A Tardy 7 Month Update...

I know, I know, I thought that once summer got here I’d be a better blogger. Not so much. Here it is…a little tardy.

Growing with Grover, 7 months - 17ish lbs.

I’ve been having a BLAST with this boy! Unfortunately, Chap is out of town a majority of our summer days, which means Winston has become my little “buddy” and to be honest I’ve enjoyed every second. We took a week long trip to see the Daybies in Pawley’s (more on that next…) and had such a good time! His little personality just continues to develop and watching him interact with other children is so exciting! I’m not sure about everyone else, but I think he’s a pretty funny dude. He makes me laugh every day. He’s so silly with his expressions. His new thing right now is taking in deep breaths of excitement and making a funny noise when he does it. Like he’s walking into a surprise party every few minutes, how great would that be?? He’s pretty happy-go-lucky with anyone that’s around. He was kind of going through a ‘mommy phase’, but that seems to have passed for the most part (knock on wood).

What are you looking at, mom?? I'm kind of busy here...

Ahhhhh, I LOVE my cousin Smith!!

This boy sure does like a puppy dog. He needs to write sweet Alley a thank you card for letting him pull/poke at her all week while in Pawley's. Such a good dog! Heeellllooooo ladies!!
Figuring out his love for boats, and his Poppy :)

Our Schedule: I couldn’t wait to get my hands on his schedule once school got out. I knew he was VERY ready for the 4 hour schedule, so this was an easy transition the first few days of summer. Current schedule (more for my documentation than anything else)

7:00-9:00 Eat (bottle & solids)/Play
9:00-11:00 Nap
11:00-1:00 Eat/Play
1:00-3:00 Nap
3:00-5:30ish Play
5:30-6:00ish Nap (we’re working on cutting this out).
6:30-8:00 Eat (bottle & solids)/Play
8:15 Bedtime!!

**Notice: (all you BabyWise peeps) NO ‘dream feed’. That’s right, I know I’m a little late, but while in Pawley’s I finally did away with the 10:00 p.m. sleepy feed, and couldn’t be happier about it! It’s true, he makes up the ounces throughout the day.

Needless to say, I couldn’t be more thrilled to have summer vacation during this age. I love it. I get more addicted to this little boy every day.

New transitions the last few weeks:
- Sitting like a big boy in the grocery cart (protected from germs, of course)
- Sitting like a big boy in high chairs at restaurants
- Sitting like a big boy in the bath tub…however, his determination to get the drain in his mouth is a little unnerving.
- Has figured our he's a little boy, and enjoys re-visiting this concept every diaper change.
- 7 teeth, working on #8
- 4 hour car ride – solo with mommy…yes, I’m proud.

Ya-Ba-Da-Ba-Doo

Winn's first time with ice-cream/sherbert. Dad had the Flinstone Push-Up pops...you know the yummy ones!! Too funny to not share...

Hey there dad, whatcha got? I can get some?

Let me just get this situated in my mouth a little bit...

Oh heck, that is cold on my teeth!
I'm going to try to eat through this...

Here comes the brain freeze!

Ok, ok...I think I'm getting the hang of this.

Mmmm...could I BE any stickier??

That was terrific Dad, thanks for the tastey treat!

A few sidenotes:

1.) Chap didn't want me to take pictures of this b/c we had the generic brand of Flinstone Pops. I re-assured him that times are tough, people will understand :)

2.) Chap is REPULSED by sticky situations so this was almost nightmarish for him!

A few additional notes from the past two weeks (more so for my documenting purposes than anything).

1. We have a sitter! He staretd a few weeks ago and seems to really enjoy sitting and playing with toys around him. Don't get me wrong, he'll still take the occassional face plant...but we're working through it! :)

2. He LOVES his walker! That's right, please don't call DSS or our pediatrician, but we let him try the walker and he is a HUGE fan! Zooms all around the house and loves to chase us around. So much fun!

3. He can give high fives with prompting, I think he's impressed with himself on this one :)

4. Loves to PAT everything...new textures, surfaces, faces, his belly...you name it, he's patting!

5. At bed time we've started a parade-like routine where I carry him around the house and Chap follows us dancing to the tune of 'Adam's Family'. He thinks this is hilarious! He laughs and squeals the whole way to bed. It's my new favorite time of day :)