Raising Superheros: Gabriel: 7 Months

7 months? Time needs to slow down! Once again I nearly missed getting these done. It's 5 days before he is 8months, but I made it! That huge smile is pretty much what you see all day every day from this little man. I have been really blessed to have such a happy third baby. With having to care for two other kids he sometimes has to wait for attention, but he doesn't mind. He is fine playing on his own on the floor or in his exersaucer and smiling at us as we pass by. If he gets tired of being ignored he will let you know it, but he's back to happy as long as he gets some attention. I think it comes with the territory of being the third child. More laid back and go with the flow. This month he started eating what we refer to as his cookies. They are really called rice rusks, but who wants to call them that? That sounds gross! A rusk, what is that? Sounds like husk to me and that is not appetizing. If he even sees the package of cookies he screams and starts to happy dance for them. He is also enjoying eating puffies. He hasn't quite figured out the whole picking them up and getting them into his mouth thing, but he's working on it. He ends up getting a fist full and sucks on his fist attempting to get them out to no avail. We are waiting on him to start crawling or something, but he has ZERO desire to do that! He is very happy to just lay on the floor rolling about and standing in his exersaucer watching the world go by. Sitting up isn't even on the list of strong desires. He will sit on his own for a moment or two and then throw himself back, on purpose, so he can lay down and play. He's such a slacker! You'd think he'd be trying to catch up with his brothers. Maybe he knows he's safer not getting up with them. None of my boys have been in a hurry to do anything, so he's par for the course in this family! He continues to be a little charmer and has the ability to make anyone and everyone melt into a puddle around him.