It's hard to believe that Eila is already two-thirds of a year old. Now, I think that Eila is around 18 pounds, but I have no real idea, other than she is heavy to carry around all the time. ?Fortunately?, Eila prefers to crawl or walk (holding someone's hands) most places.

She is starting to clap her hands. Mind you, it currently resembles a strange karate chop more than a clap, but it make some noise and is lots of fun.

Eila is beginning to cruise around the table and pull up on plants, TVs, speakers, couches, gates, cribs, even her carseat (when not strapped in).

Changing Eila's diapers are not such an easy task as she tries to roll and fight her way as far as possible from the scene.

She is eating a variety of fruits and vegetables: apricots, avocados, bananas, carrots, green beans, mangoes, nectarines, peas, peaches, plums, prunes, sweet potatoes, zucchini and of course, rice and oatmeal.

As for sleeping, something went wrong here - somehow almost every morning Eila wakes up in her parents bed... We could attribute this to the fact that for a few nights she would scream and scream - possibly from pain associated with teething.