7 Months

I've been trying to get pictures of Will each month and post to the blog. He was born on the 5th and usually by the 16th of the month I get around to it. So, this is technically his 7.5 month update!

 

At 7 months Will still wears zipper jammies almost every day so it was a special occasion for him to get dressed in a big boy outfit. You can also tell in this picture that he continues to be sick. Ugh. I forgot how horrible the first year of daycare is. He constantly has a runny nose. And his cheeks are bright red this winter as a result of eczema. The good news is that he is completely off of the million dollar Alimentum formula. We have tried to wean him from his acid reflux medicine but he is still having a problem with that so we are staying the course for now.

Will loves his big sisters and his big sisters love him. Both girls always ask where he is. They want to hug him and hold him. I'm thinking this will start to go South in about 3 months when he starts to walk.

Little buddy is a happy baby and a good napper. I think daycare exhausts him--on non-daycare days he will take 3 hour naps in the morning and afternoon. He is doing better with nighttime sleeping. We feed him for the last time at 10 p.m. and he usually makes it until 5:30. 5:30 is a brutal time to do a feeding as this means you're up for the rest of the day but, I'm happy to have some longer chunks of sleep for the first time in 7 months!

He is eating oatmeal cereal and starting some veggies and fruits. He seems to really like it.

He is pretty good at sitting on his own, but sometimes takes a little tumble.

"Ten Said"

 

The girls frequently play with their little princess or fairy dolls. The toys are easy to carry along in the car or to a restaurant and with some imagination they provide hours of role play entertainment. Each of the girls normally plays out the role of at least two of the dolls. Charlie constantly says, "Pretend you said..." to Evy to instruct what Evy's doll is supposed to say. Charlie says it so fast that it sounds like she is saying "Ten Said" she says it 1 million times per day. "Ten said No!" "Ten said Don't do that fairy." "Ten said help me." "Ten said you are beautiful."

 

Ten Said...

 

 

Break Fun

Evy had a two week break from school and she was quite spoiled with her activities. She got to spend a lot of time with Grammy Sherry and Papa Dick. They went to the trampoline park, ate ice cream, and went to Wickiup Hill learning center--one of Evy's favorites. She also got to spend the night at Grammy's and Papa's with Charlie and spend some extra time with her cousin Kate.

 

 

Evy was so excited to go skiing again this year. 

Junk food for lunch while skiing.

This weekend we took some friends to the movie Annie.

 

We also managed to get to the Children's Museum, the gymnastics open gym, and our favorite open gym complete with bounce houses. I think we're all dreading the return to our normal schedule.

Happy New Year!

On New Year's Eve the Children's Museum hosted a Happy Noon Year event with a countdown and ball drop at Noon. The line to get into the museum was about a mile long and I didn't think we were going to get in before the countdown.

 

 

Charlie made a noise maker

Evy got her face painted

Happy Noon Year! See that clump of stuff falling from the parachute? It all landed on Evy, Charlie, and their friend Heather. This caused the rest of the kids to rush towards them and Charlie freaked out! Nothing like crying on new year.

 

Closer to midnight we celebrated with some other families at a friend's house. Will even got to play duck-duck-goose. Photo credit goes to my friend Kate who captured this great shot!

 

We got home around 11 p.m. and this is what the kids looked like as soon as we walked in the door. I think they partied pretty hard all day long.

That's a Wrap: The Rest of Christmas

 

The kids are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Santa on Christmas Eve.

 

On Christmas morning I heard Evy and Charlie rush out to the living room around 5:45. There was lots of gasping and guessing which gift was for who. At about 6:05 they came to wake me up. I asked, "Did Santa come?" Evy said, "I don't know we haven't been out in the living room yet."

 

 

Evy was concerned that Will only had two gifts under the tree. Turns out, the 3rd child doesn't need a whole lot.

 

Santa brought Will a dump truck!

 

Playing with Evy's new horse barn.

 

Yummy Christmas morning breakfast. This picture says so much about Charlie's personality. I told Scott she reminds me of the The Big Lebowski.

 

Santa brought Evy the Razor Flash. It was so nice on Christmas day that she was able to take it for a test drive.

We celebrated Christmas with Scott's family on the weekend after Christmas. Once again we barely captured any photos.

The girls lining up to find the pickle. The traditional Christmas game that turns quite competitive.

Who will find the pickle first? Kate was the winner this year.