An Explosion of Firsts

This past week Audrey has had a ton of firsts. She started off the week by giving me a high five when I'd put my hand up and say, "high five". So cute! :) She also managed to master feeding herself cheerios. Yay! On Tuesday, she mastered drinking out of her sippy cup by herself. Since she's never had a bottle before, I think it's pretty impressive that she's mastered this in only a couple of weeks. And she's pretty proud of herself as well... And most importantly, she started chanting "mama" Friday morning at breakfast. So cute! I was finally able to get it on video by the end of the day. As you can tell "mama" is morphing into other sounds as well. She has no clue what "mama" means, but it's still music to my ears! :)

I took Audrey to the doctor on Monday and the nurse was so impressed that she could sit up by herself. I don't think it's super surprising for a 7-month old to sit up unassisted and Audrey's been sitting up unassisted since she was 6 months old. Anyways, the nurse commented that she was going to be an early crawler and would be walking before she turns 1. I told her I hoped not! :) I don't know if she understood why I'm not all that anxious for my baby to be mobile early. I guess it has something to do with plane rides planned in the next couple of months... We all know how tricky plane rides become once little ones become mobile and they aren't quite old enough to be reasoned with! :)