Kaelia - 7 Months

Kaelia is now 7 months old and changing every day. She has continued to try new solid foods, eating some rice cereal mixed with a sweet fruit or veggie in both the morning and evening. Her favorite foods so far are butternut squash and bananas. And the food is certainly helping her grow as she is now 17.1 lbs., 26.8 inches long, and has a head circumference of 16.5 inches.

Kaelia has also been growing developmentally. She has mastered sitting up and will go from sitting to all fours. Crawling is just around the corner as she will now rock back and forth and then lunge forward and flop on her belly. And Kaelia can pull herself up to a stand now. She is so eager to get moving so she can follow her sister around. Kaelia also got her first tooth this month.

Her personality is shining more and more every day as well. She loves to be around people (especially Taelyn) and gets mad whenever we leave the room. And she gets very excited when people give her attention. Peek-a-boo is one of her favorite games; she particularly likes when we cover our faces for a long time so she can grab our hands herself. And she loves it when Justin bounces her on the bed and when I dance with her. We call her our little gorilla because she will often beat her fits on her chest and cry out when someone gets her excited. She is actually doing it right now as I write this blog! In general, though, Kaelia is very calm and easy-going.