Morgan Elizabeth Brown: 7 Months

Morgan is 7 months old today! Crazy, huh? There have been so many amazing little developments this month that I don't know where to start.

Milestones

Mobility - While Morgan isn't technically mobile yet she definitely is getting ready to crawl (pulling her knees up all on her own) and finds her own way of covering some distance. She is an expert at rolling to get places, spinning in a circle, and just recently pulling herself forward to move across the floor. Watch out! Daddy installed our first baby gate (at the top of the stairs) this past weekend.

Attention to Details - Nothing gets past Morgan. She has shown a huge interest in little details this month...Mommy's necklaces are no longer safe and barrettes have been ripped out. It is so neat to watch her lock-in her gaze on something and try to process it, and then reach out to explore it further (sometimes delicately, sometimes aggressively). She also notices small changes in her typical surroundings (i.e. a box in the hallway or a new item in her room). And any new sound her head whips around to figure it out.

How things Work - Morgan also seems to be starting to try to figure out how things work. For example, she is fascinated by the "magic rod" on the window blinds...somehow when you touch it, the room gets lighter or darker. And it has been fun watching her figure out her new toy (the classic/basic stacked color rings) throughout the month. First she just knocked them over, then she figured out lifting them off, and finally starting to put them back.

Communication - A huge communication improvement (for Mommy and Daddy at least), is replacing screaming with trilling her tongue to show frustration. You know, as if she was rolling her R's; she is going to be a natural at speaking Spanish. Morgan also started holding her arms out to get picked up and showing signs of knowing her name (whipping her head around when you say it as if to ask, "Yeah, so what do you want?"

Movement - We have also noticed Morgan has a fascination with inanimate objects that move (for example rolling a ball or spinning one of the colored rings). She just laughs and laughs.

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