A Month of Many Milestones

December was a BIG month for Louisa.

She celebrated her first Christmas.

Oh, it's lovely weather for a sleigh ride together with you

And her first New Year's Eve.  (Didn't make it to midnight, though.)

Fancy girl!

She was baptized!  At First Presbyterian Church in Lyons, NY.  The same church where her big sisters and Uncle Grant (and many other family members) were baptized, and where her Nonna and Pa (and many other family members) were married.

Beautiful baby

Enjoying her post-baptism party

She started sleeping without being swaddled.  And turned into a stomach-sleeper.

She started to wave!

She clapped for the first time.  (But doesn't do it very often yet.)

She added some variety to her diet (apples, bananas, carrots, and avocados) and started feeding herself finger foods (so far, just puffs).

She figured out how to get from her tummy to a seated position on her own.

She became increasingly mobile.  We hesitate to say that she's crawling, because her forward motion is infrequent, but she spins herself around and slides backwards with ease, and is all over the place already!

On the move?  Almost...

At seven months:

Louisa is learning new things on an almost-daily basis, and it's always great to see her latest trick.  This stage is so much fun!  We can't wait to see what she'll do next.