Eliott's 7th month!

Wow... you have moved from little baby to a mobile, climbing, little boy. I feel like so much has happened since I last wrote about you. Your 7th month is quickly coming to a close and so much has happened! You are very good at going from your belly, to sitting, and back to your belly. You can get up on all fours and have taken some 'crawl-steps', but always flop back on your belly. Recently you have learned to get anywhere you want by army crawling and you are getting faster and faster. You also learned how to pull yourself up and do this mostly in your crib. You are all boy!... as you have tried to conquer all of these things at once, getting many bumps and bruises, but barely letting it phase you. Tooth number two has just come through (bottom left). You will eat anything mom puts in front of you with the only finger food being 'puffs'. I think you may have tried to wave back at mom this morning, but that is about all the 'signing' you have tried. We try to teach you 'more', but you have learned that yelling gets you the food a bit faster :). You are SUCH a good little man... going with the flow in whatever we are doing! Yesterday we took Chief to the frisbee catching contest. We left right about the time that you were due for a nap. You were a happy little boy and finally drifted off to sleep at the very end and took a long nap in Mom's arms, then into the car, then continued in your crib for about another hour. You have also finally started to sleep well ALL NIGHT - yay! You gave Mom and Dad a bit of a run for our money in this area. Mom finally made your 'figure it out' on your own one night and you have been better ever since. You like to get up around 6, but I'll take it! You are so loved by your big sister. She loves to make you laugh. The other day you were bouncing in your jumperoo and she was jumping on the floor around you. You were laughing so hard you were snorting! Yesterday we all went down to Sturgis falls and you tried your first strawberry smoothie... you were a big fan! Your Daddy and I have LOVEd watching you grow and explore the world. We just LOVE to watch you climb and 'crawl' and whatever else you decide to get into. You are loved little man and you are such a blessing to our family!!!