Seven Months

We might as well talk about something positive after the horrible day yesterday.

So I'll talk about this little pumpkin:

 I mean, really, how can you not smile when you see this happy face?

Or this, "Mom, I REALLY don't want to be doing this" face that she has here:

 Here she is showing off her almost crawling moves:

 Her " I MUST put this into my mouth" look:

 And another one of her just being as cute as can be:

I truly cannot describe how much JOY this girl brings into our lives. I love her so incredibly much!

This past month has definitely been one of achievements for Camille. Here are a few of her accomplishments:

• Eating solid foods. Oh, my does this girl LOVE solid foods! So far she has eaten yams, avocado, squash, bananas, and homemade rice cereal. She LOVES all of it, and has been known to cry when I try to nurse her because she wants to eat real food instead.
• Scooting all over the place. She can't crawl just yet (though I think that will come soon as evidenced by the photo above), but she is getting around. A favorite phrase for all of us is, "Where's Camille going?"
• Sitting up- for a minute or two at a time. If you remember, this is a concern. I have to be right next to her while she sits up because she will just suddenly fall over, but I think she is doing OK.
• I gave her a ball the other day and she didn't want to pick it up- she just wanted to kick it. Perhaps we have a future soccer player.
• Being unswaddled at night. This is very new, but a couple days ago she started rolling over at night and then crying for me to come turn her back over. With her arms swaddled, she couldn't roll back over on her own. So we have started not having her arms tucked in, and so far it seems to be OK.
• When music is playing she dances. Seriously. She moves her head really fast in a jerking motion. At first it really scared me, but then I realized she only does it when music is playing and I realized that she is dancing.
• Putting the binkie in her mouth by herself
• Rolling around while I try to change her diaper. She now has to have a toy in her hands or diaper-changing is difficult.
• She's still sleeping pretty well at night. She wakes up around 1:30 or 2, then wakes up around 7 for the day. I can handle that.
• She's about the happiest baby on the planet. In the last few days I have been a couple places where Camille was left on the floor to play. She played perfectly for a pretty long time and all the other moms just marveled at how well behaved she was.

It's hard to believe 7 months have passed and that there was ever a world without her. She is such a great addition to our family- we are very, very blessed.