7 months

Cole is now 7 months old!  He didn't have a well check this month, but I'm guessing he is around 17 lbs and 26 1/4 inches.

He is such a happy baby.  He LOVES his big brother.  He just lights up whenever he sees him and you can tell he wants to play with him so bad.  If he happens to get a hand on him he just smiles and laughs.  It really makes me look forward to when they can play together!

We started solids over the past month and they are just going okay.  He liked rice cereal for the first couple of times and then decided he didn't like it anymore.  His dislike list also includes:  apples, pears, carrots, avocado.  He's okay with oatmeal, sweet potatoes, yogurt, butternut squash and bananas.  He makes the most pathetic, disgusted faces when you feed him something he doesn't like.  He's actually gagged a couple of times.  So dramatic. :)  It's kind of funny to have one that has different opinions about food because Hunter was always a good eater from the get-go.  We'll get there though!

His sleeping habits are sporadic.  He has given us a bit of hope with sleeping until 4am for a few nights in a row and then the past few nights he has been waking up a couple of times before midnight.  He's still napping pretty randomly but over the past week or two has been starting to get one good one in a day, usually towards the end of the day.

I can no longer put Cole down in one place and expect him to be in the same place the next time I look up.  He's rolling all over the place.  We call him Roley Poley Coley. :)  This presents a new list of challenges with a 3 year old around as we need to make sure that Hunter picks up/we pick up and notice all potential choking hazards that are on the floor.  Hunter has been doing a pretty good job at noticing things.  I'm not sure if it's because he recognizes that some things could be bad for the baby or if he just doesn't want Cole playing with his things but hey, whatever works!

First day of preschool

Hunter had his very first day of preschool this week!  He is going to the preschool at our church from 9am-1:30pm, 3 days a week.  This is where he did the little camp this summer, as well as VBS, so it is familiar to him.  He even has the same teacher as he did for both camp and VBS!  I love this school and am really excited for him to be going there.

There was no separation anxiety (at least on his part!) and he went straight in and sat down at the table to play with some play dough when we got there.  He's been having a lot of fun and is zonked out by the time we get home.  I'm sad that my baby is growing up so fast, but I'm so excited for him to learn new things and make new friends and I know it will be a great experience for him.

Here are some pics of his first day!

Love this little guy so much!