7 Months!

Holy buckets, I feel like the more you start to move forward, the more I fall behind!

We had our first winter storm of the season, starting last night. I was so excited on Tuesday night for it I went and bought you snow boots that are going to be way too big. But we got a hand-me-down snowsuit and I couldn't help it. I want to take you out in this at some point! I had a snow day today, so we were able to spend a lot of time together, although the whole house as come down with the flu at some point this week, so it was more or less just laying around together. But it was still a good time.

In this last month, you have begun doing so much more - you have eaten plenty of solids, that's for sure. You love peaches and bananas (when you're feeling good), and you're really starting to enjoy sweet potatoes. You like acorn squash and I'm pretty sure you hate peas. HATE peas. We haven't tried green beans, but that is next on the list. As is apple. I guess you've had strawberries at the sitter's house, which I didn't know you could have, and you loved that as well. Not to mention your standard oatmeal and formula bottle! But all in all, you're starting to eat, in your high chair, like a champ.

You've also started crawling. I thought for sure you would be crawling by Christmas, and I might still be right, but you're definitely army crawling at a high rate of speed. I took a phone call tonight (the phone call telling me that school is also cancelled tomorrow - yippee!) and you were across the room after 30 seconds. It seemed like a split second you were on the floor at one end of the room and at the end of my 30 second phone call, you were at the other, banging on the printer (for the thirtieth time today)!

You've also started having more of a schedule. You rise when the sun comes up, you go down about 9 a.m. for a nap. You are up at 11, ready to eat and play and eat again, then down again for a nap about 2. You wake up at 4 and then down at 6. Up at 8 for a little bit more play and some food, then down by 9-9:30. It's pretty snazzy and works into our schedule pretty well.

You really love it when your daddy sings you Elvis. More specifically, "I'm in love (HUH), I'm all shook up!" It's adorable to watch your reaction. My song for you is, "You're the one that I want! You are the one, singin' oh oh oh! The one I need, oh yes, indeed!" It's so much fun to dance with you and sing to you and play with you. You react so animatedly to everything we do, it's so much fun.

I never knew that being a mom would be so much fun, but I'm loving it more and more every day. Even the horrible, smelly, poopy diapers, the tantrums and the difficult nights. You're everything I've ever wanted and more. I love you James Thomas!