7 Months!

So the little munchkin has reached 7 months! In the last month, the little devil has decided to become mobile, that's right, MOBILE. She crawls!

What started out as this frustrating backwards maneuvering, very quickly progressed to forward movement, in which she would get up on all fours and then throw herself forward, and then flop back down onto her belly, but she would have moved. Lather, rinse, repeat, and this is how she got around, and figured out that she could reach the toys (read: things she isn't supposed to have like cleaning supplies). And now, she actually crawls, one knee in front of the other, and so on. And she's getting quicker everyday. Changing her diaper these days is like trying to wrangle an octopus.

She also figured out how to pull herself to a stand. We knew this was coming, because she had shown interest in doing it, but any really made any progress in that area when imagine Ashton's surprise when he walked into her room at 2:30 a.m. and found her standing up in her crib, leaning over the railing. Her mattress was lowered right then and there, her escape route effectively blocked.

We've also started "solids". So far she likes: peas, carrots, squash, apples, pears, and prunes. She'll only eat cereal if its mixed with fruit and the jury is still out on avocadoes. She swallows them, but coughs and makes a face with every bite. The only food she hasn't seemed to like is the sweet potatoes and I plan on trying again with that, because really, who doesn't like sweet potatoes?

She's also started to mimic us which is hilarious, especially when she does her little fake cough. She will also blow raspberries if we do it first, and the folks at daycare say that she can clap, but we have our doubts.

She's made her second trip to Florida and we hope to make a trip to Seattle this summer. We had a great time at Chris and Jamie's wedding, and Maeve was great on the plane and although a bit clingly, still managed to charm everyone. (says Chris: "She's really wiggly").

And that's about it.....for now.