7 Months. Yes, really!

Addie is now 7 months old. 7 months seems WAY older than 6 months. Like she's almost a toddler or something, right?

What's new in this 7 month old's life? She's been bouncing around on her butt a lot while sitting up---bounce bounce bounce, she moves across the floor. Bounce bounce bounce, it gets her closer to something she wants to put in her mouth. She can bounce so much that she can make a full 360 degree circle, all while sitting up and bouncing.

Addie is no longer the passive little baby smiling at the camera--I took a LOT of pictures of Addie yesterday and most of them were blurry--she's always on the move--she just doesn't stop! A few selection's from this month's shoot that are actually still:





I tried to get all artistikoosh this month.




Oh yeah, and she's still completely obsessed with the camera strap.

We also had a visit from Aunt Vera this week-- Addie had a fun time playing with Aunt Vera and trying to eat her jewelry ;)


We're heading to Louisiana this weekend so that Addie can meet her great-grandmother "Grammy" (Steve's mom's mom) and her Great Aunt Robbie, Great Uncle Jimmy, and Great Cousin's Doug and Greg. Keep an eye out for pictures from the trip and her first plunge into a big-person pool, and hopefully stories of the travel that go something like this:

"Addie was great! She slept the whole time on the plane."

:)

Addie, the happiest baby ever (er...most of the time)! And some "breaking" news...

We hear this often from our loyal blog readers: Addie is always smiling! Wow, she's always so happy!

Yes, Addie has been a smiley baby for most of her life, since the very first smiles that her uncle Dan elicited way back when she was a mere 4 weeks old. Besides a few weeks where her sleep at night was at its worst and she was a total grumpola....she really is quite a happy baby.

But then we heard a few people say: "Wow...she NEVER cries, does she?" Um....well, no not never. Addie is still a baby and babies cry when they want or need something, so she cries every single day. Several times a day. Luckily, when we figure out what she wants (sleep, milk, food, water, to chew on my cell phone) she stops crying. The beauty of a blog is that you get to select the photos that go up and so we tend to either select the super-cute-smiley ones or the funny ones. But here's some proof to our readership that Addie does indeed cry.


And she cracks herself up...



And she's learning to wave...much to the delight of the fellow shoppers at Target/Costco/wherever we may be. They say "aww...look at the baby, she's so cute" and she'll reward their adoration with a big arm flap in return.


And she listens intently...usually without blinking! "Uncle" Orin and his brother Tomer came for a visit...

....here Addie is listening to Orin making his famous trumpet noises and watching his silly faces.


And she really loves the pool. Here she is getting ready for her second pool jaunt...this time in her cool rashguard surfer-girl bathing suit.


Laughing with Daddy in the (HOT) sun.


And this girl not only loves swimming in the water, but she loves drinking it. From a sports bottle to a glass, if we're drinking water, she gets very very intent on having a sip for herself. Here's a video of her chugging it down.



And now for the "breaking news"--yesterday we were giving Addie some water from the glass and we heard a strange sound that we hadn't heard before--a sort of "clinking" noise...could it be? A TOOTH? So we stuck our fingers in her mouth and felt...yes folks, a sharp sharp point breaking through the gum. Those gummy toothless smiles that you love so much will be no longer :)