Fingerprints of Christ: Anna at 7 Months

Things About Anna at 7 Months:

-Anna enjoys being bounced on a adult's knee... flapping her arms and legs furiously, with a serious and intense look of concentration on her face.

-Anna has seemed to be recognizing familiar faces (family members, etc) for a while, but now she is starting to get excited to see people--smiling, squealing and laughing.

-Anna has now re-discovered her tongue and lips. She likes to stick her tongue out often, and as far as she possibly can-- when she's laughing, when she's crying, when she's "talking", etc. This is resulting in a lot more drool. She also enjoys slurping and sucking on her lips, and also sucking on her own tongue, if that's even possible.

-Anna now likes frozen teething toys, and is getting better at grasping them.

-Anna's decided in the last 2 weeks that she will no longer eat from a bottle (which is how she's been eating on Tuesdays for 4 months). This has been hard on her and her Grandma both, as you might suspect. I've been trying to work with her to take a bottle also, without success thus far... any suggestions?

-Anna is enjoying trying new foods (that we mix in with her baby cereal)... pureed mango seems to be her new favorite.

-Anna is very interested in whatever is behind her-- no matter which way is facing, she thinks she is missing something in back of her, and is always craning her head around to see whatever that is . One challenge caused by this is when changing her diaper, because she is always twisting to try to get the things behind/ above her head. She has therefore been given the job of holding the wet wipes package during diaper changes, to keep her occupied ;)

-Anna's becoming increasingly interested in her surroundings. This time trying to take her "7 month old" picture next to the same bear and sign, was a bit more challenging due to her developing awareness of her surroundings. Anna was very interested in feeling the bear and grabbing the sign.