7 Months Old

Cooper turned 7 months right after his first Christmas!  It was a big month celebrating the holidays and enjoying all the festivities.  Cooper continues to bring so much happiness to our lives and I swear there is nothing better than getting him to flash that smile...it really lights up the whole room (and our hearts).  Things that bring a smile to his face this month are:

anything his dad does is funny somehow, he loves his daddy!

 playing airplane with mommy, 

Wilson joining me to get him from his crib is apparently the funniest thing ever

also, grabbing Wilson's face/ears or attempting to ride on his back

peek a boo,

clapping,

eating food in his high chair,

attempting to crawl (ok he actually gets frustrated with this too, but he's soooo close!)

we got to move to the seat in the shopping cart and he loves that now!  and my back loves not carrying him in the baby carrier anymore

daddy putting him on his sholders

playing with a cell phone or remote control is a daily (minutely) battle

he doesn't sit still for long now!

It's so fun to watch him learn and grow.  These months go by fast and it's amazing how much he changes by the end of it.  

at 7 Months Cooper is wearing size 9-12 clothes/pajamas

size 3 Diapers

eats 5 bottles a day and has 2 "meals"/day with puree foods

bedtime at 6:30pm and sleeps til about 7am with one night feeding around 4am

naps 3x/day around 9am, noon, 3pm (catnap) lasting 30min-2 hours. usually morning nap is best nap

and consistently at least 1 hr.  he really likes to take 1hr 15 min naps.

has 2 teeth (front bottom)

sits up and keeps his balance unassisted

gets up on all fours and tries to crawl (rocks back and forth), but still hasn't mastered it.

he gets very frustrated and ends up sitting down instead of moving forward

trying so hard to crawl

Cooper took this "selfie" of him and Wilson haha

Goodbye, Mamaroo!  I think once you can sit up and try to escape you've outgrown this :(  Hard to believe

i love this photo! my 3 boys! fun before bath

Coop sitting in his stroller big boy style! (no car seat for the first time) Scott actually took this while I was having a mommy vacation in Louisville

Big boys who can sit up get to ride in the shopping cart!
was a little confused at first

 then was having a blast!

this was an adventure with daddy

hard to see, but this boy likes to sleep with his toosh in the air (adorable)...and have I mentioned he is loving his crib these days.  It's sprinkled with his loveys which he also still loves.

we had to go to the doctor to check out our excema and rosy cheeks, but it didn't stop him from smiling

 we rode in the car to the office in our zippy to keep warm :)

putting some xmas gifts to use, the new highchair (thanks Nannie) and rubber ducky (thanks Sir)

play time with Daddy is sooooo fun

 i love morning snuggles with Mommy, too!

 working on Cooper's Nursery

I think we are ready for month eight!  You never know what each month will bring and we love every second of it.