JoElle is 7 months old

JoElle is 7 months old! She is crawling like a pro now (she started crawling 3 weeks ago). JoElle loves to pull up on everything and stand up in her crib and she loves to walk when we hold her hands. JoElle looks like a little gymnast the way she does the splits and bounces around; she can almost stand in the middle of the floor with no help from any objects around her! She has really strong legs (chubby too!)

Cousin Peyton was over today with Aunt Ana, Uncle Aaron, and Grandma. We went to Marquez Bakery and the kids ate tamales and Mexican cookies. They also loved the colorful pinatas! JoElle was crawling around after Peyton, who just learned to walk. Everywhere he went, she crawled after him! It was so cute! Grandma had JoElle giggling so loud in the car like we have never heard before!
Yesterday, we walked around the mall with Granny and Uncler Aaron. JoElle really liked to eat with me, nuggets and fries from Chick-Fil-A.

JoElle- 7 months old

Her top two teeth are in as well as her two bottom teeth. She loves to pick up graham crackers and put them in her mouth to eat. JoElle also loves to eat tomotatoes that we grow in the backyard and green beans. She wants to feed herself EVERYTHING so I have to sneak her spoonful of baby food in while she is opening her mouth for whatever she is feeding herself. On August 6, we went swimming at Uncle Aaron's apartment and JoElle ate barbeque. She really liked it, she was grabbing my plate for more. JoElle will eat anything really :)

She also ate with my friend Layla for Layla's birthday at Razoos downtown Ft. Worth in August, and after downing an entire (big) jar of baby food, she also scarfed down fried pickles, some ribs, a piece of toast, and some cajun fries. Like I said before, she can eat!! JoElle also enjoys tamales. Her favorite baby food is still sweet potatoes. But I think pink guava comes in a close second (along with green beans & turkey and apples & chicken) Ok so bananas are also yummy, as are apples & blueberries....our little piggy!!

Swimming at Peyton's

Today we went swimming at Uncle Aaron's apartment with cousin Peyton, Granmda, Aunt Ana, Uncle Dan, and of course Uncle Aaron. It was lots of fun. JoElle ate barbeque, it was yummy stuff. She loved it so much she was grabbing it off Mama's plate! Also, JoElle chomped on some banana puddin' (see the pics I got it all over my mouth!!)

JoElle learned to crawl this week! She just took off last Wednesday and she is also pulling up to stand in her crib and anywhere else. JoElle loves to laught at our neigbor Lanrdri, who is almost three. Last night, Landri was jumping for JoElle and she was laughing so hard, it was really cute. JoElle is still learning lots at daycare, she gets to go outside, ride in a wagon, she made her first art project a few weeks ago, she sings lots of songs, and reads books.

She is still sleeping through the night, even with her teeth bothering her and her nose stuffed up from allergies. We have been really blessed, she has been sleeping through the night since she was 2 1/2 months old! I think she will probably be walking pretty soon.

Crawling

6 months : JoElle started crawling and pulling up!
JoElle has been crawling since she was 6 months and 1 week old! On August 3rd she started to actually crawl all over the place! Before that, she could only go a few crawls forward, and before that, many crawls backwards!! JoElle was rocking back and forth on all fours at 4 months, it took her two months to get the confidence and strength, but once she did, she just took off! She crawls and crawls and never looks back!
JoElle aslso started to pulling up to stand in her crib and everywhere else the same day she learned how to crawl. She likes to walk when we hold her hands. She is ready to just go! After a little over a month of this, now she can stand up in a split second, especially when we come in to her room to get her out of her crib, she scrambles up quickly and grins at us through the rails!