giving you poison, we're not there just yet but we will be any day. You had your first taste of yogurt and you were a little confused. We'll try again in a couple days and see if you like it any better.

In your high chair

You can now grab two different toys in each hand. You're learning that if you bang them together, you create noise. It is fun to watch you discover this. You have a bucket of blocks that you are learning to grab from, you haven't quite figured out how to put them back in, but you're working on that too.

You still love to play on your mat with your toys, even though you spend most of the time rolling trying to get to or from things. You are almost crawling! You look like an inch worm trying to get from point A to point B. Daddy was for sure you were going to crawl when he was home for lunch today but instead you rolled to get your pacifier. Poor Tucker won't know what's happened when you learn to really move.

Playing on the mat

You have decided that bedtime is anywhere from 7:00 to 8:00pm which is great but you've also decided that wake up time has moved from 6:30 to 5:30. Mommy and Daddy don't love that. We're hoping it's a phase and you'll go back to sleeping in a little for us. You've also learned to cry when you don't get something you want. Especially if Mommy puts you down and you don't want to be. You've learned to hold your arms up when you want to picked up and if we don't pick you up you cry. You can fake laugh which is very funny to all of us, including you. 

It's amazing how much you've grown in 7 months! We love you so, so, much and can't wait to see what new things you learn!