7 months

Baby girl, you are 7 months old.  The more time goes by, the faster you seem to change.  You are so mobile now.  You don't crawl on hands and knees yet, but you can get all over the place.  You do a version of the army crawl, but you don't pull yourself with one arm at a time.  You put them down one at a time and then you hold your hands together and pull with both arms.  Your legs started out doing this funny swim kick thing, but now you are using them much more effectively.

There were a few days recently when you decided that you would just roll everywhere you wanted to go instead of scooting.  But you are very good at scooting now and I know real crawling is coming any day.

You say dada and are working on mama, but haven't connected what you're saying to the people it represents.  You do love to talk though.  It is absolutely adorable and I love your sweet little voice; however, I really don't need to hear you talking at 3 am!

You are generally a very happy little girl and you just started waving to people when they say hi and wave to you.  It is the cutest thing ever and was quite entertaining for mommy and your auntie Sara.

You were not too sure about food when we started solids.  You looked at me like I was crazy and let the food fall right back out.  Each time we tried though, you got more used to it.  We tried sweet potatoes, green beans, and peaches.  When we got to peaches, you finally started to think maybe this food thing was ok.  Then we tried sweet potatoes again and you ate almost the entire jar.  I think we will try carrots next.

Your days of being the newest and youngest cousin are over.  Your new baby cousin was born on September 20.  You haven't met her yet because mommy is still working on getting rid of this horrible cold, but I'm sure you two will be great friends.

I love you baby girl and can't wait to see what new accomplishments you will have over the next month.

Oh, and your hair has grown so I can stick it up and make you look silly =)  You still look beautiful, even when I give you crazy hair!