On The Balance: 7 Months Old!

Mitchell's 7 months old today and I just want to give a quick summary of what he's up to lately.

UP being the operative word. He loves to pull/push up on anything (even if it's not really an appropriate resource). The other day he tried to use another child at his daycare to push up on, which clearly didn't go well when the other child started to crawl away! Luckily he's also a good faller, so when he takes a tumble he takes it in stride and keeps right on going.

Actually he doesn't fall that often. My mom and I were marveling this past weekend about what good balance he has. He is able to raise and lower himself really well. This helps because, like in the picture above, he usually has a toy in one hand that he is usually also trying to hang onto!

Here he is standing up in his crib (I mentioned this last month but never posted):

He loves to greet us in the mornings standing up. If we happen to go in and he's sitting down (or heaven forbid, actually laying down IN BED), he scrambles to get himself over to the rails so he can get up and then reaches up for us to get him out. It's about the cutest thing you've ever seen. I hope to get it on video one of these days, but things never seem to go quite the same way when a camera is involved.

He is really loving being able to crawl around and explore more of the house. This box provided endless amusement recently, especially since the flaps could be opened and closed repeatedly. :)

He has lots of nicknames: Turkey Legs, Moose, Mitsul, etc, but my new one for him is Bam Bam. He takes great delight in making as much noise as possible, whenever possible. We have concrete floors on the main floor of our house, and he loves to crawl to the edge of our rugs and bang whatever he's got in his hands on the bare floors. It truly fills him with glee. I've said it before, but he's all boy. He'll occasionally bang himself in the face during this activity, but it rarely phases him.

He's just so busy in general, and a very happy child 95% of the time. Even when he's not feeling well, or he's tired from not taking a nap, he still has an adorable grin on his face. He's not yet exhibited any signs of separation anxiety, which I'm still very thankful for. He's all grins when I leave him at daycare in the morning and many days I'll stay a few minutes after I've left the room and just watch him playing through the window. He's always moving and he just has the best time. We're so lucky have such a sweet, good-natured child and we love watching him explore the big world out there!

Here's a few pictures from playtime last weekend: