Who needs naps? :)

We just found out Micah's 7 month stats. He weighs 18lbs and is 26 1/2" long. 

No wonder my arms have been sore! He is a growing boy:)

On the plus side of growing up... Micah has been sleeping through the night! Finally!!

It is so nice to feel like a normal person again and not needing to wake up and feed him. 

Unfortunately his naps during the day though have been getting a little more tricky. Sometimes he seems exhausted and other times he seems not sleepy at all. Like in this video...

7 Months Today:)

Today Micah is 7 months! 

It's so crazy he is that old. And every second he is getting stranger. Did you hear me correctly? No I didn't say cuter (even though that's true.) 

He is becoming a very strange child.

Case in point: 

On Friday he just felt like leaving his feet in the air awkwardly for most of the day.

Look at him...

Silly boy. Okay I guess it is sort of cute. Especially with such a serious face and his socks all crazy. And this is probably a normal thing when you are just discovering that you have feet. But I will never understand how he could like eating peas and green beans but hates pears and bananas. Or why he likes to completely cover his head with his frog blankie before falling asleep. It's enough to make me crazy checking to make sure he's still breathing under there.

Anyway...we had a really fun weekend just hanging out as a family in the nice weather (before the freak slushy snow thing on Sunday night.) I have lots of pictures of our adventures that I will post later but here are just a couple highlights...

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Getting tickled by daddy...

...and yep, that is a tooth! I magnified it in case you got sidetracked by his boogies and drool. He has his very first tooth and it seems to have grown doubly since I took this picture. He likes to sink his new tooth into my shoulder when I'm unsuspecting, so I can testify that that little guy is nice and sharp! 

First Shoes

We tried out shoes for the first time this week.

Won't be long before we are seeing grass stains to match!

 

Wanna see pictures full size?

Out for a Walk

I am so excited that spring is almost here! 

One of my favorite parts of the weather warming up is our family walks. 

Stephen and I have been taking Micah on walks to a nearby elementary school. This school has basketball courts so Micah hangs out in his stroller with toys and watches while I dominate Stephen in nightly bball games haha. (And sometimes if I'm feeling generous, I'll let him win:))

Micah loves the fresh air and the fact that he gets to sit up and look around in his stroller now.

 

(This hat is a gift from Micah's cousins:) Doesn't he look like a little rebel already?)

Funny

Gotta love the things that are funny to a baby....I was just doing ballerina spins in the air for him and he thought it was the funniest thing. Sorry the video isn't centered, but you get the point:)

Busted!

Micah has become quite the little roly-poly. 

Which was great until he decided that the best time to use his new found skills are during naptime. 

This is the way I lay him down to go to sleep...(looking so innocent)

and five minutes later this is the way I find him...

Today he knew he was in trouble so he started "faking" like he was really trying to go sleep. Hahaha.

It would be really cute if I didn't have to go in there and flip him over like 37 times before he goes to sleep. And he is only 6 months! What am I going to do when he is walking and getting into all sorts of trouble? 

Oh my. I'm getting gray hairs already.

Sleeping Peacefully

It's things like this that make me just stop and cherish the moment. 

I will lie down and
sleep in peace
for You alone, O Lord,
make me dwell in safety.
Psalm 4:8