Leland: 7 months

Here we go...onto the 7th (or is it 8th?) month.
Well, you are 7 months now, which ever it is.  You got a fever of 104 when the day you turned 7 months, and I basically wore you around the next 3 days.  Poor little bubs.  You liked to be in the Moby with your face covered and then you would fall asleep on me (see below).

What's new this month?

You laugh at yourself, like you sit on the floor, and bob up and down, and then you laugh at yourself bouncing.  Cuz it's fun, right?  I laugh too.

You are curiouser and curiouser.  If you see my iPhone, you want.  If you see my sunglasses, you want.  You get a little look on your face that is very, very, curious.  It's like you know that's not your usual toy.  And you reach and arch, and push around to get these things.

It's blurry, but I keep coming back to this picture.  Something about it I love.  The toes?  The squishy wrapped arms?

Now you can roll from your back to belly.  A new skill!


You want to move, you'll make little whines and grunts about it, but I'm not sure how soon you will actually be moving?  I still think we got a little bit before crawling (hopefully?).

Jude is constantly taking your toys.  We try and make him give you at least something else to play with.  So far, you don't freak out, but I know it's coming.  Most of the time, he takes them out of love--to show you how to play with them, but still.

Sleeping.  You take a couple daytime naps.  Usually a long one in the morning (2 hours) and then a shorter one in the afternoon (1-1.5 hours).  You are a great napper.  You've slept through the night for the last weekish, just all on your own.  No crying it out necessary, which is awesome.  So, on a good day now you sleep from 7-7.  And you like to sleep on your side, or on your tummy with your face smashed against the crib.  When we put you to bed, you pull your Ziggy up over your face so its completed covered.

Naps with me--I'm thinking this phase of life is over. The last time I tried, was an hour of you grabbing my hair, picking my nose, scratching my face, kicking my chest.  I just couldn't get you to calm down!  It was pretty funny, but then we both ended up being pretty tired.

Even though I'll miss staring at your sleeping face, and hearing your soft hush as your head is nuzzled up next to me, I'm loving this baby phase with you.  I love looking over at you and seeing you grin and shake with excitement.  Everything is a new discovery, and you've started to do the "look Mom!" face when you've got something cool or done something new (like splashing in the bath tub--you constantly look up at me for reassurance and with a small grin, like "are you seeing this??"  Cute.)

Over tired, don't want your jammies on!

My last attempt nap with you...

PS: Jude @ 7 months
PPS:  I really need to start posting more, so that each time I do it's not this EPICALLY long post.  But whatevs.

Bits of Easter 2013

Easter came early, and in a blur. Jude sorta got the concept of the Bunny, but without the buildup like at Christmas, the excitement wasn't just quite the same. So it goes. Can you guess where the Bunny hid his basket? Boy, did that Bunny sure trick Jude.  Took a lot of prompting to find that thing...

...But, find it he did!  And then the candy madness began. 

Seriously, the amount of sugar this kid stuffed in his mouth in the matter of minutes, (before breakfast) was insane.  And the Bunny didn't even pack in that much.  Sure there were other things in the basket, but Jude didn't seem to notice. 

Next year, I think the Bunny will bring something else besides the sweets!!

After baskets, we did some bubbles in the front.  Was a really beautiful Spring day, as you can see!  We did some eggs.  And then we had the family over dinner--the usual of ham, and scalloped potatoes, and salad, and rolls, and creamed corn, and strawberry shortcake.  We all were STUFFED.

And a family pic too--imagine that!

Leland:6 months

 

Is there a way to say that time flies, and let those two words really be felt?  I sit here typing and I have a heavy heart thinking about all the happy happy times I've had with my 2 little guys.  In these magic years.  And now, Leland, you are 6 months.  Someday you will understand and feel what I feel when I say time flies. 

I can hardly believe you are 6 months.

At 6 months, you have really come into your own.  You are one loud, squeaky, schrilling baby at times.  You bounce in your saucer, and light up and laugh when I look over at you.  You want to be touching or playing with something most times.  You've found my hair--youch!!  But, if we pop that binky in, it's like you're instantly chill just hanging out in our laps.  You giggle so easily now, and I can't pinpoint why exactly I feel this, but I think you're going to be a little ham.  You can sit up for long spells and play with toys...but...you still tip if you reach for something off center.  You've started to kick and kick in the bath.  You are our little side sleeper, and when we peek in on you guys at night you look so cozy curled up on your side.  It kills us.  We still take afternoon naps together.  This is something I wish I did more of with Jude, but I was too caught up in what I was "supposed" to be doing.  Leland, you are my baby-baby, and I am going to take full advantage of that as long as I can.  So even if I regret it later, I don't care.  When you wake up next to me, you turn your head up and blink your eyes all surprised like, "whoa, am I seeing this right???" and then, instant smile. 

At 6 months, you started solids.  If I'm honest, you've been ready for a few weeks now.  But, boy do you like your food.  I'm reading up on this baby-led weaning business, and think it's what I'd like to try with you, but we also have given you some pureed foods.  No matter what, you love it.  The first time Dad fed you he gave you pureed green beans--umm, yuck?  But, you gobbled them up and he couldn't get them in fast enough.  In the last 4 days since you've started solids, you have learned what it means to sit in your high chair, and you watch all food in and out of mouths, and you have a special "gimme-some-food" cry.  All in 4 days!!  So far, we've let you munch/suck on a tomato, banana, apple, orange, grapefruit, and carrots.  And then pureed carrots and green beans.  

When I nurse you, or dad gives you a bottle, you like to eat and play at the same time.  You'll nurse, and then pop off, arch your back and look at the world upside down for a while, or find Jude and smile at him.  Then it's back to nursing, frantically.  The cycle repeats.  

And at six months, you've cut your first teeth--(barely)!  I felt your gums just yesterday, and there they were.  Front bottom two teeth.  Can I dream that you'll be an easier teether than Jude?   

All in all, still a way chill easy babe.  What?!  Rach can't understand how I ended up with 2 like this, given that I wasn't a chill baby at all.  What can I say?  Other than it's awesome. :)

Leland's 6 months stats:

Weight: 18 lbs 10 oz (70th %ile)

Length: 28.3 inches (90th %ile)

Head: 16.9 inches (25th %ile)

Weight:Length: 25 %ile

PS: Jude @ 6 months