7 Months

Hello Robert. You are 7 months old now and you are getting to be such a big boy. It seems like each day reveals new skills and a new adventure. This month:

• You not only get on all fours and rock, but you've actually learned the "bear walk" stance and try to use it to get around. You're not quite crawling yet, but you are getting closer & closer each day.
• You can get yourself into and out of a sitting position.
• You are eating 3 meals a day of baby/finger foods. You still do not like peas, & we discovered you don't like broccoli either. You love all fruits, toast sticks, fish, potatoes & sweet potatoes. You eat pretty much everything enthusiastically.
• You have started waking up an hour earlier than we've been doing for months. Most of the time you're pretty content to play for a while in your crib though, and for this Mommy thanks you.
• You went swimming for the first time. I thought you'd have a total blast, but really you were pretty chill about it. You just floated around in one of those little sling things chewing on the green plastic shovel...

• The best way to entertain you is to throw a bunch of random toys/things into some sort of bowl or bucket and let you go at it. You LOVE to dump the whole thing out and then explore each and thing in it.
• You wear 12month PJs, onsies, & many shirts (though some onsies and shirts are 9months), and you have 9month & 12month pants. The 9 month pants fit, but some of them are short...
• You learned how to blow raspberries and have begun to "talk" quite a bit when you play.
• You are starting to show your stubborn streak more and more, but you are still always full of smiles and laughter.
• You finally discovered the baby in the mirror---and you like to try to head butt him (seriously boy, you're going to break the mirror...or your head)

I'm sure there's a million other things I couuld write, & perhaps I'll come back & post them at the end if I think of them. Mostly though it just seems as if time is flying by. You are growing and changing faster than I can keep up and I treasure each and every moment with you. I love you buddy, happy 7 months!