7 Months Old

You read it right; Emma is 7 months old today. It is hard to believe that another month has already passed by. At 7 months, Emma still only has two teeth but we think she is working on more as you will note from our post earlier this week. Unfortunately Brad thinks that the teeth may have gone back up and will not be breaking through soon. Let's hope that this is not the case. The big thing that is happening at 7 months is that Emma is starting to sit up on her own. She needs to be placed in a sitting position but once there, Emma can go for several minutes before toppling over. Emma really seems to like the new perspective that sitting provides (also makes her a better model for daddy). She is getting stronger every day. In the meantime, she continues to be the rolling queen and is working on those crawling muscles. Her favorite method of scooting forward, which cracks us up is to lie on her back and assume the bridge pose (all you yoga fanatics will get that reference; which basically involves her bending the knees and lifting the hips) and then shove back with the legs. We really need to get this method on video before she stops. Even without crawling, Emma can get pretty much anyplace she wants to go. Doesn't seem so long ago that we could lay her on a blanket and expect her to stay there. Emma also loves to try to climb up you when she is being held and jump as evidenced from her jumperoo video. She has been making Brad and the women at her daycare laugh this week when she is in the exersaucer. Even though it doesn't bounce, she is bound and determined to make it so she will get in there and try to jump. Brad had to explain what she was up to and that she had one at home that bounces. Happy 7 months Emma!