Ella at 7 Months!

Happy 7 months, pretty girl! Here is what you're up to lately.

• You are officially VERY mobile this month. You've started crawling, and you absolutely love your new found freedom. You still aren't too fast and you never go too far, but that'll change very soon, I'm sure! You also love to go from crawling to laying to sitting up, too, and then back again! You're definitely very entertained by all your new skills! 
• You've become very attached to Mommy again. You'd be just fine if no one else held you, ever. Not sure why you've gone back to being so cautious about others. At Uncle Matt's graduation, you would cry if anyone else held you besides me, and if I walked away? Oh, forget it! Hopefully just a phase, but we've gotta keep working on that!  
• You started doing this cute little fake smile thing. It's this funny look you get on your face when you are a little nervous or unsure of someone or someplace. It kind of looks like a half smile, but you raise your eyebrows and I always feel like you could crack at any moment when you have this look. Definitely so cute, though! 
• You HATE to have your diaper or clothes changed. Just the sight of the changing table gets you fussy, and you have the most pitiful cry anytime we lay you down on it. Most of the time you're sleepy, so that makes sense. But you still hate it! 
• You've started to babble a lot. I've heard, "ba ba" and "ga ga" the most, but this weekend you started doing both "ma ma" and "da da"..... and that makes your parents VERY happy! :)
• Not exactly sure of your height or weight, but according to our scale, you're about 16.5 lbs.
• Nursing 5 times a day, and still having a lunch and dinner of baby foods. You've started to have an opinion about what you like to eat, so I often have to mix veggies with fruits. 
• You've also started feeding yourself a little bit! You've so far fed yourself peas, puffs, bread, and baked potato. Yum!! We have started giving you a sippy cup with water in it, but you don't have much interest in it other than gnawing on the spout. 
• Yesterday I watched you pull up to your knees from the sitting position on the side of your crib. Yikes. We have since lowered it. :)
• You still love watching every move your big brother makes, and you now make your way towards him when yall are playing on the floor. That means you've become a little bit of a toy snatcher... and Carter is not a fan. He's doing great with trying to understand that you are just interested in what he is doing, and you're not trying to take his toys away from him. Patience!
• Your naps are the same this month: one morning cat nap, one early afternoon cat nap, and one long afternoon nap each day from about 2p-5p. Still sleeping wonderfully at night, 8p-7a.
• You've been in the baby pool for the first time already. You seemed to like it. We haven't been to the big pool yet, but I have a float for you! Maybe one day in the next few weeks Mommy will be brave enough to do that with two little ones! 

Little sweetie at 7 months!! 

Big brother had to get in on the mix during our photo shoot! HAHA!! 

I love that she is the one pestering him and pulling his hair!!