Seven Months Old!

Time is going by so fast with this little munchkin! We couldn't have asked for a sweeter, happier baby.

Gabriela is doing much better with her solid foods. She even tried butternut squash again and loved it. This time, I put unsweetened applesauce in it. She actually reaches her head forward and opens her mouth for food, which is huge. Before I'd have to pry her thumb out of her mouth and quickly try to get some food in there before she stuck the other thumb in. Gabriela is eating peas, avocado (her favorite), apples, bananas, pears, butternut squash, rice cereal, and yogurt. We are working on expanding her foods, but have to go slowly, in case we find that she's allergic to something.

Gabriela is totally on the move. She is still rocking the Army Crawl, and not up on her hands and knees. But she gets around fast! Before she'd just crawl over to something she could see and knew she wanted. Now she is starting to explore. Just the other day she went from one end of the living room to the entry way, turned around and crawled all the way to the end of the hallway.

She is starting to inspect everything very closely, and while she doesn't point at things in the air, she sticks out her little pointer finger while she is conducting experiments. It's too cute.

Even though Gabriela has TONS of cool toys, some of her favorites appear to be an empty kleenex box, paper, paper bags, containers of lotion, and the office chair.

Gabriela loves bathtime and running her fingers through her hair when she is sleepy. She talks tons and loves it when her Daddy tickles her. There is no sound as delightful as a baby giggling.

We love our baby girl.