7 Months, etc.

So I neglected to take a 7 month picture of Calvin, so these will have to suffice. Above is what I wanted to be on our Christmas cards, but Cal didn't exactly cooperate, nor did I get cards made and sent out, so this is it!

Many thanks to Grandma Lori for watching Mitch while Cal and I were in California for Thanksgiving, and for staying an extra few days to see us and help me re-sleep train Calvin. (Thanksgiving in CA was wonderful, but I have no pics- sorry!)

Calvin dressed to the nines for church in an outfit from Grandma Shafer.

And all dressed up for a cold Cal football game, thanks to Grandpa Shafer!

A quick review of Calvin from the last month: he's learning to sit up, though he doesn't particularly enjoy practicing; his "tooth" decided it wasn't ready to come in after all and has decided to recede back down into his gums; he loves to babble- bababababa, and today he figured out how to make a high-pitched whining noise that is the most annoying sound I think I've heard; he's beginning to eat much better- he even expressed visible excitement about a meal the other day- shocking; if he's in the mood, he'll roll around on the floor so much that it's only the furniture or walls that are stopping him- I put him down and come back two minutes later and he's 10 feet away; he's starting to scoot a little bit more to get toys (favorites are keys and a wooden circle rattle).

Calvin makes me laugh many times each day, and I can't believe how fast he's changing. I love how ready to smile he always is, and that I can look at his face and see his daddy more and more every day.