Allison is 7 months old today!!

Today marks month 7 with Allison, bringing with it all the typical 7-month-old challenges...the pending emergence of a first tooth, the understandably frustrating feeling of being almost but not quite able to crawl, a couple minor colds and fevers, and the onset of separation anxiety.

So of course Allison must be a miserable mess, right?

The "official" 7-month photo:
A day at the beach:

In her play center:

Modeling Thanksgiving PJs (I say modeling because they were too small to actually be worn to bed):

Playing outside in the nice weather:

Yeah, she's pretty awesome.

There's a book almost every first-time parent buys called "The Happiest Baby on the Block" in which the author claims you can appease even the orneriest baby through a mix of shushing, sucking, swaddling, and a bunch of other s-words.

Brandon and I are going to rewrite it and pretty much tell everyone just to conceive Allison. I think we'll sell a few million copies and be able to retire early.

Anyway, at just past the half-a-year mark, our little girl is doing good. She's working on crawling, mastering grabbing for toys (and cell phones, earrings, food, remote controls, etc.), and doing a pretty good job eating solid foods...as long as they're fruits, not veggies.

Here are a few more cute Ally photos...she was SO fascinated by grass...pretty cute:

In any case, Happy 7 Months to our little lady - we couldn't love her more!