Wednesday March the 2nd

It is amazing how much babies change.  Zeb sat up on his behind from being on his belly.  At seven months this is not amazing, but he had only been sitting up with no support for about a week.  I thought there would be more of a lag in between these milestones.  He also pulled himself up to standing from sitting using the bars from his crib and said "hi" and "moo".  All in one day!!!  I think he was showing off for his grandmother.

My mom came over in the morning and Clay and I went to town for supplies.  It was nice having a little time to ourselves. While we were gone my mother fed him graham crackers, applesauce, ritz crackers and cheetos.  This may not sound like a big deal but up until then he had just had mashed potatoes, beans, carrots and spaghetti.  He didn't have any kind of allergic reaction so I guess it's all right.  Anything goes with grandmother.  Now I just mash up whatever I'm eating.  Zeb's new diet also resulted in another milestone.  His first solid poop on the 3rd!! 
 
I don't know if his development lagged because we never put him down enough or what, but he's just growing and changing so fast now.  Two months ago he just sat there and made cooing sounds and did the occasional roll-over.  Now he can move from one side of his crib to the other without ever crawling.He does a lot of falling creatively.  On Grammy's birthday I was able to catch him on the camcorder crawling for the first time.  He had crawled backward and forward about a foot six weeks ago or so, but hadn't done it again.  I guess that time was a fluke, but I got all excited and called everyone to tell them and nothing since then.  I've learned he's good at making a liar out of me.  He still only says da-da consistently and has been doing that since Clay's birthday.  He'll accidentally say mama, but doesn't seem to connect it to me.  Clay will walk in the door or laugh and he'll just "da-da-da-da" and look right at him or say it and look around for Clay.  I'll admit I'm kind of jealous but apparently I'll hear mama enough in the coming years I'll be sick of it, but I still look forward to that first time.  Life is good can't wait to see what tomorrow brings.