March 2013- 7 months old!

Observations:

~ On his 7 month birthday, I put away all the 3-6 month clothing.

~ We went to Salina to visit Leah, Iz, and new Baby Lillian!

~ He sat in the front of the grocery cart for the first time!  It took a while to get the cart cover figured out, and to get him in it, but he loved it!  Now he tries to grab my list as I'm pushing him around the store, he loves the crinkle sound!

~ We had our 2nd "6 month" photo shoot.

~ Colin helped daddy build a raised garden in the back yard!  We hope to plant tomatoes, carrots, peas, spinach, and butternut squash!

~ We switched to the next level of bottle nipple- now he can finish a bottle in a flash!

~ He now wears Huggies Overnight diapers at night, and we don't have leaks.

~ 1st day of spring!

~ He is talking like crazy!  "Da da da da" is what we hear all day! :)

~ When put on his hands and knees, he rocks a bit.  I think he'll be crawling in a month or so!

~ He loves the "ABC's".  If he's fussy, and I sing it to him, he usually brightens up! 

~ We also put away his swing!  He could have technically stayed in it until 25 lbs, but we just didn't use it much anymore, and it takes up quite a bit of room.

~ Opa visited for Easter weekend, and Uber Opa, Great Aunts Lori and Traci, and cousin Blazik visited too!

~ He has been "waving".  Opening and closing his fists, and it looks like he's waving.  :)

Mealtimes:

Colin has tried a few more foods, in addition to the ones he's already tried- carrots, pears, and peas- yum!  Right now he just eats a little bit (about the size of an ice cube), so it doesn't take place of the formula.

He eats about 6-8 ounces of formula every 3 hours during the day (about 5 bottles).  

Schedule:

His bedtime continues to be about 6:30 pm and he'll usually sleep until between 5:00am and 5:45, eat, then go back to sleep for a few more hours.  Once he wakes up, we play, eat, he jumps in his jumper, and he'll usually nap about 2 hours after he woke up.  His morning nap is about an hour.  Sometimes we go to a playgroup to story time at the library.   His afternoon nap is about 3 hours after he woke up from his morning nap, and usually lasts about an hour and a half- 2 hours.

Size:

Weight:  About 19 pounds we think...   Length:  about 28 inches  Head: About 18 inches

Play:

He loves sitting up, and has even lunged forward a few times and ended up on his belly from a sitting position!  He can roll everywhere!  He loves reading (AKA chewing on books) and playing with all the toys in his baskets.  He still enjoys Peek-a-Boo, and loves anything that's a song!

Nicknames: 

When my dad was visiting, Colin wouldn't "respond" to Colin, but when my dad said Stinker Bug, he whipped his little head toward him! :)

Mommy& Daddy:

I have been fine-tuning my teaching applications, and look forward to interviews soon!

Zach is counting down the days to military separation and college student life!

Peek-a-boo!

7 months old- March 6, 2013

Visiting Leah, Iz, and Baby Lillian

Iz telling Colin all about the world...

Souvenirs from Great Aunties Lori and Traci!

Cousin Briana

Playing with grandma!

Cool dude

Happy St. Patty's day from my little leprechaun!

Carrots

Peas

Messy boy!

Chatting with Opa

Cousin Blazik

Matching!

He was LOVING having his back scratched!

Family pic!

Uber Opa

1st time on the swings

WEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Happy Easter!

Smiles with Opa

Snuggles with Uber Opa.