7 Months Already!

Little by little, this year is creeping by.  Who am I kidding?  Sometimes it flies!  I can't believe our little wiggle worm is already 7 months old.  It feels like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital!

And a few days later, he hit 31 weeks:

• Baby led weaning continues to go well.  Gabe surprises me in that he likes almost everything I give him to eat.  He also has mastered a straw cup and a sippy cup.  We're trying lots of new foods, now that I am not so nervous.  (Well, except peanut butter.  I haven't given him that yet and I am waiting for a brave day - and a day where his pediatrician is in the office just in case!  Not that we have any nut allergies in the family - that we know of.)

Red pepper

Tuna fish - the cat cleanup crew circled the high chair!

 

Enjoying the Wonder Wheel while waiting for dinner

Corn on the cob

Mandarin oranges

Cheddar cheese

Apples!

Baked sweet potato

 

Destroying a pork quesadilla!

 

"Whoa!  Water comes out when I suck on it!"

Tomatoes

• We've made it past 7 months of breastfeeding successfully, which I am really proud of!  Craig & I were talking about how much milk Gabriel would need come my return to work at the end of August, and it looks as though I can stop pumping at night already(!) and I won't have to pump at all when I return to work.  I also volunteered as a peer leader at our breastfeeding support group, and that went well last week for my first time through.

 

•  Gabe found his feet this week.  First he could only grab one, then he got the other.  Sock removing is now even easier!

 

• We are working on sitting up this week.  Gabriel can stay up for about 1 minute or so, but as soon as he gets distracted, he falls over.  Sometimes it surprises even him!

 

Surprised to be sitting!

• We took an afternoon to go enjoy the outdoors at Moore State Park in Paxton.  We captured a lot of sweet moments, even with a sleepy baby!

Daddy showing Gabriel where the fish are

Other pictures from the week:

Checking out his new bath toy fountain

Working on a 2nd tooth!