***Happy 7 Months Baby Eli*** :]

Every month I think to myself- geez this past money flew by, and my baby is a whole month older. It seems each month comes faster and faster. Is my lil Eli seriously 7 months old today??? STOP growing lil boy- let’s freeze time for just a lil bit. Before I know it he is going to be going into Kindergarden at this pace!!!

I will say on the other hand- the age Eli is at right now has been my favorite so far! Don’t get me wrong- I adore each stage he has gone through- but the older he gets- the more awesome and amazing the kid gets and this Mommy and Daddy absolutely LOVE it! He is such a funny lil man that is getting quite the personality added to him too! I never knew there was this much love for your child- but it is soooo amazing and we love our lil man soooo much!

What are you up to these days lil baby Eli? (he will be my baby Eli forever by the way haha):

You are now in size 4 diapers and a big boy. You aren’t fat at all- just a solid lil man and very long too! You wear 6-9 clothes and more 9 months clothes now!!!

You love looking at yourself in the mirror and to laugh at yourself!! :]

You still love love love your Praise Baby DVD’s and you are now into Veggie Tales a bit as well as Blues Clues and Barney. Rylan loves watching Blues Clues and Barney- and Eli is beginning to stare at the TV when these shows are on now too. Maybe you will learn your ABC’s by the age of 1 yr. Hahaha that is so a joke- laugh :]

You love being in your jumperoo and are becoming quite the lil jumper. You always like Mommy and Daddy to be there for an audience as well. You just love to show off sometimes- and it’s cute if I must say so myself :]

You love to eat baby food and so far you like everything besides Vegetable Beef, which I will never give you again because you fountain spit up that stuff one evening and it was orange and gross. Poor lil boy- it just didn’t settle right huh??? Mommy won’t do that anymore- promise! You are eating a can of veggie/dinner baby food at dinner, as well as a can of fruit baby food for dinner too. Doing great :]

You now love to eat yogurt bites as well and since you have 2 teefers we have split puffs in half and you love to chomp away on those too! :] Yogurt bites are your favorite and Momma has tried them and likes them too haha :]

You are eating cereal in the morning and cereal at night as well- and so far the oatmeal cereal is your favorite!

You now have 2 lil teefers on the bottom!!!! Such a big big boy :]

You are now saying “Mamamama” and we are very proud of you for this!!!! We were working with you on saying “Mama Dada” and you said it the first time ever last week but now say the “Mamamama” part- absolutely wonderful :]

You are still sleeping great at night!!! You go to sleep about 9:00 each night and wake up between 7:30 and 8:00am the next morning. You also take around 2 hr naps everyday that always seem to be at random times every day! As long as you get your nap in though you are golden the rest of the day :]

You are rolling over like crazy and are beginning to like to be on your belly more and more. At times it looks like you could just take off and crawl- which is a big hit to me because I just can’t believe your that old to where you could crawl anyday!!!!!! You also sleep on your tummy each night now!

When you wake up you have your cereal (with fruit) between 7:30am and 8:00am. You then usually have 3-4 more bottles during the rest of the day and then your baby food comes into action at dinner time, which is usually between 5:00pm and 6:00pm. You usually have juice with your dinner and than your cereal again right before bed. You are doing so good with your eating schedule! Someday we will also fit in lunch- even though we have 2 months to work that all out I still want to make sure you are on a great schedule and introducing more juices as well since Dr Jani said that is perfectly fine to do :]

You now love to play with more toys that light up and make noises than the rattles. You love to play with your binkys and also your feet and toes!!! Mommy wishes she was as flexible as you :] You also love to have a blankey with you a lot now, and you know when Mommy and Daddy laugh and laugh along with us. You are laughing more and more, and it is such a good feeling every single time. I love your lil laugh it is amazing!!!!

As of today- you now sit up on your own eeek!!!! Such a big boy!!! :]

You also love spoons and the sound of our car keys. You love to be in the kitchen with Mommy while she cooks and talks to you as well as plays lil funny games with you to make you laugh :] You love playing with Mommy’s plastic whisk in the kitchen and love to bang it on your high chair tray! You love seeing Mommy come and pick you up in your crib each morning, and you love to see Daddy get home every evening. You also love to grab our faces!!! :]

You are starting to hold your own bottles and you are figuring out more what a sippy cup does and how it works as well :]

You love love love Rylan and Cami and to interact with them which is so awesome! Mommy loves being home with you every single day and knowing I am home with you until you enter Kindergarden is one of the best feelings in the entire world!

Every single place we go, whether it is someone Mommy and Daddy know or a complete stranger- everyone always says you are such a happy baby and a very good baby and that makes Mommy and Daddy feel so good that we were blessed to have such a great baby boy! You are our world lil man- and we are so so so so proud of you!!!!

Happy 7 months baby Eli!!! :]