7 Months

James turned 7 months yesterday. I forgot to make a little sign saying he is 7 months... oh well. I am documentiing it now. I LOVE this stage! We have so much fun with him and he is constantly doing new things. I love to cuddle, play, make him giggle and listen to this little "talker". He loves to hear himself too.
Approximate stats are 17lbs, 28 inches. It has been a few weeks since his measurements were taken.

Not quite crawling yet, but he swims like this on his stomach trying to move and will get up on his hands and knees. He is not sure what to do once he gets there, but he is definitely getting ready to be more mobile. He still uses rolling as his main source of getting around.

A things from the past month:

• Eating solid foods. Loves sweet potatoes and butternut squash. Tolerates, oatmeal, rice cereal, "veggie dinner" and very well blended avocado. Hated peas and not a fan of zucchini either. Yet.
• Babbles all the time. Says "bababab, dadada, mamama, papapa" and has learned to scream with delight!
• Gets up on hands and knees
• "swims" while trying to scoot.
• Loves taking showers. Especially when I put my head  under the water. 
• Has a favorite toy. It is a random rattle ring. He likes things that make noise when he shakes it.
• Starting to support his weight with his legs more. Stands longer while being assisted.
• Beginning to have a little separation anxiety... but only if he is left alone. Like when he watches me go upstairs he will fuss.
• Taking 2 solid naps and then a cat nap in the evenings
• Sleeping about 11 hours a night.
• I think we have finally won the battle with Thrush
• We went to an allergist to see if his sensitive skin was from some sort of allergy. He is not allergic to any of the 21 top foods or allergens. Nice to know now that we are feeding him solids.
• Took his first real bath in the tub. We still prefer showers because I can take one at the same time :)

Enjoying his first big boy bath.

"MAN COLD"

My friend sent this to me and I thought it was too funny not to share. Anyone relate?

Clipper Game

Over the holidays we took James to his first basketball game with my parents, John and Brooke and Dana and Chase. He did so good! Thanks to the head canceling headphones we got him. The noise didn't freak him out and he loved checking out the scene at the Staples Center.

Around 830pm James had enough and fell right asleep. It was so cute. Dana told me that when we were walking out with him people were taking pictures. They were probably checking out his funny headphones.

Bababa

While I was in the kitchen cooking dinner, I put James on his blanket to play where I could see him. My back was turned and I could hear him "talking" to himself. He just started saying "bababa" and will do this non-stop.    When I looked to see him he was gone. He had rolled off into the dining room where he could belt it out in privacy. But I found him :)

Veggies

Really?? How can my child not love his greens???

Naples Lights

We tried to go to see the lights in Naples twice before Christmas and the rain ruined our plans. So I was very excited that we went the day after Christmas! I have gone almost every year for the past 10 years and didn't want to stop now.

This is where Haws proposed 4 years ago!

Christmas Time

Christmas was so fun this year! Of course James had no idea what was going on, but we had fun with him. He did enjoy all the festivities with family... especially Aunt Dana and Uncle Chase. They are not able to come visit as much as we would like so it was a treat to have them back in CA with us. Here are a bunch of pics.

 Reunited. Chase and Dana hadn't seen James since he was born! He loved them!

Chase could always get James to laugh. He got to experience the spit up action too.

  

We spent Christmas Eve at John and Brooke's house. The food was delicious! John made the best turkey ever! Then we followed with the Nativity story acted out by the kids, me and Brooke.

 No this is not a picture from Halloween. Luke will always find a reason to dress in costume!

Christmas morning with the Yule Log on TV and Christmas music.

We had the traditional German pancakes for breakfast.

In the afternoon we went to my parents to open gift and for some reason I didn't take any pictures. Too busy opening gifts I guess. My parents were too generous... not that I am complaining :)

Then off to the Hexberg's to visit and exchange gifts. Winnie and Thor are getting so big! The are adorable.

Haws was so excited to give Thor a hockey game. He is trying to convert anyone he can.

After that, we headed to Grandma's house to finish off the day.
No... you can't keep him. He is ours!

This is the newest addition,  little Grant. My cousin Nicole and Ty's little boy.

My dad entertained the boys all night long! These kids have a lot of energy! My dad over did it a little and was sick for the next week. Someone thinks they are still 25... besides me :)