Elliott at 7 months

I'm so proud of my little girl! She is healthy, happy, and puts a smile on my face every single morning. She is so much fun!

At 7 months, Ellie is doing the following:

-She weighs approximately 18 pounds and is 27 inches long. She wears size 6-9 months and some 9 months clothes and size 3 diapers. We just bought our first pack of diapers! We're so thankful for that diaper shower we had!

-She pulls herself up onto her knees or one knee and one foot. She'll pull up on us, the laundry basket, her toy basket, etc. She's very close to pulling herself completely up.

-Stands by herself if we get her up to a table or something else to hold onto.

-Loves to scream, holler, babble, talk, etc.

-Will clap her hands/fists together when we sing "Clap, clap, clap your hands!"

-Dances to music and sometimes dances to no music!

-Moved on from the baby bathtub. She uses a "tub in a tub" now. She still loves bathtime.

-She's on the verge of crawling. She can move herself around, but hasn't actually crawled on her hands and knees yet.

-She still loves every type of baby food including the meats (yuck!). She's tried several new things this month, and although she didn't love all of them at first bite, she did eventually decide she likes them. She's had avacado, baked potato, sweet potato, egg yolk from a boiled egg (loved this!), yogurt melts, mum-mums, crackers, wheat bread, mashed up bananas, baby yogurt, and several other fruits in the mesh bag thingies. She also loves oatmeal and still loves her bottles. She drinks about 24 oz. a day. She gets so excited when she sees a full bottle. She grabs it and stuffs it in her mouth, and you better not try to take it away! She completely feeds herself now which is so nice!

-Ellie traveled to New Mexico for the first time.

-She moves EVERYWHERE in her bed at night. She wakes up in the funniest positions (see pics below).

-She sits in the highchair and the shopping cart now. She loves to be able to look around at all the people. She is definitely a people-watcher.

-She loves water from her sippy cups and also loves when we put water in our straws and give it to her.

-She's very close to being able to feed herself finger foods. She can pick little pieces up with her finger and thumb, but always loses them somewhere between the highchair tray and her mouth.

-Was sick for the first time. That was terrible!

Here are some of the ways I find Ellie in the morning:

We rode the carousel at the mall. We were both dizzy

by the 3rd time around!

Another silly face!

Happy 7 months, Elliott Rose!