7 Months Old!

Dear Lucas,
Well, you are still growing! But you are now "average" which is funny because you are such a chunkster. You are 19 lbs 2 oz and 27" tall. This past month is the first time that people have ever guessed your age correctly so I guess on average most babies your age are about your size. I'll be honest with you this past month has been a bit rough. Your bottom two teeth came in, the right one on October 2 and the left a few days later. I thought this meant we would be on a little break but you are definitely going through something, maybe it is still teething.

Since you are still a baby though and crying is just about the only way you can tell us something is wrong we don't know for sure what is going on. You are waking up multiple times in the night, screaming for long periods of time before you take a nap (don't worry, we are comforting you through all of this) and are getting so easily upset throughout the day.

I have finally enlisted in some help from sleep experts so let's hope for some good news soon! And last month when I thought we would just have a few interesting days of you rolling over when you sleep and not liking it, boy was I wrong! This vicious cycle has lasted all month and I don't see an end in sight.

Don't worry though, we still could not love you any more. You still laugh every day.  Whenever we are out people always love to say hi to you and you always give them a smile or laugh back. It seems to brighten their days and that is wonderful.

You started shaking your head no and you think it is hilarious. You aren't shaking it to say no, its just moving that way and it is so funny. You won't copy us if we do it though, you do it on your own terms. You also love to look at what is going on behind you. I think this is absolutely adorable. You just don't want to miss a thing!

You are eating solids twice a day, at lunch and dinner. This month you tried banana, pear, apple, peas and potato. You loved everything accept for the potato and I don't blame you. Potato doesn't seem to stay very well after a few hours so we'll hold off on that one for awhile. It also took you a little time to get into bananas but you're ok with it now.

You decided you do not like milk bottles anymore and we figured this out while mommy was out and daddy was putting you to bed:( So when Daddy is off work we are trying to give you one milk bottle a day. It is hit or miss at this point but we are not going to give up because Mommy needs to be able to go out and do things some times. Since your milk bottles are glass they are pretty heavy so we give you water in a small plastic bottle and that you love. You have learned to hold it on your own.

For whatever reason the new thing to calm you down is mommy singing to you, normally Wheels on the Bus. I am the most toned deaf person you will ever meet so why this calms you I have no idea and Daddy would really love if we could figure something else out;)

Your eyes are still blue/gray. They are just gorgeous and people still comment on them all the time. Auntie Angie thinks they may stay but we shall see!

Your hair! Oh, how we love your hair. It definitely has a mind of its own and we just let it fly.

You still have the cutest sneezes which occur daily. I hope your sneezes stay cute.

Please disregard the ensemble. We were just doing a nice photo shoot for Daddy.

You just started pushing yourself backwards when you are on your tummy. I'm not sure you are close to crawling but it is cool to see you trying to move, even if it is in the wrong direction.

You did get some cousin time in this month and you think they are so entertaining.

We also took you to a few pumpkin patches as we live in pumpkin country:) The first two you were so overwhelmed with the pumpkins and the hay you would not look at the camera.

Then next one you got on board with the picture taking.

We then picked out some large pumpkins to carve and when we went to pay they told us it would be $45 for two pumpkins! Daddy wanted to make sure we let you know that we spent that much money on two pumpkins because we are trying to make Halloween so special for you;) It won't take you long to figure out that Daddy does not overpay for things so this is a rare occasion. Haha!

We also went to our first Pumpkin Festival.

There was a lot for you to see but I think it was a bit overwhelming for all of us. We think you'll enjoy it more in the years to come.

Every day we tell you how much we love you and how cute you are. We hope this never gets old for you. We are excited to continue to watch you grow.

We love you so much,
Mommy and Daddy