7 Months

7 freaking months old. Absolutely not possible that I have a 7 month old. Jake is growing and changing and doing more everyday. He has a fabulous little (big) personality and loves to laugh. But he also knows what he wants and is not shy about telling you what he wants! His biggest wants right now, any small electronic gadget in his sight (remotes, timers, phones, etc) and any food we are eating that he is not eating. He will throw a fit if he can't get what he wants or we take it away or we don't give him something to eat while we are eating. And by fit I mean screaming and arching his back doesn't want anything to do with us fit, but only until we give him what he wants. He might be slightly spoiled.

So what else is going on at 7 months:

• Eating lots of finger foods, at dinner we typically give him his purees then some of whatever we are eating, he also loves saltine crackers
• Definitely gets up on all fours but won't crawl like that, as soon as he wants to move he flops onto his belly
• The army crawl is super fast and today he started exploring places other than the living room
• He has started reaching for Josh and I when he wants to be picked up
• Goes from sitting up to his belly, by choice and without just flopping over
• Pulls up from a sitting position to his knees, and with help can get to his feet
• Chases Cosmo and thinks Cosmo barking is hilarious
• Starting to show preferences for toys
• Takes baths in the big bathtub (a necessity after he decided that he needed to dive out of the ducky bath tub a few times)
• He has mostly settled into taking two naps a day, once in a while he will still take 3 if his morning nap is short

And our 7 month old: