Seven months

    Technically Rockwell is eight months now, but these pictures were taken a month ago at seven months. You can still see a bit of the rash that he has been dealing with in these pictures. Three trips to the pediatritian, one to a dermatologist, creams, antibiotics, ointments etc. and it is finally almost gone, poor thing. 

     Rockwell was army crawled around the house from 6-8 months but has now decided that hands and knees are more effective and is using a true crawling motion. He likes to pull up on furniture, climb up and down stairs and use his mouth as a third hand to give himself a boost. He is cheery, loves to eat, turns when you say his name, and has begun to show readiness for baby signs by waving and mimicking the sign for "all done". He is probably old enough that he should go to sleep on his own but he is such a dream to rock to sleep that we still hold him whenever he needs to be put to bed.  In a house full of cute things, he has the spotlight.