Seven Months

Parker, you are now seven months old. Amazing! Here's what is going on with you these days:

• At your most recent doctor's appointment, you weight 20 pounds 6 ounces!

• I am still putting size Four diapers on you. I just ordered another cheap box from Amazon.com.
• You are now a Nine-monther in terms of clothes. I still manage to squeeze you into some Six month sizes, though. I'm trying to get alllll of our money's worth! :)
• You laugh and smile at us all the time. We can play peekaboo, tickle you, act like we're hitting ourselves with pillows.....all we have to do is be slightly silly and you just love it!
• You are starting to possibly say, "bye-bye," and wave your hand. We have been working on this for a while now and are very excited that it seems like you are catching on.
• You are thisclose to crawling. You get up on all fours and rock from front to back. It is the absolute funniest thing to watch. We really, really enjoy this and are really nervous about the actual crawling (or maybe it's just me)!
• Your first top tooth broke through on Sunday, 9/26. You have been "teething" for almost a month now. Your top gums have been so swollen and it just looks so painful; however, for the most part, you still seem to be the "happiest baby on the block!"
• You are sitting on your own VERY well now. Just tonight I sat opposite of you on the floor and was trying to get you to give me fives. I walked into the other room and came back with you still sitting there. I guess you are finally learning how to balance with that big head of yours! :)
• You have had lots of different types of food now. Fruit is definitely your favorite, but you also seem to enjoy your peas and green beans, too. The only thing that you've really had a major spit-out reaction to were the last batch of plums I made. The first batch you looooooooooved, but the last--not so much.

I LOVE YOU more than you will ever know, and so does your Daddy. Our love for you grows every single day. You are the absolute best thing that's ever happened to us, and we can't imagine our life together without you in it!