7 months old (and 2 days if you're counting!)

thursday dottie was 7 months old. we really can't believe how fast it has gone though every day is more fun than the next (not including night wake ups of course)

at this point in her life she......
- JUST learned to crawl yesterday. form this point on, life is going to be so different. we've got to go out and get gates this weekend for the steps
-is obsessed with books by the author karen katz. they are "lift the flap" books and she loves seeing what's behind the flap. we read to her before she goes to bed or down for a nap and we keep the books to the right of the rocking chair. after every book, she leans over the side of the chair to look for the next book. it's pretty cute!
-makes funny farting noises with her mouth/tongue and slobbers all over herself while doing it. she thinks it's pretty funny and usually looks at you while she's doing it as if she is having a conversation with you.
-pulls herself up on the side of her crib and looks over a milo after her naps and laughs with glee.
-got her second cold in life recently and because she couldn't breathe through her nose, has picked up this weird habit of sticking her tongue out most of the day. hmmmmm?
-loves food, especially butternut squash, pears, and jarred peas. coughs when she sees the bowl of food which is what she has always done when she is hungry
-laughs when she see any stuffed animal with a face. it's pretty funny how fascinated she is with them!
-is pretty sociable. people always comment when they see her that she seems to always be smiling
-loves looking in the mirror
-is still totally in love with her furry brother milo
-splashes like crazy in the bath
-still looks so much like her daddy that even strangers comment about it to us (her mommy in the eyes i think and so do others!)
-loves her monkey more than any other toy she has
-responds to her name
-can go to a sit from lying down....