Oh how they grow!

Daniel is now 7 months old. He is happy, healthy, and crawling like a madman. He scurries this way and that, and seems always underfoot. Suddenly I am sweeping, vacuuming, and watching the floor for anything microscopic the broom might have missed. I am also closing doors and getting back in the habit of putting things away.

I am loving this stage though. He has so much fun! I get alot done while he entertains himself. He loves pulling his toys out of the toy bin. He started doing this two days ago. . .because he is now pulling himself up to a stand! I am amazed! He jumps straight from one thing to the next. Crawling has only been taking place for two weeks, and he wants to walk - badly. He is totally commited to this idea. So now I have to watch out for what he uses to stand. The couches can no longer hide the things I picked up from the floor, and he has found the buttons on our tv.

He also loves to be read to. Books are something he enjoys. He likes tearing their pages, gnawing on the covers, and patting the pictures. He also likes pulling them off the shelves. So, my books are now safely in the office, and his cardboard books are all over the floor.

Daniel is also experiencing the many flavored world of food. He loves lemons, oranges, sweet potatoes, and most things we give him. He hates peas. (But if I give him bananas in between bites he doesn't seem to notice.)

My brother-in-law Lem observed that my son doesn't make baby cooing noises. He makes BOY noises. Daniel growls, grunts, talks in a raspy voice, fake coughs so well I think it is real, yells, laughs and is all around fun, but definately in a boy way. Forget everything about thinking gender might be a learned behavior, He is only 7 months and is acting just like your average little boy. And this is with spending most of his time with a very feminine mother!