Seven Months

I wish this little guy of ours would slow down. We are officially closer to one year than to birth.  Boo!  I weighed Kai on our scale at home before daycare on Friday morning.  He came in at 18lbs 3oz and roughly 27 inches long.  (Sorry for the delayed post; we spent the weekend in Des Moines.)

At seven months Kai is:
-wearing size 3 diapers
-wearing 6-9 or 9 month clothes
-eating 6oz every 4 hours
-eating oatmeal for breakfast at 8:30am
-eating a vegetable for supper around 6:30pm
-getting from butt to tummy occasionally (not sure if it's on purpose or accident though)
-reaching for us to pick him up!!!  (It happened for the first time on my birthday 10/13 - but he reached for Daddy...dang it!)
-practicing with a sippy cup but hasn't quite gotten the hang of it
-still waking up at night
-going to bed at 8:00pm and waking up for the day between 6:00-7:00 (I wish I would have included this every month)
-usually taking 3 naps (morning, afternoon, and after daycare)
-holding his own bottle if given the opportunity
-rolling over from back to tummy (mostly when he's sleeping)

Naked baby at 7 months!

Other things about Kai at seven months:
-screams this high-pitched scream when he is excited...or just at random times  :)
-still putting everything in his mouth, but we're seeing a lot less drool.  I guess he wasn't teething after all
-loves to stand, but can't pull himself up on anything yet or really even stand up by holding onto anything - he can "pull" himself up using our hands, but that's all
-still loves to be snuggled when he's sleepy, but otherwise he wants to be playing

We often get asked, "Is he really this happy all of the time?!"  Actually, yes, he usually is a happy baby!  Of course he has his moments, but we've been very blessed!

"I'm outta here!" (but not really...no crawling in this house yet.  Thank goodness!!)