7 Months...

I really can't believe that my sweet baby is 7 months old, holy cow! The last 7 months have been so amazing and wonderful with him. I feel so lucky that I get to be his Mom!

I have really seen his personality come out in the last couple of weeks. He has a horrendous temper but he has the cutest laugh and amazing smile. And who can look into his "big blues" and not melt? Oh my goodness!

 

One of his favorite things to do is lay on our bed. I am not sure why, but every time we lay him down on it he acts like he is in heaven, burying his face in the blanket and spreading his arms and legs out, and he closes his eyes and gets the biggest smile. So cute!

I can see a little bit of clinging starting, not much, but I can tell it won't be long until I won't be able to leave his side. Sometimes when I am holding him and someone comes up to talk to him, he turns his head, like he is shy.

He loves his exersaucer when he is in the right mood. He hardly ever sits in it, he like to stand straight up. I unusually put it in front of the back or front door so he can look outside.

He no longer sleeps through the night, dang! He hasn't slept for more than 6 hours since before our move. But thankfully he can hold his own bottle and have all the stuff on my nightstand to make him one and just hand it to him.

He is sleeping in our room still because we have the air conditioner in there, and it is just way to hot lately. Also he has no crib besides his pack-n-play. It broke when we were taking it apart. So we are trying to get him a new one, but it is never in stock at our Target.

He rolls everywhere, I can hardly keep him on his blanket. He is always rolling off onto the hard floors and hitting his head.

He can now sit in the shopping carts, and is really quite content doing so. He hardly makes a peep. It is really nice since he is getting so darn heavy.

We went to our new pediatrician (which is awesome by
the way) to get established and have her look at some nasty eczema he has (see below). But they weighed him and he is now 18.1 lbs. Big boy.

We went to our first park play group yesterday, which I totally loved. Everyone was so nice. There were like at least 10 women and their kids. They do it every Tuesday, and I will be making sure that I go as much as possible.

So after my little rant about him not sitting up. I found the trick later that day to get him to sit up and now he is doing just peachy at sitting. I still need to supervise and can't just leave his side while he is practicing.

And this is the back of Mac's knees. It looks like this behind both, and this is actually looking better than it has. I think with all the heat, humidity and the sweat, his eczema in those spots just got worse. We got our new insurance cards Saturday, and called the doctor for and appointment Monday. The Doctor said that they look infected and she did a culture on them and they have a staff infection. So now Mac is on antibiotics and a steroid cream to help get it cleared up.