G @ 7 months

isn't he the most adorable thing you've ever seen?!?!?! just try to look at this next photo without smiling :)

the boy has smiliest eyes you've ever seen. tyra would just die over his ability to smise...he'd win the baby version of ANTM for sure.

the months are going by so quickly now i can't keep up! better titled would be G @ 7.5 months...because i'm behind & he's made SO much developmental progress over the last few weeks that i can't really remember what happened when. i'm much busier living these days than when lu was this small.

notes at 7ish months...

-size 3 diapers...size 12-18 or even 18-24 month clothes. people in the airport would literally stop me & comment on his thighs...one lady told me she wanted to just 'pick him up & slather those sweet baby thighs with some sugar'. he doesn't really fill out the 18-24 month clothes except around the legs, but the 12-18 month clothes aren't long enough.

-he has the smiliest eyes of anyone i've ever met. his eyes are definitely the window to his soul. i have a feeling girls are going to drool over his eyes...and that they'll never wonder what he's feeling cause his eyes will say it all...even when he doesn't want them to.

-he doesn't love solids. i still get him to open his mouth using the paci. i'm going to work really hard on this in the next few days. he does, however, always want what everyone else is eating. he also likes to put the spoon in his mouth and attempt to self feed. he had his first finger food yesterday & LOVED it. so maybe he just isn't smitten with purees?

-he is sleeping in a sleep sack. he went through a really rough patch of sleeping right before vacay...so i decided since it was so bad we might as well move forward and get him out of the magic merlin suit.

-and once i did get him out of that suit...holy cow did his gross motor skill development explode. which made me feel like i had been stunting his growth...to the point where i cried explaining it all to clay. he scoots everywhere backwards...he's a rolling fool and regularly gets up on all fours & starts rocking. i think he's still weeks from crawling but we are definitely making progress.

-he has just started to grab for things to think about pulling up. i think pulling up is probably a month away?!?!

-he has INCREDIBLY dexterous hands. seriously...the boy could thread a needle with his eyes closed.

-he uses those very dexterous hands to put EVERYTHING in his mouth. and his sister has LOTS of teeny tiny toys. fun times.

-he pays a lot of attention to details...like the eyes of his stuffed animals or tags on anything & everything.

-people very regularly comment on how adorable he is. the waitress at outback stopped her male co-worker and said, 'look at that baby...come on...he's REALLY cute', the check-out girl at the grocery store told me he looked like gerber baby...fellow shoppers literally stop me so they can talk to him & tell me how adorable he is. i mean, i think he's adorable, but it is heart warming that everyone else finds him as irresistible as i do.

-he LOVES his mama. to the point where if i put him down he cries. if i leave the room he cries. if anyone else is holding him & he can see me or hear me, he cries. when i do pick him up he puts two arms around my neck, nuzzles, and then plays very sweetly with my hair.

-he LOVES his mama milk. in michigan we co-slept and i basically nursed him on demand so we didn't wake up dad & luci who were all of 4 feet away. and he thinks the 'on demand' plan is the way to go. he'd hang out there all day if i let him. i will not.

-he gives very sweet open mouth slobbery kisses

-he loves his sister. her rendition of the abc's will soothe him anytime, any day when nothing else will. clay & i were actually begging & pleading with her during one of our 5 hour drives on vacay to sing to him. like the bribing her with treats kind of begging & pleading. we're weak, and we aren't afraid to admit it.

-he is not a good sleeper. he usually takes 3 naps a day...he sleeps for maybe an hour in the AM, an hour in the PM, and then for about 30-40 minutes around 4p. he goes to bed around 6:30p and gets up usually at 6a. for about 2 weeks he had 45-90 minute crying jags between 9p and 11p. he usually eats around 2a, and then wakes again at 4a ready to get up for the day.

-he started to play peek-a-boo in michigan :) he thinks it is pretty fun. we're working on sooo big & pat-a-cake (or is it pattycake. or paddycake?)

-he caught his first cold in michigan...he is not a fan of his runny nose.

-he's out of the infant car seat & into our convertible britax. which has kind of a girlie colored print. he doesn't seem to mind.

-he's a super happy boy when he's happy, and he's super upset when he's upset. kind of an extremist...just like his mama.

i love ya baby boy...sleeplessness & all!