7 Months!

Averie is another month older! I can't believe we're more than halfway to a year now. She is still wearing size 2 diapers and her 3 to 6 month sized clothes. If it it were still long pants weather, I think we would have moved onto 6 to 12 clothes already - her 3 to 6 month pants are perfect in the waist but are now too short! Luckily, it's getting into warmer weather (yay, shorts!) so pant length isn't as critical.

New accomplishments and "tricks":
Standing - She does not pull herself up yet but will stand for extended periods of time holding onto the furniture if we put her there. Still no real interest in crawling, but if she's anything like I was as a baby, she will skip right past crawling for the most part and go straight to walking.
Gargling - This is a funny one :).
High-pitched screaming - A not so funny one. There is no rhyme or reason to the screaming but we just hope she outgrows this very soon.
Wiggling her nose like a rabbit
Making kissy noises

Favorite toys (in order of preference):
Any paper that can be crumpled, torn to shreds or eaten (receipts and newspaper ads are preferred, LOL)
Fan remote
Empty water bottle
The ones we actually spent money on :)

We co-slept with Averie in our bed shortly after she started teething - it was just easier on all of us. At about 6 1/2 months, we decided it was time for her to move back to her crib. We hadn't planned to do so but we ended up going with the "cry it out" (CIO) method. The first night was definitely the hardest (total 30 minutes of crying) but it's been smooth sailing since. She is back to sleeping 11 hours straight through in her crib, and Chris and I are very happy to have her out of our bed!

Averie is a Daddy's girl through and through - her entire face just lights up as soon as she hears the key in the door that means Daddy is home!