7 month birthday

At 7 months Rosa has become really engaging and fun. Here are some highlights:

• Sitting more sturdily (though still has a tendency to throw her head backwards for fun)
• Babbling (in particular "ba ba ba", though she has been caught saying what sounds like "oh yeah")
• Jumping: legs AND arms go nuts. Today I joked that if we put her on the ground she might take off like a cheetah)
• Independent moving: She isn't crawling yet, but if she has a destination in mind she will roll over, turn 90 degrees, and roll again to get closer.
  
• Pulling herself up to standing
  
• Facial expressions! She has this new look we like to call Le Tigre (see picture!). It's pretty ridiculous...ly cute. Though we have tried to limit our reaction so she doesn't do it allll the time
• Eating: She's diversified her palette to peas, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, pears, avocado, and of course banana.
  
• Sleeping: Rosa remains to be a pretty good napper but once we started solids she started waking up more often at night. Between that and then a recent "cold" that made her congested, sleep has been more interrupted. And as a result she's come back into bed with us for at least half the night. It's not always the most comfortable sleep, but I will say I do love having her close by. She's quite the cuddler!
• Separation anxiety? Rosa usually is quite comfortable with people holding her (sometimes complete strangers) but just recently she was showing early signs of separation anxiety, looking for Mom or Dad if someone else is holding her. But it might have just been crankiness from interrupted nap schedules. To be continued on this one.
• Teething: It feels like a tooth might be surfacing. She is even more aggressively gnawing on things and on occasion will leak like a faucet. Who knows how long it'll go on for!

Happy birthday baby.