Seven Months

Baby Joe after his first encounter
with mashed potatoes

Little Joe turned seven months last week and he's been making some great progress.  He recently started turning himself around on his stomach to face whichever direction he wants, along with fully pushing himself up with his arms.  It should be any day now when we see him starting to crawl off to get him where he wants to go.

He's also started becoming significantly more interested in interacting with the world around him.  For instance, he's started reaching out when he wants to be picked up and wants to pick up and either throw or eat just about everything he sees.  He also has started making speech-like sounds... 'mama', 'baba' and other sounds when he's alone or excited.