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There have been a lot of developments and changes in month 7. Emily is now up on all fours and crawling around the house getting into everything. She is crawling from one room to the next with ease and occasionally without detection. I try to steer her away from things that are potentially harmful, but it is fun to watch her make decisions on her own about where she wants to go next. Lately she crawls to anything that she can pull herself up on like coffee tables, sofas, chairs, baskets, window ledges and my least favorite - garbage cans. She has figured out how to pull up on just about everything but she has not yet figured out how to take any steps once she is up there. Hopefully we have some time before that happens because I am still getting used to the crawling.

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Emily has started pulling herself up. She does it all day long, on anything she can get her hands on. From what I've heard, it is relatively early for her to be pulling up - she is not yet 7 months! Earlier I was typing an email and all of a sudden her little head popped up over the chair. Ha! She has also just graduated from an army crawl to a traditional crawl. We have a lot of baby proofing to do!

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We just got back from our second trip to the farm with Emily. This time around Emily was able to get out a lot more and the weather was perfect. The guys spent quite a bit of time hunting and my mom, Emily and I went on lots of walks and spent a lot of time watching Emily master her new and improved crawl. Thanks for a great weekend Mom and Dad. We are looking forward to our trip this Christmas!

Here are a few pics I meant to post a few days ago. Emily is taking her morning nap right now, but I will post a new pic later today.

The picture of Emily reading her book at the grocery store was not staged. I handed her the book to hold onto and she opened it and was looking at it while we strolled through HEB. A lady stopped us to comment and coo over Emily. I'm sure Emily was thinking, "ummm excuse me lady, but can't you see that I am busy reading Five Silly Monkeys!"

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Check out my new swing!

We've been enjoying the weather all morning. Stroller Fit class was at Bendwood Park today and Emily smiled the whole time we were there. I think she appreciates the weather just as much as the rest of us. When we got home I decided it was a perfect day to try out some bubbles. I was hoping Emily would like them - but it appears that Mella likes bubbles too!