Reading

You tend to like to be where the action is. For a couple weeks you went through a phase with our reading. When I tried to read with you sitting on my lap you would fuss and squirm until I put you and the book down on the floor. Then you would sit on the book and poke at the pictures and grab the pages.



You've since realized that you can see better if you're not sitting right on the book.

Bath Time

You LOVE taking baths. Whenever I start to fill up the bathtub you get so excited and happy. During the day you'll crawl into the bathroom, stand up by the tub and starting hitting it, like you're telling me you want a bath.

You love to stand and watch the tub fill up:

In the bathtub you splash around and play with toys. You're so happy there!

One time I took a bath while you played around in the bathroom. You kept crawling over and looking at me, then you would crawl away and keep playing. When I was finished you came over and stood by the bathtub with a big grin on your face. You were so sad and started crying when I took you out of the bathroom and you realized that you wouldn't be getting a bath.

Messy Eater

Convincing you to eat solids has been a little bit tricky. You definitely like to let us know exactly who is in charge. Sometimes you'll eat a ton and other times you refuse to eat anything.


You eat best when you have something else to do at the same time (like watching daddy eat, playing with a spoon). You are also super squirmy and end up spreading food all over your high chair.

First Tooth

This month your first tooth cut through! It was not a fun time for you. You were still very active, but got sad much faster. One thing that helped was letting you chew on a cold pop can.


Now you have a little tooth on the bottom. It's pretty sharp and hurts when you bite us!

Standing

You've learned how to pull yourself up to standing, and do it all the time. You push yourself up with pretty much everything. Boxes, couches, chairs, our legs, the bathtub, etc. It's adorable.

You can now stand up to watch your bath run:


You can get up to say hello to daddy and me while we're sitting up:


And you can get up to reach things you shouldn't be getting into (here's you're reaching for my computer):

You're getting more stable on your legs. You'll be walking in no time.

Crawling EVERYWHERE

Now that you can crawl, you rarely hold still. You love crawling all around and exploring everything you can find.

You've also gotten pretty good at making messes. For example, you like to pull our DVDs off the shelf.
One afternoon I looked up and saw my shirt moving across the floor. You had gotten it over your head and then you started crawling around. When I started laughing you poked your head out of the sleeve to see what was so funny.

You also like to follow daddy and me all around. When I go into another room, you follow after me. Sometimes I'll go into another room and say "Paige, come find me!" and you will! You crawl until you can see me and then you get a big smile on your face.

7 Months Old

You will be 7 months old this week. I can't believe you're that old! We went to the doctor today for a check-up. Here are your stats:

Height: 26.5 in. (75%)

Weight: 16 lbs. 1 oz. (50%)

Head Circum: 17 in. (75%)

You were so wiggly today at the doctor's office. You definitely didn't want to hold still to get measured or checked in anyway. However, you were absolutely delighted by the paper on the exam table. You kicked and crinkled that paper until it was all wrinkled!

You've been hesitant to eat solid foods. I've tried feeding you several different kinds of baby food that I made, but you didn't like it so much. Just recently you've started tolerating rice cereal and squash. I just discovered yesterday that you LOVE pears. You gobble those right up. We'll keep exploring new foods!

We have a few nicknames for you, including Paigers, Pow-Pow, Baby Paige, Princess, Little Girl, Munchkin. We also call you all sorts of endearing names like cupcake, sugar, punkin, etc. We call you all sorts of sweet names.

You can crawl really well, so you're all over the place now grabbing anything you can get your hands on. You particularly like anything electronic (cell phones, computers, remote controls, power cords), chapstick, and things that make noise. You also love sucking on things made out of paper, and can quickly demolish a magazine or something else we leave within reach.

You also make all kinds of sounds. You blow raspberries, scrunch up your face and blow out your nose, babble, and scream in a very high pitched tone. The screaming isn't so fun, but everything else is delightful.

One of the best things about you is that you're pretty easy going, and a very chill baby. You aren't very fussy, and rarely get upset.

We just love having you around!