7 Months!

B is 7 months old!  I couldn't choose just one picture from this month.  So to recap month 6…Todd and I went on our first trip away.  We went to Chicago for 4 days to celebrate my 30th birthday and my mom and sister came down to stay with Brooks.  I was so so nervous about leaving him but we ended up having a really good time and he did great while we were away!  I was able to pump enough in the weeks before we left so he had plenty of bottles and he was also eating solids twice a day.  He was mostly with me this month because I had some time off from work but for the last two weeks I had my speech camp so my friend Hallie watched him for me at the house.  He did great for her too.

We have been having lots of fun now that I am able to be home.  We go swimming at our friends pool down the street…

We "fingerpaint"…

and play with water

We practice our football skills…

It's so much fun!

Health stats:

We went to the doctor this month and B got his last round of shots for awhile.  He only got two this time so it wasn't bad at all…I didn't even have to give him any Tylenol.  The dr. said that he looks like he is right on track!

Sleep: Umm…who really knows?!  He was still sleeping great before we left for Chicago but when we got back it was a nightmare.  He sometimes would nap really well for the babysitter and sometimes would sleep for 5 minutes.  At this point he is going to sleep pretty well at night but he usually wakes up around 430 or 5 to eat.

Clothes:  He is in 6-9 or 6-12 or 9 mos clothes right now (depending on which store) and size 3 diapers.

Milestones: He is not crawling yet but he gets up on his hands and knees and rocks back and forth and is still doing the backwards crawl.  He sits in a highchair now when we go out to eat and he gets to ride shotgun at the grocery store and Target.  He is eating a lot more food now and he also has two teeth!

(tried to get a pic of the teeth)

He can hold his own bottle…

He is sitting up really well...

and he celebrated his first 4th of July!

Likes:  He likes looking at books, boat rides, and swimming.  So far we have tried butternut squash, peas, carrots, avocado, bananas, prunes, oatmeal, eggs, pears, blueberries, pineapple, peaches, apples, and I'm sure some other things that I forgot. He likes almost everything except the apples and the eggs.  He also loves his sippy cup now with ice water in it.

Dislikes:  ?!? Nothing really…he is pretty easygoing and likes to go everywhere and check things out.