7 Months!!

Well, I haven't gotten an official "7 Months" picture yet because 7 months came in with a bang! It started out with Kaia getting the stomach flu. 4 days later, on Wednesday, Josh and Kinley got it. Meanwhile, I had a terrible cold. That night and the next day we got our 1st blizzard, which kept us snowed in. During this time Kinley ended up with the stomach flu, the cold, and a high fever. Then we lost power for 3 1/2 hours, just as it was getting dark. Being snowed in, with no power and a sick baby, was no fun!! She finally got over the flu and fever, but the cold has taken a turn for the worse. And I have it too, so the last few days have not been fun! We did have a great Christmas, however, and Miss Kinley loved the bows, paper, and her toys. I think Kaia loves them even more because I have to keep reminding her to let Kinley play with them!! Despite being sick, Kinley is on the move. Right now she is not quite 7 1/2 months. She army crawls everywhere, and pretty quickly. She follows me into the kitchen saying "Mama Mama". She can go on her knees and also sometimes does the bear crawl on her toes. She is pulling up on everything and always wants to be on her feet. If I try to sit her down she locks her legs so she can stand. She is also crawling up stairs...a feat she has mastered the last couple days. We have 3 stairs to the landing and she can race up those no problem. Yesterday she did the rest...that's 11 stairs...by herself! As you can see from the picture, she also loves to pull herself up on the dishwasher. She's so proud of herself! She also gives high-fives, "loves", and sticks her hand out like a wave. She babbles a lot but her only real word is mama/mom mom. She understands the few signs we've done so far...her favorite is "all done"...she gets a big smile at that one! Kaia is still her favorite person, second only to Mama. Kinley will go to other people and be fine, but if she sees Mama then the waterworks begin! She has a constant smile on her face and it's a joy to see her changing every day!!