7 months

Israel turned 7 months on Wednesday! He is such a good baby. He has always slept great at night but for a while I had a little trouble with his naps.....but now he is to the point that when I lay him down on his belly for naps he snuggles into the bed, gives me a tiny grin, and doesn't make a peep as I walk out the door telling him "night, night". It truly is precious.

Well, this past month Israel has made a huge progression in his efforts to crawl. Starting a week after his six month birthday, he started getting up on all fours and rocking slightly and would push himself along the floor on his belly using his feet. Then he started getting up in a push-up position and walking his feet toward his hands then coming down unto his knees so he is on all fours. Then he started getting on all fours then falling forward on his belly....doing this continually until he gets to his desired location.....a sort of caterpillar crawl. Now he is starting to pick up his hands every once in a while so I think he will be crawling in another week or so.....then again it could be any day now!

He seems to be trying to communicate with us more and more. And will have pretend coversations with us if we give him time to respond when we talk to him. He does this funny thing with his daddy that if he isn't looking at him then Israel will look at him and go "Eh" until he looks at him. It sounds like he is saying "Hey". It is funny because I think I say that a lot to him to try and get his attention.....haha!

As of now he has eaten bananas, peas, sweet potatoes, prunes, oatmeal, avocados, mixed fruit yogurt, and turkey. His fav's are bananas, peas, sweet pot, and prunes.....he gets excited and kicks his legs with his mouth wide open!! He is not too fond of the turkey but he will eat it. And he really only likes the oatmeal when I mix in a fruit or veggie.

He can stand for a little bit while leaning against the couch or the toy box.....I, of course have to get him up on his feet but he seems to like standing over his toybox where he can grab toys and throw them on the floor. Lately, he has made small efforts to pull himself up using the table.....but no success as of yet. This guy wants to get into everything....he is very curious and loves to explore!!!

My dad got him a toy for Christmas that he loves. It has blocks and plays music and bins he can open and close. He loves taking the blocks in and out of the bins and making it play music. Oh, and he starts dancing whenever he hears music.....so cute!!!

Sorry, this wasn't very organized.....Just trying to remember all that has transpired over this last month with my lil guy.....he is doing new things everyday so it is hard to get it all down!! He is such a joy!