7 Months

At 7 months, Adly is making moves towards crawling. This happens in quick dives for objects then pulling herself back up. Girl has abs of steel. She is also occasionally ending up on all fours, but then she just sits there. I'm ok with that. I will enjoy our immobile little one as long as it lasts.

She is loving all kinds of foods. Some she tried in the last month were trout, yogurt, blueberries, strawberries, bread, leeks, parsnips, spinach, corn, Cheerios, carrots, and bananas. Many of these were in mixtures of chunky purees and she seems to enjoy them all. She is not a fan of avocado, no matter how many times I try, but that's about it. She hasn't conquered the pincer grasp yet, so usually the foods she tries to pick up end up in her fist and then on the floor, despite attempts to shove them into her mouth. For now she's perfectly happy with others doing all the work for her. 

She is a mover and a shaker...without really moving. Every time you pick her up she loves to dive, squirm, look everywhere and attempt to move anywhere but your arms. But yet she wants to be held. So indecisive.

We still have no teeth cutting through, yet the "teething" continues. Drool, drool, drool. Biting everything within reach. But still no teefers.

Babbles of the month have been da-da-da, a few ma-ma-ma's, ba-ba-ba and na-na-na. She also experiments with making "ts-ts" noises. 

She loooooves giving kisses. She's now become comfortable with giving pretty much anyone kisses, as long as there's no facial hair in the way. These kisses come in the form of a big, open mouthed, slobbery facial press. They're fantastic.

Stranger danger is for real now. It takes a bit for her to warm up to anyone outside of mom and dad. However, she can usually persuaded with Minnie, her remote control, or any electronics. As long as mom or dad are still within eyesight. 

Socks. What is it with the socks? Her latest achievement has been sitting and figuring out how to pull them off her feet. This takes a lot of effort and time, usually also a lot of grunting as her belly gets in the way. Once the sock is released from the foot, it immediately ends up in the mouth with victorious slaps on the legs and laughing like it's the greatest accomplishment since sliced bread. It's the little things in life. 

Gone are the days of the adorable, posable baby. Now it's an adorable baby that won't sit still....