The Rancatore Review: Seven Months and Going!!

Well, Allie is now seven months and eight days old; but her seven month post is better late than never!!

After our adventure to the beloved Southland, we have been struggling to catch back up with everything around here. Once we got caught up with life, Joy got sick. Then, Tony got sick. And, here it is a week later, and we are starting to feel better. Thankfully, Allie has not gotten sick. What a blessing!!

Anyway, to catch everyone up on how our little miss is doing: She continues to crawl everywhere. She's getting into everything, of course, and loves to be outside. We're finally enjoying a beautiful sunshiney day today and hope to have one or two more before the temperatures delve back into the unbearable lows.

She pulled herself up to standing on Joy's birthday (April 1). She does it all the time now and has even taken one little step on a few separate occasions while holding on to something. She will be walking before long. When she wakes up from her naps now, she usually greets us sitting up in her crib with a big toothy smile on her face. Yesterday afternoon, we spent some time outside. Tony and Joy threw a football back and forth while Allie watched, mesmerized. Then, Joy picked her up and held her so she could practice kicking a soccer ball. And, she did very well--we may have a soccer player on our hands! She also loves to play with her basketball inside. She's learned to roll it to Joy sometimes.

Allie loves to pull herself up and peer into her toy basket when she isn't satisfied with the toys she already has. She knows what "no" means, but doesn't always choose to obey. Apparently, the computer cord and the trash can are very tempting items!

Here are a few pictures of Allie from the past few weeks. Enjoy!

She's growing, but she's still a little squirt.