month 7

you, my darling child, are more than half a year old, now. whew. it's been a whirlwind. a beautiful, crazy, nonstop whirlwind.


at 7 months, you love baby mum mum's. they're a rice cracker that you love to feed yourself. i look at you in your chair eating your cracker and you smile the biggest smile. i think you are very proud of your independence. so cute! you eat everything else i offer you too. one of your other favs is sucking on a slice of apple, with supervision of course. you also drink water from mine or daddy's glass with excitement. i got you your first sippy cup the other day and you love it! you haven't mastered the art of holding it, tipping it and drinking from it all at the same time yet, but you'll get it.


you're great a sitting up and playing with your toys. you still have the occasional tip over but with great aim. your head usually lands perfectly on top of a hard and hurtful toy. :/

the best attempt you could give me at crawling...ha!

you've been taking one nap a day. ONE NAP A DAY! it's been a good 2.5-3.5 hour nap, but still...ONE NAP A DAY! nighttime is usually 8pm-8:30am with a wake-up-and-eat intermission at 5am. not so bad darling boy, not so bad.

as we've expanded your eating repertoire, you've started to get a tiny bit picky. well, honestly you still eat just about everything offered to you. you've just started to not love peas. you also hate chicken noddle and mac and cheese. i'm sure you'll like the adult version later, but the stuff out of that jar is just apparently gross! you love everything else though!

one thing i really love about you right now is how excited you get over the small things. for instance, if i'm holding you and walk up to the hutch above your dresser, you look at it with such excitement. you start kicking your legs, reaching out, grinning and breathing hard. it is so cute!

some adjectives i'd use to describe you right now: super-duper sweet, flirty, cute, mamattached, blond, tall, skinny, fun-loving, laid back, curious, and so many more.

going for a walk in the great outdoors.

and boy, do you love your mamo. i'm pretty sure she loves you too.

happy month 7, my baby. you make life worth living.