First Thanksgiving-Nov 28th

We drove down to WI for you first Thanksgiving. We left early Wed morning so you could spend the day with Gma and Gpa. You slept most of the way there until we stopped in the Dells so mom could go to the Carters outlet store quick. hehe! I so wish we had one of those here but Id prob go there every week and buy you stuff. haha We got to Gma/Gpas around 1130 and had lunch and played for the day.

On Thanksgiving morning, we drove an hour away to Gpas sisters house on the farm for the first huge potluck. There were so many people there and most you were meeting for the first time. I was nervous how you would do with all those people but you did pretty good. You didnt really nap for very long but you didn't have any melt downs so thats good.

We gave you some mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes mashed up, and some green bean casserole(which was your fav) haha. Mine too!!

After, we got back in the car and drove a half hour to Lees gpas house for the second huge family potluck. There weren't quite as many people there as usual but still quite a few. You got to see a lot of people again and they were amazed at how big you have gotten. We stayed and had dinner and then after we put you in your pjs and took off for home. You slept the whole way and woke up once we pulled into the garage. I got you back to sleep pretty quickly but you woke up around 11 or so screaming. I had to get you to sleep on me first and then put you in your crib and you slept till morning. I think you were just overtired and overstimulated from all the people and driving.

Meeting Santa-Tuesday Nov 26th

We took you to the mall in town to meet Santa Claus for the first time. We went before Thanksgiving to beat the mad rush and crowds. We got there and there was only one person in line a head of us and no one behind us. The workers and Santa were a little weird, you kinda just stared at them. Since no one was there we got to take several pics until we got a good one that we liked. We finally were able to get you to smile and got an adorable pic!

Afterwards, we went home and put up the Xmas tree and decorations.

7 months old-Sunday Nov 24th

You are 7 months now! Time is flying by way too fast. You are getting so much more fun each day and learning so much. You are growing like a weed!

*You are around 27 inches long, and weigh (we measured you at home, you dont go back to the doc till 9 months)
*Starting to wear 12 month clothes and sleepers, you could prob wear the 9 month shirts but the pants get really short on you.
*You have perfected sitting up on your own and playing with toys on your own which is nice
*You eat solids three times a day(oatmeal and a fruit for breakfast, rice cereal and veggie for lunch, and a fruit and veggie for supper) and usually have 4 bottles(around 6 ounces, 8 oz before bed). We give you a sippy cup with water each time and you love it. You can pick it up yourself now too. You like to just chew on it at the end though.
*Still sleeping through the night good. You'll usually go to bed at 7 but some nights you only make it till 630 or so if you are crabby.
*You can pretty much put yourself to sleep for the most part..usually within 15-20 mins and you are out. You'll talk to yourself and sometimes whine a little.
*You love your jumper, even when you come out of it you like to jump on us in our arms. LOL
*You said da da a couple times we swear but havent said it since.
*Still love baths, weve given you a couple just sitting up in the actual bathtub and you do fine, its just hard to wash your hair.
*You have been having mysterious hives/rashes that disappear but they seem to be getting better; we thought maybe the pampers cruisers diapers but were not for sure.
*You love to eat and you fuss and shake and grunt to be fed, we cant feed you fast enough! When you are hungry you are hungry!
*You are completely on formula now, weve used up all the frozen BM. You seem to do fine w/ it and over thanksgiving we gave you a couple bottles at room temp and you were fine with it.
*Sophie the giraffe is still your fav toy, you like to chew on anything, wash cloths etc.
*Started to play with toy car, ring stacking toy, fire truck..more interactive toys.
*Liking books a little more, grabbing at pages.
*You love to be sung to, Xmas songs esp-We Wish You a Merry Xmas
*We've given you a few puffs but you dont really get it yet. well break them apart and hand them to you. Still hard for you to pick them up.
*We've moved you up to size 4 diapers, you could prob still wear a 3 but we didnt want to buy another huge box of them. We've switched to pampers overnights at night and they have made a huge diff you were waking up soaked every morning without them.
*You'll nap at day care from like 845-1245 or so..not sure how bc at home youll maybe nap 1-1.5 hour tops. Usually around 830 and 1. Sometimes youll take a cap nap bt 4-5 as well.
*You arent crawling but you can tell you want to..you roll all around and then get up on your stomach and kick and get mad. You get up on your knees too..if youd just move fwd you would be crawling. haha You usually give up though.
*You are still quite the thumb sucker..both hands. Whenever you get tired you suck your thumb for sure but just other random times too.
*We put away your playmat and I think well put away the swing too. You havent used it in a long time. You def perfer to be on the ground playing and arent really into being held in our laps.
*You still like patty cake, farmers horse, airplane, so big etc..You like to play peek a boo now where well put your taggy blanket on your face and then youll pull it way. Youll blink as we go to put it back on your face. haha

Sitting

You are getting better at sitting by yourself more and more each day. You do better if you have a toy to focus on or grab. You still will sometimes lean to either side or go back down onto your back. We keep working on it though!

Darn Rash

We are now on week 2 of this mysterious hives/rash whatever you want to call it. It is driving us bonkers! Daycare doesn't seem to think its a big deal but I dont feel that its normal. Ive tried just about everything I can think of. Nothing has been new for you besides formula, but you had been having that before this all started.

It seems to be worse after youve been laying down and then after an hour or so it disappears. This weekend I am going to try using Luvs diapers vs Pampers to see if it makes a diff. I used one last night and you didn't really seem to be broken out. Fingers crossed that it is this!

Darn Pampers Crusiers! I loved Pampers bc they didn't leak and they seemed to fit well. Maybe its just the Cruisers type. They make sensitive ones I know but they are way spendier. We will have to test this out.

Poor baby even though you don't itch or touch it. I think it bothers mom more than you. Just cant stand seeing it on you.

Transitioning to Formula

This past week we started doing partial formula/BM bottles. You seemed to take them just fine. I think the first one Theresa gave you, you kinda made a face but you ate it. You seem to eat them just fine now. We still have quite a few frozen things of BM so well continue to use those up at home before well do 100% formula bottles.

With all the solids you've been eating you are drinking way less in bottles. You dont really want one right when you wake up either. When we put you in your high chair to eat you get so excited and kick your feet and want to eat so fast and make the cutest sounds. LOL You sound like we never feed you!

First word??

Last Friday night you started to say da da. You kept saying it and then I was giving you a bath and Lee walked in and you said da da. We keep trying to get you to say it and sometimes you will. Too cute! You are so fun with all your giggles and smiles for us:)

Allergic reaction

On Monday you had your 6 month shots along with the flu shot and you were fine the rest of the day an into Tuesday. On Wed you woke up with a few red hives, on your face, shoulder and leg. You didnt have a fever or seem upset so we sent you to daycare and they eventually went away. It reappeared on your face a little but that was it.

On Thursday I got you up and took your pjs off and your hives were huge and red and everywhere. I got you ready and took you to urgent care. They looked at you and said yep allergic to something. I think its the flu shot personally but they think it may be from a food. The only newer food we had given you this week were peaches. I stopped giving them to you for the time being. I just wish I knew what was causing it. I am scared to give you the second flu shot in a month but then maybe well know what was causing the reaction. We may have to try peaches again later to see if you react and that is in fact the culprit! Your rash today seems to be a lot better and down to a few blotches.

At least we were still able to dress you up so you could experience your first Halloween.

Just so hard seeing you like that. Even though you were still so happy!