7 Months Old!

Cora is now 7 months old. She is getting all over the house quite efficiently now with a combination of regular and army crawling, depending on what clothes she is wearing. If her pants are slippery then she will army crawl so her knees don't slip. She spends a lot of time under our dining room table chewing on bits and pieces of things she finds under there. Who says we need a dog? ;)

She is also attempting to pull up on anything and everything she can get her hands on. Unfortunately for her, her hands and grip aren't quite strong enough to support her weight, so she slips and tumbles backward a lot. Fun times on our concrete floor. She also had a run in with the playroom swing about a week ago. That left a little bit of a mark on her forehead for a day or so. Poor baby. It is hard being the littlest in a group of rambunctious toddlers & preschoolers. But she is always game for more play. She follows her siblings everywhere & loves it when they pay attention to her. She ADORES them!

Cora is eating her solids very well. She doesn't love purees, but does loves spitting them all over me. She much prefers to feed herself anything she can (hence her forays under the dining room table. I have a feeling we will be quickly moving on to exclusive finger foods for Miss Cora.

She used to be quite the angel when out of the house. However, she recently, really dislikes being strapped into her car seat. She likes to be on the move or in mommy's arms. It doesn't take long for her to start squeaking if she isn't allowed to do what she wants. She also has a stranger aversion, we call it her "stranger danger". She cries whenever anyone stops to smile at her and tell her how pretty she is, or if anyone even looks at her too closely. It is kind of ridiculous, because then they feel awful for making the baby cry & start to apologize, which then leaves me trying to explain that they didn't do anything wrong, and that she is just going through a phase where she is scared of any other people, especially when mommy isn't holding her. Sigh. Cora is quickly becoming my most difficult child when out of the house.

Cora is really starting to show her spunk, and I think that she will be giving her sisters a run for their money very soon.