7 Months Old!

Brody is 7 months old! He's such a huge part of our family, now, that it really feels as if he has always been with us. We can't imagine our lives without him and are so glad that he gets to be a part of our family.

(sadly, I seem to have misplaced his 7 and 8 month ties so the next two months will be without)

This month Brody:

- Started trying to pull himself up to standing. He can get about halfway there most of the time. He's gotten all the way up a couple of times. However, if you just stand him up, he'll happily hold on to whatever and stand and play. He especially loves to do this in Logan's kitchen

Love seeing them interact like this. Such sweet siblings.

(here's Logan at nine months when she first started standing up and Brody just shy of 7 months. She looks so petite!)

- He tries to crawl. He'll rock back and forth on all fours but never seems to get the forward motion. He's pretty content just sitting and observing life, right now. We're ok with it because he clearly likes to get into things and so having him contained is absolutely ok.

- Started eating more solid meals. He eats about 2 solid meals a day and nurses the rest of the time. His favorite food, hands down, is an avocado/banana mixture. He could eat several bowls of that at a time if I had enough of it. He also loves carrots, peas, plain bananas, mangos, pears, peaches, apples and sweet potatoes. So far he's eaten and enjoyed everything he's been given.

- Had his first little bout of separation anxiety. He's pretty good about being passed around and does just fine in the nursery on Sundays but had a really hard time when I left him for my first MOPS meeting. They said he cried on and off the entire 2 hours. He also will not stay with the babysitters we have on Monday nights for our small group. I have a feeling that's because it's bedtime, though, and he's not used to being awake that late. Last week we went early and put him to bed in another room and I was finally able to sit and participate.

- Took his first sippy cup! I pumped and put the milk in a sippy cup for the MOPS meeting and he took it just fine.

- Really has started interacting with Logan. They actually play together sometimes, now. She likes to sit and build block towers for him to knock down. He really loves it when I put her in his crib with him after he's just woken up and let them snuggle. Both of our kids are little snuggle monsters and we LOVE IT.

- Got his first two teeth!

- Is wearing 6-9 month clothes.

- Wears a size 2 shoe.

- Weighs 17lbs.

(another case of sibling abuse in our household...though, she promises that it's because he's a king, not a princess)

- Is still such a great sleeper! He's sleeping 10-12 hour stretches every night.

- Is on a great schedule. He wakes up at 7:30am, eats then plays until 9:30, naps until 11-11:30, eats lunch at 12, goes back down for a nap at 1 and usually sleeps until 4, plays, eats at 6, takes a bath, gets a story, nurses and then goes to bed at 7. It's so nice that things are so predictable with him.

- He seriously is the happiest baby ever. If he fusses or whines he needs something, is tired, or has a dirty diaper. Otherwise he's content and just smiles away.

Here's Logan vs. Brody at 7 months. He's definitely starting to get a more distinctive look, though, some pictures we look at and if Logan wasn't in pink with a bow we'd have trouble figuring out which was which.

All 7 months: