7 Months Old!

Being 7 months old is pretty much exhausting. So much to do so much to learn! Most recently Ellie has learned how to wave hi and bye bye! It is pretty much the most adorable thing I've ever seen. She started turning her wrist a couple of weeks ago and so we started pairing it with hi and bye bye and no she has it. She shoots her arm up in the air and waves her little hand. Too cute! Check out the video clip of her open hand wave (She can also do the open and close, fold down fingers wave...but you'll have to wait to see that!)

Highlights of the past month:

-She loves Patty Cake and doesn't quite get Peek-a-boo yet but I'm sure that is in the very near future. Every once in awhile she'll even toss it in the air with us and patting is no problem at all :)

-Ellie sits up very well and enjoys this new perspective. She still will tumble over every once in awhile but it doesn't phase her. She just starts playing from the laying down position. She still isn't much of a rollover baby. She can do it but doesn't very often. We probably hold her a little too much but what can you say...

-She is getting quite bored with her "baby toys" (rattles, etc) and is moving on to stackable, noisy, button, wheel toys. We've had fun searching for new toys but haven't had much luck at finding good yard sales lately. Hopefully this weekend!

-Little fish! Ellie loves the water. This month Ellie took her swimming classes and we have taken her to the pool as often as we can. She loves it! She kicks her little legs and soaks it up! The bath is a great time as well. She has upgraded to the bath seat and loves playing with toys and splashing. We even got her the little Fisher Price boat that we had when we were kids and it is quite a hit!

-Vera and Jesse came to visit last weekend and we had a great time. This was probably the first visit where it seemed like Ellie realized there was another little person around and it was fun to see her interact with Vera. She loves kids! They are going to have some fun times together.

-Grandpa Bill and Grandma Beth came for a visit and we went to Star, NC for Jason's Aunt Sally's wedding. It was a fun time and we are so happy they were able to come for a few extra days. It was really nice to get to spend some extra time with the Hamilton family and Ellie did really well traveling. Finally we are past the "car-seat aversion" stage she was going through (I hope!)

-Storytime at the library- We have been going to the Saturday morning "baby time" at the library and Ellie loves it! (Jason doesn't so much...well he just doesn't like to be the spectator without a baby in his arms as it is quite awkward!) It is an action-packed 20 minutes of baby rhymes, songs, bubbles, tickling, hokey-pokey, etc. Ellie gets so excited...it cracks me up how every part of her body wiggles in excitement. Too cute. It is also a great place to meet other babies and families. I'm impressed that there are so many moms and dads that come together. We've been sticking around afterward and the babies all just play together on the carpet. Fun times!

-We are attempting to teach Ellie to dance. So far she just looks at us like we're crazy and smiles. Oh well...

-Still no teeth! We are thinking that they will be coming in soon because she drools like crazy. We pretty much have to keep a bib on her 24/7 because she drools all over the place! She still chomps down on her teething rings and shoves her entire fist into her mouth but still no teeth.

- Yummy toes. Ellie discovered grabbing her toes a couple of months ago but kind of got over that phase very quickly. Well this month she has discovered that she can suck on her toes. It is pretty funny because she doesn't pull her foot into her mouth she leans all the way over and sucks on her big toe. Another one we'll have to get a video of. What a silly girl.

Ellie is a happy girl and for that we are very happy parents!