7 months old!!!

It's incredible how one month can complicate things. Jacob has first learned how to sit up by himself and then he went from soldier crawling to actually crawling on his hands and knees. He has officially taken off! He also pulls himself up to a standing position all the time now. Scottie and I are on constant guard, although we know that he is not going to grow up without a few bumps and bruises. Aside from his incredible strength and drive to be mobile, he has been very vocal. Nowadays, he calls everything "ada." He says "mama", "dada", "ba", and "t" randomly throughout the day. Jacob is a happy and curious kid. He laughs, giggles, and smiles all the time. He has been making the smooch noises by smacking his lips. He follows the cat and the dog and is delighted when they sniff him or when he pets them by pulling out their fur (they are very tolerant animals I might add). He enjoys play time. One of his favorite Christmas toys has been the ball popper. He usually screams with delight and then pushes the big red button to start the toy. He also puts the balls in the opening after they pop out of the toy. We have been playing with star stacker and he is becoming a lot better at stacking. He enjoys crashing a block tower and chewing on the blocks, of course. Jacob explores everything through his mouth. We play the hat game, patty cake, trot trot, and peek a boo (one of his favorites). Jacob enjoys being with his friends and is very inquisitive about them. He is always interested in the toys that they are playing with and does not know how to share, yet. Jacob still enjoys bath time, witaminki time, and lots and lots of cuddles. We have started to give him solids and thus far he loves bananas (but they make him super constipated), likes apples, dislikes jar carrots and jar sweet potato. He can drink from a sippy cup all by himself (such a big boy!). In terms of his daily schedule. Well, we have different adventures everyday, whether they are big or small. We don't have a strict schedule that we go by. We visit friends, go shopping, go to Grandma and Grandpas, visit Gram, go for walks (when its not too cold out). We are so proud of him and proud to be his parents.