Eli - 7 months

As every mother says, it's so hard to believe that my baby is 7 months old already.  Just in the last two months, he has started to develop such a personality.  He's still a pretty chill baby and will usually sit and play or just watch what is around him unless he is tired, hungry, or getting teeth.

Speaking of teething, he has had such a hard time with these top teeth.  His two bottom teeth came through relatively quickly, but he has been battling with these top ones for over a month.  One finally broke through last week but the other one is still bothering him.  Poor baby.  

He is definitely on the move now.  He does this move that we call the froggy where he gets up on all fours but can't quite figure out how to move his arms and legs at the same time to move forward.  That doesn't really stop him at this point though as he can roll/scoot wherever he wants to go.  He so badly wants to pull himself up and will insist on standing (holding my hands) when we are playing. Caleb didn't walk until right around a year but I'm wondering if this little guy is going to be on the move much, much earlier.

                                         

He's made some pretty big advancements in sleeping since my last update 2 months ago.  He has started sleeping through the night pretty regularly and when he does wake, usually if Josh goes in there he will go right back to sleep.  If I come near him though?  He decides he is actually ravenous and MUST eat.  

He's wearing 6 and 9 month summer clothes right now.  There is no way a 6 month sleeper would fit because he has pretty long legs like his Momma, but 6 month summer clothes are just right.  It wouldn't surprise me though in the fall if we have to bring out the 12 month pants.

He babbles like there is no tomorrow and he and Caleb have developed a really special bond.  He will just sit and watch as Caleb talks to him, hands him toys, kisses on him, and tries to follow him around the room.  It is so sweet for my Mommy heart to watch.  

Back to that personality though.  When he is unhappy enough that he wants me to know it, he squeezes his eyes shut and screams like the picture below.  It is so, so funny to watch.  There are no tears, he just wants me to know that he wanted that toy that Caleb has, or he thinks he might still be hungry, or he doesn't feel like he has my undivided attention.  It just cracks me up.

 

  

He's still nursing great and has started solids.  We've had homemade squash, sweet potatoes, peas, pears, peaches, plums, bananas, and applesauce so far.  He does really well with everything but the peas (which I do not blame him at all).

Overall, he's a sweet, carefree, and fun baby and we are so blessed.  He gets cuter everyday and I can't wait to see him grow.

Weekends

Happy Monday!  Is there such a thing?  It doesn't seem like it in my house.  Mondays blow, no matter how you slice it.  As I would imagine everybody feels, weekends go way too fast.  There is never enough time to do everything we plan and I always stay up way too late on Sundays trying to prolong the inevitable.  It's a serious problem.

Our typical weekend involves trying to catch up on house work, playing with the boys, and sometimes visiting our families.  The past few weekends have been focused on the move and we have barely been home. This weekend we actually were able to focus on unpacking... finally.

Saturday morning, we grabbed our coffee and headed to Lowe's to pick up some things that we wanted to work on for the house.  Both our walk-in closet in our master bedroom and our linen closet in the bathroom, have oddly placed shelving.  For example, in the entire floor to ceiling linen closet there are only 3 shelves spaced very far apart.  So you either have to put hardly anything in it, or stack up your towels and sheets so tall that it looks messy and haphazard (in my opinion).  Same thing with our closet.  We wanted to move the existing shelving closer together and add more shelving to make it usable, plus add more hanging space.  Holy cow, the price of shelving adds up!  I also got a bunch of baskets/containers for more kitchen organization.  I'm thinking the Lowe's trips on Saturday mornings is going to be a very common occurrence over the next few months as we update the house.

We played with the boys for awhile and while they napped, I actually napped too.  (Shock, gasp! I know!)  We've been getting to bed so late every night, trying to do some unpacking that I was/am just exhausted.   We headed to Church Saturday evening and grilled burgers for dinner.

Sunday morning we got up bright and early and headed to the grocery store.  I love getting there early in general to get it out of the way, but I also love getting there early because usually the special kid carts with the car attached are available and Caleb is overjoyed to be at the grocery store.  As anyone with a 2 year old knows, that is more than worth it.

We spent the morning outside playing while Josh mowed the lawn and trimmed some of the trees.  We realized that along with work inside the house we have to do, we also have a lot to do outside.  The front porch needs some paint along with the door and trim.  The trees, bushes, and plants are totally overgrown and really need to be cut back.  In fact, we probably will remove a lot of the plants.  Some of them have grown over the edge of the sidewalk and get walked on everyday.  It just looks messy and I hate it.  Seems like not a lot of maintenance has been done over the last ten years.  The house is in great condition but it is in desperate need of some simple maintenance.

The rest of our Sunday was spent installing shelving unpacking boxes, and playing at the park.  I'm proud to say that we have made a dent but still have a long way to go.  I hope in the next few days we will have enough boxes unpacked that we can at least park our car in the garage, crazy thought isn't it? I mean who actually parks their car in the garage? 

All in all, a successful weekend.  Too short though.  They are always way too short.