Seven Months!!

 Seriously where did the past seven months go?  It's hard to believe that you are seven months old already.  It seems like there have not been too many significant changes in your development in the past month, but as I write this I'm sure I will be retracting that statement.  Let's see, just because it's the most recent change we will discuss it first.  You are a total mama's boy now.  The minute I hand you off to someone, you start to wail and reach back for me.  Now, you would think that any mother would long for this, but when all you want to do is be held, I long for those breaks from holding you when visiting friends and family.  Recently during Christmas we were visiting family and many of the aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents got to look at you but not hold you much at all.  But I can usually rely on handing you off to Daddy without any protest, unless you are extra cranky.  But, I must admit that I do love that you love me so much.

You can sit independently now.  Much better than at 6 months.  You still aren't crawling but you are still extremely mobile.  I can no longer put you in your bouncer because you have figured out how to get out of it, as well as the bumbo.  You still like the swing, but I have a feeling it's only a matter of time before you figure how to wriggle out of that too.  Thank goodness for your jumper.  You are liking it more and more now, especially since you have figured out how to jump in it.  You roll, scoot, and arch to get where you want.  And you are pulling yourself up onto your knees now too.

You are a talkative little guy.  You have perfected "da da" and now you have started yelling.  It's not a mad yell, but that classic yell babies do just because they can.  Sometimes you do it to protest, but most of the time it's just because.  We have FINALLY taken the sling out of your bath and you are sitting up in your tub now.  We were really nervous about letting you sit up in the bath, so it took us a while to transition.

You are in lots of transitions now.  You are sitting up in the bath.  You are sitting in high chairs in restaurants.  It's time to leave the car seat in the car at the grocery store too, and let you sit in the cart.  But I haven't gotten the guts up yet.  Tomorrow's the day...I think.  You seems really interested in finger foods but you HATE texture in food, so I guess finger foods will have to wait.  It's this time in your life that I have to learn with you during your transitions.  Which is where all my other mommy friends come in handy.  Thank you mommy friends.

You are still breastfeeding, even though we hit a rough patch there for a while and I was having to supplement with a bottle in the evening.  You are pretty much back to your normal nursing now, which these days is only about 10-15 mins and it's a very acrobatic 10-15 mins.  You still love to eat solid food and I have started giving you meat. Pureed meat, yum.

I forgot in include your height and weight stats last month, and they probably haven't changed too much so I'll include them here.  You are tall and lean, like all the rest of your Cook cousins and your Daddy.  You weighed 16 lbs and you are 27 inches long.  You are in the 16th percentile for weight and the 67th percentile for height.  You are sleeping good these days.  We put you down by 8 and you usually wake up anywhere between 430 and 5.  But you usually go back to sleep for a little while after I nurse you.

Hearing you giggle is probably the funniest and sweetest noise I have ever heard.  Me or Daddy get you rolling and we both crack up hearing you laugh.  Although you never laugh at the same thing twice, so it's a challenge and mostly an accident when it happens.  We can usually get a guaranteed laugh out of you when you play with George, when Daddy takes a swig of his beer, go figure, or when Daddy does a funny dance.  That has to be my favorite.

Since it's hunting season and all, Daddy has been teaching you all about hunting and animals.  He likes to take you in the living room to look at all of his dear mounts.  You stare up at them, and your arm suddenly starts to drift up toward it to touch it.  Daddy can't wait to get you out there in the duck blind or deer stand.

He was very interested in the monthly sticker this time

Happy Thanksgiving!

I wasn’t going to post about thanksgiving because I did not do well in the picture taking department, but I figured I have to because it’s Weyland first Thanksgiving.  We hosted Thanksgiving at our house in Lawton so I was a little busy entertaining and getting dinner ready.  We were joined by my parents, who drove up from Fort Worth to spend the holiday with us.  As well as a few other military families, the Borrellos and the Holms.  They are both families we knew in El Paso and who also got re stationed in Lawton.  We were so glad they could join us!  I wish I had taken some pictures of the whole crew but I only managed to snap a few of Weyland after dinner was over, while the men were cleaning up.  Thank you boys!!  Over all Thanksgiving was a success.  We ate a ton and spent some great time with friends and family.  Now it's time to gear up for Christmas!!

Six Months!!

When Weyland was about 2 weeks old 6 months seemed miles and miles away, but now it's here.  How did that happen?  The days are so long sometimes, yet they seem to fly by faster and faster and I can't seem to get a grasp on how fast you are changing.  One minute I am looking at you saying, "I can't wait until you can sit up" and then the next day when you have magically gained the ability to balance on your lean little legs kicked out in front of you, I say to myself, "NO not yet".   I know I'm gonna be saying the same thing when you start standing, walking and talking.  I want you so badly to reach these milestones.  But as soon as you reach them I'm suddenly not ready.  Oh the woes of parenthood.

So what's going on with you Weyland...you are my little man now.  You are a real person who laughs and reacts and looks at me when I say your name.  You still love to eat.  After I nurse you we sit down to eat your solids and you can't get enough.  You get so excited to eat, you kick your legs and squeal.  Right now you pretty much eat anything I put in front of you, thank goodness.  I know that will change as you get older so I'm trying to enjoy it now.  You are sitting up now.  You haven't really figured out how to get there on your own yet, but you can balance really well when we sit you down.  I can sit you down and give you a toy and you go to town.  And I'm thinking you might be one of those babies who skips crawling.  You just like to roll.  When you lock on to something you want just a few rolls and you get there.  You love to chew on everything these days!  I'm pretty sure you are teething, but no teeth yet.  You also love to reach and grab everything in front of you including George and mommy's face.  Poor George.  And poor mommy's face.  I have several battle scars.  George is not such a fan of all the grabbing either.  He mostly just runs away. You are wearing 6 month clothes now and size 3 diapers when you're not in cloth diapers.  My stress about naps has now gone away.  It has taken me 6 months, but I have finally accepted that sleep is not something that comes easy to you.  You fight sleep about 80% of the time, but I have learned patience is the key.  You will fall asleep, sometimes it just takes you a little longer to surrender.  You are taking solid naps these days, sometimes they are an hour and half and sometimes they are 30 mins but they are naps nonetheless.  Your sleeping at night has improved as well.  You are finally sleeping through the night, for the most part.  But you are an early riser.  You have been getting up at 5 am lately, bright eyed with a huge smile on your face.  Lucky for me my favorite time of day is going and getting you out of your crib in the morning, so it makes that 5 am wake up a little easier.  It makes my heart melt to see you smiling up at me like I am just the person you wanted to see first thing in the morning.  Your new bff is your thumb.  You love that thing.  You pop it in your mouth any chance you get, especially when you are tired.  You still aren't a huge fan of being in your car seat.  But as long as you aren't tired you do pretty well.  Lucky for me we moved to a small town so getting from one place to the other never takes long.

We love you so much Weyland!  You are probably the coolest person I know.

By the way, we are all settled in in Lawton and are liking small town life so far.  If there was only a Target....

Our little Aggie

Daddy's future hunting buddy

 We still give in every once in a while and let you nap on Daddy

Bath Time!

Best buds...sort of ;)

Smiles for momma

 

 You talking to me?

I love Sophie!

Pa Pa turns 60!

Although this took place over a month ago I figured I would go ahead and post it any way.  

This year Pa Pa turned 60.  And my Mom decided to throw my Dad a big 60th birthday bash.  The party was at a friend’s beer garden, that included a very cool bar, some near by wildlife to include a donkey, 3 cows and lots of goats, yummy Mexican food, and some great music from David (not my hubby) and Danny.   It was pretty cold outside, but it was lots of fun.  I think everyone had a great time!  And the Aggies beating the hell outta Auburn helped the night right along! Here are some pics from the night.  Happy 60th old man!!