7 (YAWN) months today....

Wow….7 months…I can hardly believe it! When I look at her newborn pictures it seems like a lifetime ago and at the same time I find it unfathomable that so much time as passed so quickly. As always, lots of neat new developments to report:
- Greetings!! When I pick her up from daycare I walk in and say her name. She now looks up and gives me a huge grin hello. This is hands-down the best part of my day.
- Babbling, babbling, babbling. She does this more and more and is adding all kinds of sounds including "Mama". I'm not convinced she knows that Mama is a name for me and isn't just another vocalization, but I *love* hearing it anyway.
- Strangers. She's realized that there are new people and people she already knows. The ones she knows get smiles, the new ones now get VERY INTENSE stares, often followed by a smile and occasionally accompanied by tears (as was the case with Chris' boss!)
- Giggles, v2. Her laugh has been a breathy huh-huh-huh….but now she has started to add in delighted little squeals. They aren't too frequent, but they are absolutely gorgeous to hear.
- Crawling? She's closer and closer…it looks like she's trying to swim on the ground at times.
- Toe sucker! Her fascination with her feet has grown to toe-sucking at every opportunity. Usually these opportunities coincide with my changing her into pjs, getting ready for a bath, changing a diaper. It makes life interesting for sure.