Seven Months!

Keira was very blessed to spend her seven month birthday in Hawaii! She was quite the trooper, especially since she was getting over having a little cold. She loved being loved on by Auntie Wals who spoiled her to death!

Seven months is such a fun age as her personality really starts to stand out. She's still usually pretty happy, but when she's not, she's really not. She will let you know if she's hungry, tired, or bored. She now seems to prefer to be with people who are familiar to her. She's very curious and loves to touch everything. She's always looking around to see what she can explore next. And she sometimes gets upset if you take something away from her. For a while I was thinking she might not crawl. I've definitely changed my mind, she's working on it. She doesn't sit as long now because she's always reaching for something out of her reach, but her left foot gets in her way so she doesn't make it into her knees. I'm not really in a hurry for the crawling stage, she'll really be adventurous and dangerous. So now she spends a lot of her time rocking on her knee and foot trying to reach for something until she slides onto her belly. She's doing much better with tummy time now and does little 180s on her tummy. If she's on tile or hardwood floor, she can scoot herself while seated. In this picture she started off on the brown carpet outside of the bathroom.

She enjoyed her first bath in a real bathtub in Hawaii. She loves splashing!

Eating is still a bit of a struggle but definitely getting better. Some days she'll eat something and enjoy it and next time she'll have a sour face and cough and gag. Although she almost always enjoys fruit, just not such a fan of veggies. Her favorite is bananas. She hasn't realized yet that food is food, milk alone won't cut it anymore. She won't drink water and loves to chew on the spout of a sippie cup, but won't suck from it. I'm still trying to find one that will give her liquid if she chews on it.