7 month update

**let me start by apologizing for the very boring and repetitive closet doors in the background. luke's nursery is the only room in the house that gets any decent amount of sunlight so we end up there every month. i've looked into setting up some sort of backdrop but am limited due to the room size so... this is it, the awesome closet doors**

gosh it seems like these weeks are just flying by!! luke is almost 7.5 months old and i'm barely updating on what he's been up to. the past week we've been dealing with a semi-sick baby boy, doing all we can to keep him from getting worse. we put his mattress at an incline, have his humidifier running 24/7, vick's him up on his chest, back and feet every night (boo to the doctor who says this doesn't work), and just give him all the love, cuddles, and kisses that he can stand.

here's what luke's been up to the past month:

* 21 lbs 8 oz, 28"

*first cold at 7 months 3 days old

* cries when he something he has (that he shouldn't) gets taken away, like a bag of chips, lol.

* eats solids twice a day now, breakfast and dinner. has oatmeal and applesauce for breakfast (1-1.5 oz) and a veggie at dinner (1+ oz)

* still ebf, nurses 6 times/day

* transitioning from 4 to 3 naps/day (usually a 1-2 hr nap in the a.m., 1-hr nap at noon, and a 2-hr nap in the late afternoon

* bedtime is about 9 p.m.

* right eye tear duct is still clogged :(

* his hair (that fell out at about 4 months) is finally starting to grow back

* occasionally sleeps on tummy (but wakes up grouchy when he does!)

* still loves, loves, loves playing in the bath.

* favorite toys are: sophie, book teether, fisher-price musical/read along book, plastic bath book, taggies book (maybe we have a reader on our hands ;)

* LOVES having his ears swabbed

* on another bottle/sippy cup strike. he just flings it off his highchair now. ugh! all those hours of (painful) pumping usually end up down the drain because he refuses to eat out of anything but me!!

* and my personal fave... growls like a baby dinosaur!!!

i just love this age, he's so interactive and aware of everything around him. he's barely starting to show emotion when he doesn't get what he wants. he still never really cries, more fusses when i try to nosefrida his nose, lol, or we take away something he's managed to get ahold of that's not baby safe. once we gave him a bag of chips because we were picnicking at the park and dummy mommy forgot some toys!! see pic below, he was a good little model until we took the bag away.

here are some pics of how big my baby boy is at 7 months old :(

mommy playing with her new macro lens :)

look at all my hair!!!