7 months

So, I realize this is about 10 days late, but better late than never! 

Rudy is seven months old now and getting more and more fun by the minute.  He is starting to scoot (only about a foot and a half), and can roll just about anywhere he wants to go.  His favorite toys are straws and plastic spoons, and he loves to play with Murphy's red bone.  Usually when he grabs a new toy he holds it as far into the air as he can, looks at it, and starts talking to it, like it's a magic wand.  He is starting to push himself up onto his hands and knees.  Once he gets there he rocks back and forth but doesn't quite know what to do next.  He is constantly babbling and sometimes he says things like "oh boy" on accident.  He makes really loud squeals and sucks in air really loudly when he is really happy.  We call it his "dinosaur growl".  He still doesn't quite know what to do with baby food.  He refuses to open his mouth for it and immediately clamps down on the spoon if I do by chance slip it into his mouth.  His favorite pastime is playing on the floor with all of his toys, something that he couldn't stand until recently.  He is wearing 6-9 month and 6-12 month clothes and a size 3 diaper.  We aren't quite sure how much he weighs since he didn't have a doctor's appt this month.  His bowels have finally slowed down and we are having much fewer diaper changes (Whew, what a relief!)  He recently started rolling over at night and sleeping on his stomach, so we had to break him of his swaddle this month.  We still swaddle his bottom half, but he officially sleeps with his arms free.  His sleeping patterns have been very back and forth, sleeping through the night for a couple of nights, and then waking up every 3 hours for the next few.  He doesn't have any teeth yet, but we think that there may be some on the way.  Rudy is such a funny boy.  He is almost always smiling and laughing and he is absolutely the joy of my days.