7 Months

Avery is growing up so fast... it's hard to believe he is already 7 months.

We started swimming lessons yesterday, and although he didn't hate it, I can't say he loved it either. We started the lesson off with some songs and then we tried blowing bubbles in the water. We finished off the day with some basic swim poses. Avery seemed to have fun putting his face in the water and splashing around. I can't say that this is what I had imagined Avery's first taste of water to be... he probably drank about half a cup from the pool! I guess it was inevitable!



Avery has found a new activity for his amusement - he loves to pull himself in a standing position. It shocked me the first time Avery did it, I ran out of the house trying to catch Pat(who was on his was to soccer), so he could see. Avery sits on my leg and just pulls himself up. He doesn't even need to grab onto me! It is almost difficult to have him sit still - Avery just does it over and over again.



He has also been shimmying on the ground, BACKWARDS. I don't want to call it crawling because I don't think he is necessarily doing it on purpose... but its fun to watch nonetheless.



We've been keeping busy, even in the bitter cold. Today we enjoyed our weekly visit from Nanny and Oopa. They are really getting a kick out of feeding our hungry man. Avery sure lets Nanny know when she isn't giving him the spoon fast enough. It finally feels like Avery is finishing what seemed to be a month long growth spurt.