Audra: 7 Months!

Likes: Dogs. Electric cords. Textures. Anything you shouldn't have. Moving, moving, moving. Random sleep schedules. Eating what mommy is eating. Banging on laptops. Hanging up on Daddy's phone calls and Skype sessions with you.

Dislikes: Being put in the crib. Peaches.

Milestones: You can get into crawling position and start to crawl, but then you just end up throwing yourself forward. You then default to pulling yourself across the carpet. Sitting is mastered. You can go from belly to sitting on your own now! You pulled yourself up in the bathtub once. Hand coordination is always improving. 

Weight/Height: About 15 lbs and we haven't checked your height recently.

Clothing Size: Mostly 6-9 months. You are growing out of your footed sleepers and just moved to the 9 months.

Eating: You eat two "meals" of solids a day. In the early morning (around 7:30 am), you get a few bites of banana. Then later in the morning (around 10 am), you get a small bowl of rice cereal. In the evening (around 5 pm), you get an ounce of pureed fruits or veggies. You really enjoy eating solids and bring your mouth to the spoon most days. 

Foods Eaten:
Rice Cereal - Favorite
Banana
Avocado
Sweet Potato - Favorite
Mango
Pears
Carrots - Hated at first - will tolerate now
Peaches - Hate
Zucchini Squash - Favorite

You also have had very small bites of various meats and breads. You get upset if I am not sharing what I'm eating with you so I tear off small pieces for you.

Sleep: Still waking up throughout the night. Naps are on a semi-schedule, but some days you just fight it and others you need extra. We are letting you cry yourself to sleep these days. When we let you fall asleep and try to put you in the crib asleep, you just wake up and cry anyways. There are a few nights that you have shared the bed with Mommy because she didn't want to have to listen to you cry at 3 am. 

Random Tidbits: You are a goofy girl. You get this pressed lips grin and then giggle/spit while doing it, and it is the best thing ever. You have had a few late-night giggle fits, which we love. You pretty much let me put anything in your mouth unless I just gave you peaches, and you suspect it is more peaches. You seem to absorb the world around you a lot of the time and don't really give us a lot of expression. You just impress us everyday. You hit milestones out of nowhere and with no warning. You love when people come over to see you.

How are Mommy and Daddy Doing?: Overall, things are going well. Mommy would be doing way better if you let her get more than 3 hours of sleep at a time, though. Daddy misses you, but    he is super happy he gets to spend the holiday weekend with you and that there are only 3 weeks after that until he gets you full-time again. 

Looking Forward To: 4 days with Daddy. True crawling. Pulling up.