What a month it has been for our Maddie! She is sitting up very well and "swimming" on her belly: we're going to have a crawler soon! She is showing definite preferences with solid foods; she loves sweet potato, butternut squash, and carrots, but clamps her jaw together for bananas, peach, and avocado. She is experimenting with new grunts and squawks and squeaks, and now she can play peekaboo. She is our splendid baby!
Dave was very busy in the month of January. He was staying late at the office nearly every night, often coming home after we had gone to bed. Poor Dave! Working so hard and not getting to play with Maddie at night. But he has just turned in a big federal grant (fingers crossed!), and now he's back. I'm happy, he's happy, and M. is just delighted.
Here are some highlights from her 7-month photos. Lo, she now has a neck!
