7 Months Old!!!

7 months old already! This last month has been a pretty big one for Miss Ellison. Besides learning to sit on her own and starting swimming lessons, Ellison has gotten even more mobile in the past few weeks. She is now army crawling all around and can move pretty quick! She doesn't stay still for long (not even long enough for a diaper change).  She has really become quite the little explorer! She is a very determined little girl and when she sees something she wants, she will be off like a shot to get it. Besides tags, electronics and cords/strings of any kind, which she has been going after for awhile, she now really likes to try and get plates and cups. If we eat in the living room, she will go for them as soon as they get set down. Or even while we are still eating...

Mmm...tacos!

She loves the diaper and wipe holder...

More exploring...

Look Mom! I made it into the kitchen for the first time!!!

Then I tried to barricade her out of the kitchen...didn't work so well.

Ellison also has her first (and possibly also second) tooth coming in! She bit my toe one morning while I was pumping, and I felt something sharp. I looked in her mouth and there it was! Thinking back she had been a little crankier than usual the few days before, but nothing that really made us suspect there was a tooth coming in. She had actually been much LESS drooly than she was a few months ago, so it was a surprise!

Chewing, because I have a TOOTH!

Ells has been more vocal over the past few weeks as well. She has always liked to hear her voice, but now it has become more repetitive syllables than just squeals and noises. She says "babababa" and also something that sounds like "mama"! I wouldn't really say she has said her first word quite yet, but I think she is getting close.

Probably texting someone...with her "smart phone"

We have had two swimming lessons so far and Ellison seems to like them! I wasn't sure she would when I realized how cold the pool was, but she didn't seem to notice. The first day she kicked her feet but held her arms up out of the water, but this week she sort of splashed her arms around too. She really likes to take baths and totally soaks everything around her when she gets one, so I guess I'm not too surprised she likes the pool too!

We got the link for Ellison's professional 6 months pictures and they are amazing!!! I want to make wallpaper for our entire house with them, that's how much I love them. As soon as we place our order and get the CD, I will post some of them. If you can't wait that long, let me know and I will send you the link and password!

We have been having lots of fun in the past few weeks! Most recently, Ellison has seen parts of her first few Packer games, gone swimming in Grandpa Jay's pool for the first time, had a play date in the park with some other baby girls, been to a wedding reception down by the lake, and this weekend we went to Cedarburg Wine & Harvest Festival. It's awesome that the weather is still so nice...we were kind of stuck inside for a lot of summer because it was too hot to take her out (and we were told no sunscreen until 6 months old!), so we are finally getting some outside time! I'm really looking forward to fall. I love football season, cute fall clothes, pumpkin farms, Halloween, and Thanksgiving!!!

Little Packer Backer!

Park playdate with Ava and Evelyn

Cedarburg Wine and Harvest Festival

Boats made out of giant pumpkins - so funny to watch! I loved it!!!

The past 7 months have just been awesome! Jay and I are so lucky and blessed! Ellison is such a good, happy baby (except, apparently, at daycare, which makes me so sad I can't even write about it!). She is definitely a little monkey, and I think we are really going to have our hands full when she starts REALLY crawling and walking, but she is so much fun!!! She makes me smile and laugh more than I ever have in my life. I really could not have asked for a more wonderful little girl!!! In the past month she has grown up so much and learned so many awesome new things...I can't wait to see what she does next. Every month is more fun than the one before!

Wedding reception outfit!

Ellison's puppies, Violet and Kevin