7 months

Madison is so happy to be 7 months old, she woke up this past Saturday morning clapping, literally. We were so surprised and excited to see her do it! She looked like an old pro, like she had been practicing for quite awhile, but we had never seen her clap her hands before then. She proceeded to clap the entire weekend too. :) Now, if music is playing or we make her toys "do what they do", she starts clapping. It is just the cutest thing!

She is also becoming more and more active and getting a lot stronger. She wants anything and everything that is in her sight - especially things that you have that she shouldn't. Forget the toys. She is not crawling yet, but I think that is just around the corner. She will effortlessly go from her back, to her tummy to sitting up now though. She does get on her hands and knees and reach out for things, but when she gets them, she sits back down to play.

Madison LOVES daycare! She usually gets up pretty early with us in the mornings so by the time we are all ready to go, she is getting sleepy again and kind of cranky. She will usually take a 5-10 minute cat nap in the car on the way to school, but wakes up when we get in the classroom. As soon as she sees her teachers and her friends, she gets a huge grin on her face and starts shrieking with delight! She seems to really enjoy having the other babies to play with. It really makes it much easier to go to work knowing that she is happy there. She gives me lots of smiles and giggles when I get there to pick her up too, so it really doesn't get any better than that!