No More Swaddle

If I have any readers still out there you are probably thinking WOW 4 posts in one week. If you aren't thinking it I sure am. I am not sure what has gotten into me but apparently I am on a roll. ha!

Anyway, Luke has successfully slept unswaddled the past 2 nights. Yippee! Some of you may be thinking..."isn't he 7 months old, and they were still swaddling him??" Yes we were. It took us forever to stop swaddling James too. It is one of those things that when they are sleeping well you do not want to break the routine. For Luke though it was more like "he is not sleeping well so let's give it a try" plus he had out grown the swaddle 5 lbs ago :). And just like that he did fine. This morning I even noticed when I was watching him on the video monitor he was waking up but still wanted to sleep he found his paci in his crib and put it in his mouth. Tear. Just another sign he is growing up before my eyes. I just want to stop time NOW.

Before we know it Luke will be crawling...which by the way Chad is encouraging and I am still trying to figure out why :)

The Last Beach trip of the Summer...

One weekend in September James and I took a little one day trip to Grayton Beach to stay in the Pink House with my aunts and cousins. It was the perfect day to be at the beach and it was the first day we stayed on the beach ALL day with James. He LOVED it. He made sand castle after sand castle with Aunt Ann.  He played with a few baby dolls that we failed to mention to Dad. Fortunately we brought our own movies and the girls were ok with Mickey Mouse over Cinderella. It also was a good little overnighter James and I made together. It was also the first night James and I slept in the same bed together. Not a good idea and will not happen again anytime soon. 1) because he kicks and basically doesn't stop moving in his sleep and 2)because the bed did not have bed rails I worried all night he may roll off. It did however give us the opportunity to spend some time together just the 2 of us. Luke stayed at home with Dad and had equally as much fun watching football :)

James making sure he stays on top of his tan. Note the princess' in the castle :)

Having a ball riding in the orange truck with his cousins (our transportation from the house to the beach)

Don't you want one of these??

It was our last beach trip of the summer. I have to admit I shed a tear as we were pulling away especially since James finally loves the beach as much as I do. Until next summer!

Luke meets the Highchair

During month 5 Luke got a little confused initially about the purpose of the highchair...he soon learned it was for eating not sleeping.

Luke Month 6 and 7

I have become the worse blogger. And I feel as though all of memories of my sweet children at this age are slipping away because I can't find time to jot them down. I am going to try to play a little catch up this week. This is going to sound repetitive but how is my sweet baby boy 7 months old already?? I think I have been absent from the blog because I do not want to admit his age.

Stats:
6 months: 21 lbs 12 oz, 28 in
7 months: 23 lbs 6 oz

- 6 month dr appt - took the shots like a champ! the last got him a little bit. But he did great! And he even chuckled for the dr. Dr. Rux asked if we had a nickname for him and suggested it should be "Lunchbox". He is a chunky baby but he is thick and super strong. These days my arms get a work out carrying him around.
- During the 6 month we introduced vegetables and we haven't found one he doesn't like. From what I can tell green beans, carrots, and squash are his favorites.
- At 7 months he has rice cereal and fruit for breakfast and a vegetable and fruit for dinner. His other meals are his bottles, which he REALLY loves.
- He can spot a bottle from across the room and get the biggest smile on his face.
- He is grabbing for EVERYTHING and I have noticed big brother starting to get a little annoyed with him from time to time.
- Around 6 1/2 months he sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time and loved it
- 6 1/2 months we moved him to the big car seat rear facing. His weight put him over the limit for the infant carrier. We moved James at 10 months
- Just before his 7 month birthday he cut his first tooth. Bottom middle left. He is currently working on the right one. And this little boy does not like cutting teeth. His temperament is still great during the day but he has a hard time sleeping at night. I thought a little Tylenol would do the trick but I haven't seen great results just yet.
- He is still the sweetest, happiest, and lovable little baby. He can sit for long periods of time watching his brother run circles around him and he is perfectly content.
- He still loves for anyone to break out in song and he really doesn't care which song you sing as long as you are singing.
- At 7 months he is predominantly in 12 mo. clothes
- He babbles and screams and blows bubbles with his mouth. He generally wakes up making all kinds of little sounds that I love listening to through the monitor (that is as long as it is not at 3am).
- He loves grabbing at your face and gets extra excited if he grabs a big chunk of hair

I have included some pics from the past couple of months

 Watching cartoons early in the morning

 Luke loves sitting up!

 Sitting in the highchair at Restaurant first time

 See what happens when Luke sits next to James in the shopping cart...trying to snatch James' cookie

 Luke 6 month picture

 Can you see my new teeth??

 Luke 7 month picture

 Look at my lovable legs :)