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Charlie turned 7 months on Tuesday.  It's hard to believe how quickly the months are passing and how quickly Charlie is growing. I'm 7 months old  It was another great month, and Charlie hit some fun milestones.  He started sitting, just after he turned 6 months, then started getting up on all 4's and rocking.  He can move well in a circle, and can manage to scoot backwards, but still hasn't figured out how to move forward, and it's making him mad.  Instead of working on it, he has decided he just wants to stand, and if we are holding him, jump. He still smiles and laughs all the time, and doesn't like to sit still.  I think in the past month, I've changed more diapers, and put more clothes on upside down than right side up! Look at me now! He is talking more - mostly in the form of grunts, but occasionally "da" and "ba".  He also started giving kisses.  The cute, baby, open mouth kisses, it's the ...

Another month has come and gone.  Sydney turned 7 months on January 9th.  The older I get, the quicker time goes.  I just learned that when the work day was established, it was decided that people would work 8 hours, sleep 8 hours and have 8 hours to themselves.  I'm happy to report that I am getting my 8 hours of sleep, and I'm definitely working 8 hours but it's those last 8 hours that seems to go by way too quickly.   This was a busy month.  There was a lot to celebrate: Hanukkah, Christmas and Brian's 33rd Birthday.  And, we also hit a number of new milestones.  First solid foods, started rolling from belly to back (finally), started rolling around her play mat and started waving.  At first it was a frantic full arm wave, but she has refined it a bit.  Her daycare calls it a "princess wave".  She also started saying "ma maa ma"(although I love it, she has no idea what it means), started sleeping on her belly and sort of sta...