7 Months

Adelle is now 7 months old - how did that happen?! It seems like just last week we were taking her home from the hospital in frigid weather :) She is doing a lot these days, including:

* playing with her toys

* playing with things she THINKS are her toys

* eating peas, green beans, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes, prunes, apples, applesauce, pears, peaches, rice cereal, oatmeal, and the assorted muffin from Papi :)

* chewing on everything - except teethers or teething rings

* fitting into 9 month clothing (which seems to be right on target since the little labels say they should fit into that size UNTIL they are 9 months)

* wearing size 2 diapers during the day

* wearing size 3 diapers at night (Mama's little peeing machine)

* sleeping through the night from about 7:30p until about 6:30a

* taking three naps - when she doesn't karate chop them in the throat (aka NOT take them)

* taking a bath in the actual bath tub

* being very curious about the things around her

* working on her crawling skills, though is not yet on the go


and


* TALKING - she can say Mama (Mamamamama), Dada (Dadadadada), Blah (Blahblahblahblah), and we think Papa and Baba!!

At first when she said Mama, it was strung together with a lot of other 'Mama's so we didn't really know if she KNEW what she was saying. Is that the beginning of talking, when she KNOWS and can associate words with objects/people, or is it when she actually says the syllables? Anyway, we didn't think anything of it until Saturday night when we gave her a bath and put her down to bed. When she would cry she would say MamaMama and DadaDada!! When both, or one of us, would come in she would smile!!

What an amazing feeling that is!! I am so blessed to be able to watch her grow and learn!!