7 Months

Hannah is seven months old today. Last week I took her to the doctor because I thought she might have another ear infection. Luckily she didn't but I found out she weighs 15 pounds 6 ounces. Up a whole pound from last month! I looked in my baby newsletter to see what Hannah should be doing at this age and here is what it says:

★ I creep across the floor, and I may crawl.
★ I may help you pull me up to a standing position by keeping my legs
straight.
★ When you hold me under my arms, I can stand and step in place. I
like to look at my feet.
★ When I’m lying on my back, I like to bring my feet to my mouth.
★ I can hold an object in each hand. I like to bang things together.
★ I can sit with a little support.
★ I have very good eyesight.
★ I am starting to feed myself with my hands.

Funny...I didn't see the following things on the list.

★ I will not take more than a 30 minute nap.
★ When I don't want to sleep, I will stand up in my crib.
★ I will crawl over the log and get under the coffee table...and then climb back over the log to get myself out.
★I will fall out of strollers.
★I will try to climb the stairs.
★ I will use my new pop-up toy as a step stool.
★I will find it more interesting to play under my exersaucer than in it.
★I will stand up on the couch and try to walk towards you.
★I will help you unload the dishwasher.

★ I will crawl all over the place!


So...I guess I don't have a typical seven month old. I hope this explains the lack of frequent blogging. I am a little busy making sure my daughter doesn't kill herself. She has the greatest smile and we are having so much fun!

The Quest Continues...

Hannah is searching...for what, we don't know, but this girl is determined to move. Today I put her quilt down on the floor so that she could have room to scootch around without getting a major rug burn. I put lots of toys down for her- just a little out of her reach - so that she would have something to scootch to. She wants to move, but she doesn't quite have a purpose for her movement. She plowed right through the toys and ended up 2 feet off the quilt with red nose and forehead. I don't know where she thinks she is going or what she thinks she wants but she goes for a ways and then runs into something or just starts crying because she is tired (or she is suffering from third degree rug burn). Today she actually got up on her hands and knees with her head up but then she didn't know what to do after that. I love watching her figure things out. You can just look at her and see the wheels turning! She is up! It is kinda hard to see since her shirt is hanging down but she lifted her body up, along with her head for the first time today. She has been able to lift her body off the floor but only if she used her big noggin for leverage.

She then kinda hurled herself forward in an attempt to move.

All of that work for a few inches!

I can get around much faster this way!

P.S. Yes...mom and dad's toys are in the background (Guitar Hero guitars). I will be the first to admit that I don't like video games. I especially don't like the X-Box 360. There are too many buttons and you can turn around 360 degrees and it is just WAY too complicated for my uncoordinated hands. However, one day my TV obsessed husband wanted to go to Best Buy "just to look at TVs" and he drug me along. Since we had been there at least three times in the past week "just looking at TVs" I wandered around the store and came across a Guitar Hero. I played it for about 30 seconds and I was hooked. It is really addicting! I don't play that much...I'm not a "gamer" after all- but if you have never played it before, you should give it a try. Who would of thought that someone who has no musical ability and hates video games would like this game? And in case you were wondering...the husband is no longer TV obsessed...he finally bought one.

Five Month Photo Shoot

Hannah is 5 months old today. There is no doctor's appointment to check her weight and height but I did a rough weigh in and I think she is somewhere around 14 pounds. I have been practicing my photography a lot since we have been in Colorado. Here is Hannah's 5 month photo shoot. I am still working on editing them as I have only discovered the tip of the iceberg with PhotoShop. That is one complicated program! I'll have to wait until we get home to post her monthly picture with Pooh Bear!

This is what she was doing in between pictures. She is determined to crawl!