7 1/2 months

Been busy busy. Finn is doing great. He's had his top teeth for a while now. He had a great time camping, loved watching Oliver and Amanda play all over a big rock beside our tents, while Julia ate bucketfull's of black dirt by the shovel full. He's really solid sitting, and is starting to get frustrated enough to be motivated to learn some means of moving himself, he reaches way forwards from sitting until he's practically bowing, Francesca said he has rocked forwards into the crawl position a few times. I think he's starting to figure out some kind of miniscule levitation by bouncing while he sits, so soon I expect him to be able to do that baby ninja trick of moving across a room without being able to crawl. He loves gadgets, any time I reach for my cell phone, or electic toothbrush he starts jumping in excitement. He really loves music, he gets really excited when we reach up to turn on the radio. He did really great going to San Diego, was a little worried about the bumps during take off and landing. But did great being in a strange place with lots of people he didn't know so well. He did have a huge melt down on the way to Abuelo's but that was just because of the disturbed sleep schedule and because it was a long drive when he wanted to be picked up. Didn't really have any stranger anxiety, which was great for meeting Abuelo & Tio Anthony for the first time. Fun to introduce him to Granny, watch them staring into each other's eyes across the lifetime gap. The kids sure brightened a lot of faces at Granny's place. He still thinks lots of things are funny, like when toy's roll away from him. He's been really getting into food, Francesca strips him down before he eats, which is good because it goes everywhere (back of his head?) His favorite right now is watermelon rind, which he keeps holding aloft triumphantly like an olympic torch, he gets really upset when it slips out of his grip and reach, just like when a toy is taken away from him. He also likes avocado and banana a lot, and really prefers to feed himself, not interested in puree's. He likes bath's now, they are no longer scary, he went into the pool for the first time, but I missed it since I was trying to keep Oliver alive as he fearlessly leapt in to above his head over and over. Time's just flying by.