Addison, while your mum, dad, and auntie were all out celebrating the new year of 2010, respectively, you and I stayed inside and played piano. You have discovered the keyboard and delight in pounding on it. Your mother called in frequently to check on you. I don’t think she felt uncomfortable being out and about without you so late. (I felt the very same way when your mum was born, and it was her first New Year’s Eve.)

Your mother ended up coming home earlier. You and I were asleep in your room. Your mum sent me away and watched the New Year’s Eve ball drop on TV.

She kissed you as the one precious person to bring in the New Year’s with.

Then she went to sleep as well.

Oh my! This was so exciting to see. Your mum, grammacat, and aunt Rachael were all witness to it–long before anyone else noticed! 😉 You are now crawling everywhere. You do double-parking, reverse backup and acceleration. And it seems that it happened in the blink of an eye! [pictures forthcoming].

If you go into the middle room of our house on any given day, you’ll know that the Clothes Burglar as struck again.

Addison, you are quite adept in your walker these days. Everything that is within your reach includes the clothes on the shelves beneath your changing table, the wire stacked sliding baskets where your gramma cat’s clothes are kept, and the laundry basket. Evidence of the Burglar is irrefutable when we walk into the room and see you with all of the baskets pulled out and a trail of clothes that lead under your walker, with clothes strewn in every conceivable cranny of your walker.

Oh yes, and you are usually chewing on a sock or shirt, etc.

You are one curious babe.

The Clothes Burglar!

The clothes buglar, oh no!

Dear Addison,

At 7 months, you now have 2 wee teeth coming in your bottom gums.

Also, you are no longer a “baby blob”. You have a distinct personality. You get frustrated when someone takes something from you and voice that with a hearty “wahaa!”. 🙂

You are now VERY mobile in your walker and we have to get out of your way, lest we get our toes pinched.

In the picture below, you and your Aunt Rachael are discussing the variable dynamics in the formation of a world Amazonian government. Very intriguing. 🙂

Addison, we were all very excited to learn about your first tooth. We would never have known about it if it weren’t by accident; you don’t display any of the fussy symptoms. You are your usual happy playful self. Your mum has remarked more than once, “I hope she keeps this happy disposition”. I think you will. You really are the most pleasant baby to be around. While your mother and your aunt were never “fussy” babies, perhaps they were above average in temperament, they weren’t as easy-going as you. Ok, enough gramma-cat gushing on that point. 🙂

Also, your hair seems to have grown quite a bit in the past week. Looks like it will come in as a dark golden blond. Your mother loves to observe every aspect of you, including how your hair has become tussled and fuzzy when you wake up in the morning.

You continue to grow in intellect as well. You have made the connection that you can create noises! You bang happily on the highchair. I encourage you to do so and you slap away with glee! You especially like the piano toy that is at your poppy’s house. You could very well possibly be a musician! Keyboards? Drums? Maybe both! 🙂

Your main source of food now is solids (including organic baby food), with heavy doses of formula still supplemented. The other day, you ate an entire banana.

Brawn? You now grasp anything within reach and if you can’t reach something that you’ve spotted, you’ll make a valiant attempt to crawl to it. Gramma-cat plays the game of blowing raspberries on your tummy. The trick to it, is to do it fast enough before you grab my hair with both fists in your iron grasp! All the while giggling.