Porter at 7 months

Today Porter is 7 months old! Here are some things about Porter at 7 months:

• This kid is MOBILE. He has been crawling for a month now and he is FAST. As in, turn your back and he sneaks up on you like a ninja kind of fast.

• In addition to the crawling, he's climbing. He can easily climb atop Maren's trampoline (a small exercise version), where he likes to bounce on his hands and knees. He can get down by himself, but it's more of a tumble than a controlled dismount.
• He can also pull up on the stairs. Just last night, The Mister found Porter completely atop the first stair, wailing because he was stuck. It will be only a matter of time before he attempts the stairs again in earnest.

• Porter has started eating baby foods. He's getting better at actually keeping the food in his mouth instead of pushing it out with his tongue. Mommy & Daddy are happy because now it won't take 30 minutes to feed him 1/3 cup of food.
• Porter is in the 45th percentile for his weight and the 75th percentile for his height. We grow 'em tall and skinny around here! He is very strong, though.

•  Porter still wakes up once at night to eat, somewhere between 4:00 and 5:00 am, which makes it really tough for Mommy to get up in the mornings after she goes back to sleep. The doctor said that Porter is big enough that we can try to break him of this habit but I'm not looking forward to letting him cry it out at 4:35 in the morning. Ugh.

• The majority of the time he wants to be down on the floor, exploring and crawling around. He's not a fan of being held or contained, unless he's tired or hungry.

•  Porter is still a happy, pleasant little boy. He smiles and laughs readily and is a joy!