Mar 15-31 (Senja 7 mo)

Senja is now 7 months old.  She started crawling on March 15, her 7 month birthday (excellent timing to keep things easy to document in her baby book!).  That sure changed things around here.  She's not fast, but she can definitely get to where she wants to be, which to Cadel's dismay is usually directly to his favorite things.

Look at how nicely Cadel and Senja are playing together.  Don't be fooled!  Moments before this photo Cadel asked, "May I bonk Senja on the head with my wagon?".  Such a polite little fella, but, alas, the answer is "No, Cadel, you may not bonk Senja on the head with your wagon."

Senja in her car seat ready to go out.  Cadel makes sure she has plenty of toys for the outing.

Just to keep things interesting in our life, we moved.  We found a cute little rental house with a great yard in a nice neighborhood.  Cadel sands the pieces for a bookshelf we are making for him. 

 

Senja enjoys some attention from Justin on a beautiful spring day. 

Mar 1 - 14

Senja's main accomplishments at 6 1/2 months are eating and moving.  She started eating solid (mushy) foods, but "eating" is a bit of an exaggeration.  We consider it an accomplishment to get all of the food out of the bowl and in the vicinity of Senja's mouth (chin, nose, ears, hair, and high chair tray are all acceptable receptacles).  Those of you who have not fed a 6 month old in a while would be amazed at how far a mere tablespoon of mush can go (those of you with little ones know exactly how far).

Senja continues to practice her crawling position and is making forward movement by lunging herself forward onto her face.  Ah, the fun of watching her figure out that those little arms and legs belong to her.

 

Cadel has decided he is a Baby Sea Lion, Justin is Papa Sea Lion, Stacey is Mama Sea Lion, and Senja is a Very Little Baby Sea Lion.  Perhaps we are going to the zoo too often and should focus a little more on finding some people friends for him...

Other things of note:  Cadel celebrated his 2 and three-quarters birthday on March 7th and on the same day Stacey and Justin celebrated their 7th anniversary of the day they met.