Owen: 7 months

It's getting harder...

but here it is:

Our poor little guy has been pretty congested for the past 2 weeks, making sleep (for all of us!) hard to come by. He's still not a big fan of sleep (day nor night) when he's not congested though =(    Owen is now officially a "sitter" though he prefers to be holding someone's fingers and walking around the house. Along with being a sitter comes the joys of his first time sitting in a high chair at a restaurant and his first time sitting in a shopping cart. He's able to get up on his hands and knees and will rock back and forth. He usually gets frustrated at that point and hasn't figured out how to maneuver his hands/legs to be able to crawl. Owen has tried Cheerios now but hasn't quite figured out how to move them around in his mouth and has mixed success with getting them into his mouth. Another big development for Owen this month is that he's started saying repeated sounds: yaya and dada. His other favorite noise is a squeal. Owen is still in love with his big sister - when she comes in the room it never fails that his whole face lights up. His favorite toys are his activity table, little piano, "Jo Jo" giraffe (aka Sofie the Giraffe), blocks, and anything that he can put in his mouth. So far Owen prefers to eat books rather than listen to them. He's enjoyed being able to go outside when it's warm enough.