Miles is 7 months old!

Miles, you are 7 months old!

You have become an active little boy in the last month! No more sitting sweetly for pictures. Now you try to eat the monkey!

You had just gotten up when we took your pictures this morning, so your cheek is a little red. 

You talk a lot! You say /d/ and /m/ and th. 

 We had to go to Dr Roe for the first time this month other than a well-baby visit because you had a few rough nights. We thought you might have an ear infection, but Dr Roe said you were just fine! You just had a stuffy nose. We elevated your bed and got a nosefrida and you started to sleep again. We also discovered that the diaper rash you had was actually yeast, so we are working on getting rid of that and in the meantime using disposable diapers. 

I don't have your stats this month, but I would guess you are 20-21 pounds. Growing boy!

You are very curious about everything. You love tags. You've also started throwing everything in the floor so that we can pick it back up for you. 

You smile and laugh a lot more now, too. 

You go to bed between 8 and 9 and sleep until around 7. 

You also started eating food this month. So far you eat sweet potatoes, avocado, bananas, green beans, and carrots. Carrots are by far your favorite! You had 2 servings of carrots today. We are making your food and it is so easy.

You also sit up really well now! You lose your balance when you try to reach for something, but otherwise you are pretty good. 

You had your first Christmas this month! I'll do another post about that, but you had lots of fun opening your presents.

Carrots...yummy!

Cutie pie!

You are such a cute, sweet boy! I can't believe you are already 7 months old. 

We love you, Miles!

Big Week of Firsts!

We have had a big week of firsts around here! Miles started eating food for the first time. His first food was sweet potatoes and he loved them! Ate the whole bowl I made for him. He thinks eating is fun and funny, laughing the whole time. 

He spit a little out at first, but not much at all. I think maybe because he is just over 6 months.

I gave him sweet potatoes for the first few days. Since then, he has also added avocado and banana to his list of foods he eats. He is a big eater! 

He tried his best to grab the spoon and make a mess!

He squeals every time he sees the spoon coming toward him.

The sweet potatoes gave him some tummy troubles the first couple of days, but I think we are over that now.

We also tried to start giving him water in a sippy cup. He's still not too sure about that. 

He enjoys making a mess with the water and teething on the cup more than anything. 

He also sat in a high chair in a restaurant twice this weekend. Once at Chick-a-Biddy and once at Community Q. He's not sitting unsupported quite yet, so we jammed a blanket behind him and he was good. I think he enjoys being able to see what's going on around him. 

We also took him to Waumba Land at church for the first time. I had him all dressed up in his cute Santa outfit, but of course he had a poop blowout, which required an outfit change.  The blowout happened because we had to use disposables for a few days because of a diaper rash and disposables don't contain things like the cloth. At least I remembered a change of clothes! 

Unfortunately, I think he also picked up his first case of a stuffy nose from Waumba Land, too! We have had a rough week of sleeping (or not sleeping) around here. He's doing much better today, though!

Miles is growing up on us!

Halloween catch up!

I'm a bit late in posting these, but better late than never! Miles had a great first Halloween!

The weather was cool but not cold, so we took advantage of the nice weather and sat outside in the driveway. We had several friends and family over, including Mawmaw and Jim, Kala, Hillary, Hannah, and Grandma Debbie! We had a little party with some appetizers and desserts and enjoyed the neighborhood festivities.

Miles was the best little spider!

Miles stayed in his costume all night and let everyone pass him around. 

Miles with his neighbor baby friend Eloise. 

Such a cute spider!