7 months

This has been such a fun month. The day Stephen turned 6 months old, he was sitting on his own. And now at 7 months he is army crawling everywhere. And he can roll across a room fast! His personality is really starting to come out. He is determined!! If he wants something, he is going to get it. And don't think you can hide it and he will forget about it. He will break his neck leaning over and stretching to find whatever you just hid from him- haha! He is also so curious. He wants to touch everything. He also thinks his daddy is the funniest guy ever! He will just laugh and laugh at Stephen.

I couldn't narrow his pictures down this month, there were just too many cute ones. So here are a bunch of pictures of our 7 month old.

Stephen was home the day I was doing this photoshoot and he came upstairs just as I was taking these pictures. Here is Stephen's expression right before Stephen walked in.

And then when he sees Daddy. I need to get a video of him when Daddy comes home from work. He gets so excited.

Stephen got behind me and was making him smile.

He has been making this face a lot lately.

His hair is getting thick and starting to curl in the back. I love his dirty blond hair.

*I will come back and add his weight here. We need to weigh him.

*He wears 6-9 or 6-12 month clothes. Some of his 9 months clothes are too small in the length, but fit everywhere else. He is outgrowing some of my favorite outfits and it makes me so sad!

* He drinks 6 ounces of formula 5 times a day and eats 3 ounces of solids 3 times a day.

* I make all of his baby food. So far he has had oatmeal, avocado, butternut squash, acorn squash, peas, sweet potato, carrots, parsnips, and banana. He likes everything we give him. We stopped the banana after about a week because he was spitting up so much that week and that was the only new thing we gave him. His spit up lessened without the banana so that may have been the culprit.

*We are still using cloth diapers and loving it!

*He is a great sleeper. At night he sleeps from 8 pm until 7 am.

* He takes 2 naps for about an hour and a half to 2 hours each day plus a little catnap in the evening. Since he is more active he is really sleeping good for his naps.

* He is always on the move, but also content just being still. He will find a toy and just sit and play with it for a while. And by play I mean eat! Everything goes into his mouth!

* He still just plays with his pacifier and doesn't really suck on it too much.

*We started doing baths in the big bath tub and while he was a little reserved at first he is starting to get more comfortable and splash around some.

* He rolls over so quick. He can roll across the room in no time!

*He got a big car seat this month.

*There are two things he HATES! Changing clothes and wiping his face off after eating. He really hates these two things!

*He is such a happy, fun baby!

Happy 7 month birthday Stephen!

Stephen,

Each day we love you more and more. You are the most precious baby and we can't imagine our lives without you. You are so much fun and such a joy! You mean the world to us! When I put you to sleep either for a nap or at bed time, I sing two songs to you: You Are My Sunshine and Jesus Loves Me. I hope you always remember that you are my sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray, and that you'll never know how much I love you. I also hope you will always remember how much Jesus loves you! He gave his life for you baby so love him back!

Love,

Mommy