6-8ish month updates...a tad late

So I'm a tad late in getting some posts up lately...what? It's not like I'm a new mom or anything ;)

So in a cliff notes version here sums up the last couple of months.

Well if it is not obvious...our love for you continues to grow to immeasurable depths. We obviously don't have another child to compare you to but you are the most incredible baby. You eat well, sleep well, smile, laugh, and truly, truly only fuss when your teeth are bothering you...or if I don't feed you first thing after changing your diaper in the morning...you are just like your mama, you wake up hungry. You don't fuss when other people hold you and will still go to anyone right now (I'm fear that phase may be coming to an end in the next couple of months though).

6 Months:
You started food and have loved EVERYTHING we have given you. It was crazy to see it only took you about 3 days to get the hang of opening your mouth and eating. I make all of your baby food which is actually really easy and fun. You are learning to use your sippy cup and sometimes you get going that lots of water comes out and you cough/choke a tad...so we are definitely still learning that one.

Mom had her first couple of overnight trips with her friends for her 30th bday. You stayed with daddy both times and did WONDERFUL!
Here is your Aunt T visiting after our girls night out (and spoiling you rotten with gifts-she always brings you a gift!)

Mom also worked a two day course she organized for Dr. Hobar and you were such a trooper going up to the LEAP office and played while I worked (well, and you had some ladies that LOVED to love on you up there too). During the course KK watched you one day and daddy watched you the other. That was the longest I had been away from you during the day time and you did great taking a bottle from other people.

You went to your first driving range with mommy and daddy and watched us hit some. Can't wait to take you one day and watch you play.

You LOVE the water so swimming and bath time is so much fun! Here you are swimming at Sanny and BoBo's with cousin Sam

Your schedule:
Nurse 8,12,4,7:30/8
Food 5:30-6 (by the end of your 6th month you were eating breakfast too)
Wake 8
Bedtime 8ish
Napping around 10-12 and 2-4 somtimes you need a 3rd cat nap around 5:30 but we're trying to ditch this one since it is so close to bedtime
We are working on siting up...almost there. You will ROLL all the way across the room to get to something, it's so funny to see how far you can go.

Stats:
17.3lbs
26.5inches

7 Months:
You've become a pro at sucking your thumb...which is good b/c you are such a chill baby and I'm sure that keeps you entertained...but I worry we are going to have a hard time kicking this habit one day :/

You went to Bubba's for your first time! You had scrambled eggs and oatmeal and of course loved it. Who doesn't love Bubba's?

The whole Mertz Gang came down to visit which was the BEST treat EVER!!! We had SO much fun with the entire family swimming and playing!

You got to play with your cousins, Abigail and Caroline from Tulsa...they ADORE you and always want to hold you. It is pretty precious. They say you "have soft hair for a boy." We'll take that compliment :) They also got to feed you your first french fry...needless to say you loved that as well! Shocking, I know.

You had your first grocery cart ride, at Target-no less, and LOVED it! You literally squealed with excitement. Pretty sure everyone in that store new who you were by the time we were done. We may have a talker on our hands. No clue where you get that from.

You had your first airplane ride to the beach. You did awesome! You could tell your ears hurt on the descent but as long as you were taking your bottle you did fine. You ALSO did great in a new setting. Your schedule of sleeping and eating did not skip a beat at all! I was impressed (I don't think we realize how good we have it). You did great with all the new faces and places too. You enjoyed the beach and didn't seem to mind the sand (which I was worried you might not like it's feel). Although, sadly half the trip it rained so we didn't get to the beach nearly as much as we had hoped.

Schedule:
7:30-8 Wakes
8 Nurses
9-9:30 Breakfast of fruit and oatmeal or yogurt (sometimes scrambled eggs is mom is up for cooking)
10-12 nap
12 nurse
2-4 nap
4 nurse
5:30-6 Dinner of Veggies and sometimes black beans or shredded chicken
7:30/8 nurse and bed

This is how you wake up morning and after naps...how can our hearts not just swell with joy for your precious baby boy! The Lord has blessed us indeed!

As soon as we put you in your crib to sleep (nap or bedtime) you immediately reach for the blankie or lovey that KK gave you and hold it while you suck your thumb. And I kid you not, I mean IMMEDIATELY you do that, I always have to pop your thumb out of your mouth just to get your sleep sack sleeve on and zipped up. You fall asleep like a champ.

You can sit up on your own now, you still roll all over the place. You have deep belly laughs which makes our heart literally melt (although you prob started that around 5-6 months I just have never written about it I guess).

You are starting to babble. You say "ba ba" all the time. Every now and then we'll hear a ma, da, or ya. You put everything to your mouth teeth. You have even run a couple of fevers at night with it.

You also had to start on Claritin because your allergies have been insane. I tried to avoid giving you medicine for them, but your nose was a faucet, your eyes were red and you were rubbing them all the time, plus sneezing. We give it once a day just before bed and you've been on it for exactly a week and it seems to help.

Stats (a rough guestimate of mom's measuring on the home scale and measuring tape)
19.5lbs
28.5 inches

You turned 8 months 4 days ago so we don't have a ton of new info to update on that yet...we'll get to that soon (I promise I'll be better this time...I think)