Much like the rest of your short life thus far, this past month has been full of amazing changes and developments. One thing is for sure, you are ON THE MOVE child! The days of sitting still are long gone as you much prefer to be bouncing, scooting, crawling, and rolling. You have not officially coordinated the hand and knee crawling but you jet across the room faster than we can keep up with nonetheless. A few weeks ago I found you crawling out of your co-sleeper into our bed and we decided it was time to take down the bassinet. I admit as exciting as it is to see you changing so much, I shed a small tear as the newborn gear started to come down. Now you have started pulling yourself up on Mommy and Daddy if we sit on the ground with you, and you are trying to pull yourself up to standing at the coffee table too, with a few bumps and bruises along the way. I am pretty sure you may skip right over hand-and-knee crawling and start walking. You are also able to go from your stomach to sitting up no problem, such a strong boy! Another exciting phase has been watching you continue to enjoy eating solid foods. You are such a great eater! I have been planning on dedicating a blog entry to this very subject, but free moments are few and far between these days. I am going to make sure to cover this topic within the next month so we can look back someday and remember how much fun it was to expose you to all sorts of tastes and textures! You are also babbling more and more. You hum and squeal and scream and giggle constantly. You have started saying "mamama" and "dadada" and though it does not yet seem to correlate with you knowing I am "Mom" and "Dad" is Dad YET, it gets us excited for the day you call us Mama and Dada. One of the biggest changes over the past month has been your sleeping quarters. Since we put your co-sleeper away we have started putting you down in your crib at night. You usually make it to 12:30 or 1:30 am before you wake us up and announce, rather forcefully, that you would rather be in bed with Mom and Dad. Our exhaustion is your advantage in this instance! One night you made it until 4:30 am, what a great night of sleep we all had. We have come to the conclusion that you are your own person when it comes to sleep needs and we are making it work! A few weeks ago we went to your 6 month check up and you were 19 pounds 3 ounces and 28 inches long. I am pretty confident you will pass up your Dad in height someday. The weather has started heating up and you seem to love the pool already. We are really looking forward to a beautiful, fun summer filled with family, BBQs, and more milestones! We all love you so much!
Today, you are seven months old.
