Month 7 (2 weeks late)

Better late than never...

Weight: 18 lbs 8 ozs  

Length: 28 inches

Hair Color: Light brown with a tint of red in the sun

Eye Color:  Blue

Dominant Hand:  Undetermined (prefers right)

Diaper size: Size 3

Clothes size: 6-9 month, 9 and 12 month

He has TWO teeth.  One broke through during Monday night Bible study (8/22) and the other while camping at Shaver Lake (9/3).

Month Recap

~Rock hunting in Cayucos

~Butter making, fishing, and archery at Fort Hope

~BBQ’d grilled pizzas with Tim and Shelby, camping and with Brent and Sherrie

~Visiting with Tim Daniel (back from basic)

~First runny nose with a legitimate cough (he usually does fake coughs)

~Camping at Shaver Lake (includes swimming in the lake and a broken down vehicle)

~Watching a thunderstorm

~Karval’s birthday at Mattie’s Tavern

~A weeks worth of loving and kisses from Nana

Laughter

There are a few things better than a baby’s laugh.  Who knows why he thinks certain things are funny.  But here are a few that will always get laughs: putting my hair over my face then peaking at him, tickling him, scaring him, Drew’s duck quacking, games with a teddy bear, kisses, bouncing a ball off of his face/body (it’s not cruel if he loves it), looking in the mirror or other babies…

Type of laughs: high pitch squeals, rapid breathing (like he’s hyperventilating), or full breath cackle

His laugh is contagious.

Noises

~The Pterodactyl call (high pitch breathing in sound)

~Gargling drooling in his throat

~Pushing air through his front teeth (mouth closed)

~The ventriloquist (an odd clucking sound without moving his mouth)

~The Japanese silent film (moving his mouth as if talking without sound coming out)

Foods

~Carrots, green beans, zucchini, sweet potato

~Mango, apples, plums, peaches, watermelon, blueberries, bananas

Fun Moments

~Watching Callen swing in his jumper: two hops forward, pick up feet, swing backward, two hops forward, etc.  Then crashing into the side of the door.

~Watching Callen study the movements of other babies

~Hearing him laugh in Carter's (What at?  Best we could tell it was at the pictures of babies all around.)

Movement

~Rolling everywhere (pack’n play blocks the stairs)

~Trying hard to get hips off the ground

~Pushes himself backwards on stomach

~Sits up unasissted

Sign Language

~No doubt in our minds that he understands “milk”.  Sometimes we sign “milk” just to see what he does…it’s entertaining.

~He gets really excited when I ask him if he wants to “jump”, but it’s still too early to tell if he understands.

~He doesn’t understand “eat”, “more”, or “diaper change”…but we’ll keep trying.

Daniel (5 months) and Callen