New Baby @ 7 Months

Dear Hannah,
I don't know what happened, but suddenly at 7 months old, you are a happy squealing little girl! This makes me so happy. This morning, you woke up and you were just happy, flapping your arms and smiley. Usually you are pretty serious unless we act a bit silly to try to make you laugh. When others do it, you usually cry. But it's like I woke up to a different baby: which is a good thing!

As far as solid foods go, you now like yellow squash, but not zucchini and you no longer like avocado. Sleep schedule has remained about the same. You take a short 30-45 minute nap in the morning at around 10 am and then another longer nap from about 1:30ish to 4:30ish. Bedtime is between 7:30 and 8:00. You wake for a feeding at 10:30 and 3:30ish and will wake up for the day between 7:30 and 8:00. A few days ago you were waking up in the middle of the night after flipping yourself over and getting your arms stuck in between the crib slats, but thankfully that is a thing of the past. 

Dear Nathan, 

You have become quite the sweet little boy. Lately, you've been asking us whether or not we are happy. I think it's your way of asking for approval. Last night, I heard that when you were not eating your food, Daddy became sad. You tried cheering him up by making funny faces. You are a silly boy and has learned to use humor to diffuse a tough situation: a great skill to have in life. 

One of your favorite games right now is this raccoon game. You now have a pretty good concept of what it means to win. 

 Excuse the pant-less look. We are on the very tail end of potty training. You are pretty much able to go through the day just wearing undies and half of the time, you wake up from your nap with a dry diaper.

A recent game that we play is called, "Come back with my Chicken" This involves someone grabbing chicken or turkey legs and running away.

 Saturday, we celebrated my birthday. We also went to a friend's birthday party that day too so Nathan pretty much ate birthday cake all day. Daddy did a great job making browned butter strawberry shortcake cupcakes. (He even put lemon zest in the whipped cream).

 On Sunday, we went to a "kite festival" (in quotes because it was basically a few families who got together at a park to fly kites). We went to the store to pick out a kite. You insisted on getting the "Hello Kitty Cat" kite. We asked you if you wanted the minion one, or a manly spider man one. No, you wanted the pink cat one.

 Hannah just kicked back and watched all the action.

 By the end of the day, Nathan got a pretty good feel for kite flying. You know to start moving if the kite string starts to slack.

While most of the time you are a sweet, angelic boy, there are times when you do something like this:

 I actually expected this to happen earlier on, and luckily it was the end of the roll.

Thank God for warmer weather. In fact, the weather has been amazing! One day Dad came home early and we went on a family bike ride. We got to test out our new trailer. Both of you guys really like riding in it.

 For ArT-Tuesday, we made a bean craft. We first decided to make a face. You would tell me where you want the glue, I would draw it on, and you would put the beans on the glue.

 Afterwards, you wanted to make a cat and then I decided to use this moment to teach you the letter "B." Then, you wanted to make a snowman, and then a pancake. You really liked this activity.

 Afterwards, we went outside to play for a bit. Our neighbors were playing outside and one of them stopped to show you how to play with nerf guns. You learned how to load the bullets in.

 And shoot.

 You really love playing with the neighbors.

 One day, we went to the grocery store and since we only got a few items, I let you check our items out at the cash register. You thought it was the coolest thing.

 We also got a chance to go to a semi-fancy restaurant this weekend. While waiting for our food, you and Daddy made a fruit face on your plate.

 Yesterday, we went to the Austin zoo with a few neighbor friends. They are a bit older than you, but you loved following them around and looking at the different animals. I felt like out of all the times we have gone, you really were aware and fully engaged throughout the trip. You would ask questions, and point out things.

 Of course, we had to ride the train.

Since it's spring break, you have been staying home with Hannah and me. I thought it would be tough having both of you around all the time, but I am actually enjoying it a lot. As Hannah becomes even more interactive, I look forward to all the adventures that we'll go on this summer when both of you will stay home with me. 

Grandma and Grandpa are coming to visit this weekend so I'm sure we'll do lots of exciting things. 

Until next week! 

Love, 

Mommy