Josh at 7 1/2 months

Is eating baby cereal and baby food, but not as much as I thought he would be.
Still has just the two teeth on the bottom.
Has learned to drink water from a straw (not a sippy cup, just a regular straw in a regular cup)
Loves his walker. He can really move around in that thing!
"Crawls" around on the floor like crazy, but it's still more of an army crawl, not up on his hands and knees.
Says "da da, da da, da da da" - not sure if he know's that it means "daddy" or not!
Has a love-hate relationship with Bones - he likes to crawl over and touch Bones' paw, but Bones doesn't like it at all. Bones just likes to sniff his bottom.
Likes to get up once or twice in the middle of the night for a nighttime snack. This is NOT progress - he was sleeping through the night from about 3 to 5 months.
Can sit up by himself, but still topples over occasionally.
Loves to play with paper (mostly loves to crumple it up and tear it).
Likes to bang on the computer keyboard when he's sitting on my lap at the desk.
Likes to watch and listen to country music videos on CMT when he's in the Jumperoo.
Likes all of the baby food we've given him so far - peas, carrots, sweet potatoes, applesauce, pears.
Likes "big people" food too - Daddy has given him sliced American cheese and Lucky Charms, just to name a couple!
Can't fit his feet into size 6 - 12 month shoes. We got him a pair of size 6 shoes from Old Navy and they fit, but they look kind of big.
Can stand up on the floor and hold onto the edge of the couch or stand on the couch and lean on the back of the sofa cushions, but just for a minute.
Laughs like crazy when you tickle him.
Is starting to do things that require Mommy and Daddy to say say "No!" (like trying to get into the trash can).
Went to see Santa at Firewheel Town Center Mall. Had his picture taken with Santa and got a coloring book and a glow in the dark necklace.
Is starting to know when someone is holding him and it's not Mommy or Daddy.