7 Months....and Happy New Year

So the little man is 7 months and growing like a weed.  He is babbling more now, and it almost sounds like talking.  He has gotten really good and "dadadadada" which my husband LOVES of course.  I keep telling him that it doesn't count as a word until he MEANS it.  Anyhow, it is evidence that that mouth is going to start running nonstop very soon.  


He is starting to pick up speed with crawling.  He has figured out how to go from a seated position to laying on his belly, but he hasn't mastered the sitting back up yet.  I am sure that is in the days to come.  He can go about 4 solid knees before he topples, but I think he is just giving up.


He is 18 pounds now - which seems huge to me!  But I guess it is time to accept that he won't be a tiny little man forever.  Here is a current picture of my little angel.

In other news, it is 2012!!  HAPPY NEW YEAR!  We survived.....but I'm not really sure if the world is supposed to end at the beginning or the end of 2012, so maybe we have 12 more months.  I bought myself a new camera after Christmas and my New Year's resolution is to use it more than my first one.  I am pretty good about using it to document life, but my goal is to get better technically and learn to take more professional looking pictures.  I bought a Canon EOS 60D.  Here is a picture of it.

My goal is to teach myself rather than take any classes.  I will be sure to share the trials and tribulations of learning my new camera with you all.