Well, Cooper is 7 and a half months now. I cannot believe how fast time has gone by! It just seems like yesterday that we were bringing the little munchkin home from the hospital. Now he is going through about 6 jars of baby food a day, and he is wiggling and baby-talking up a storm. Staying still and quiet is just not an option anymore. He is always wanting to stand up, and he is constantly trying to climb up from a sitting position whether he is in somebody's lap or sitting on the floor. Because of all that wiggle-worming around, he got his first bo-bo a couple of weeks ago. We had him sitting on the couch playing with his toys, and then all of a sudden he was on the floor, face down. Luckily, he landed on a blanket, but his head hit the laminate flooring. You can see the red bump on his head in the picture above. As you can see, he didn't cry for very long, and he was all smiles after a while. And, I didn't even freak out and demand we take him to the hospital to check for a concussion! Well....I did think about it, but since he seemed all right just a little while later, I suppressed the urge. So, I think I handled his first injury pretty good!
The other big news is that I swear he said his first real word today. We were all eating out with Greg's family and he started saying bye-bye and waving his arm. We have been working on it for a long time, and I think he finally understood it. We would say bye-bye to him, and he would say it back! He did it several times, so I think we are going to count it as his official first word. The only problem is now we can't get him to STOP saying it! It is really cute.
As for crawling, it is still a work in progress. He gets up on his hands and knees and rocks. He thinks about it real hard, but then he lays on his tummy after a while and that is about it. It won't be long though. He has come a long way.
