227. Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving!

Look at these two matching and all :)

226. Where There Is A Will..

After seeing how much our little guy LOVED swinging during our country trip, I immediately called upon Amazon Prime (pretty sure Brad wishes making purchases was a tad bit more difficult for me - I'm a work in progress!) and the next thing you know, we had the same Little Tikes swing at our door.  After some debate, we landed on the decision to hang the swing in the basement.  Kind of perfect for this time of year if you ask us!  

Zander is still fighting his little cold.  After his bath, we took him downstairs to check out the swing; our efforts earned a smile - considering how our baby feels, so we think it's going to be a hit.  

225. Another Cold :(

Poor little Wubba has another yucky cold.  His little voice is so raspy and pitiful #heartbreaking.  It didnt keep him from playing a little before bed last night, but the night was a pretty rough one.  Love the precious baby age; however, it will be nice when he can tell us what hurts :(

224. Spoons!

This is not exciting, but an exclamation point makes it seem that way...babies r us is a necessary evil - they really have everything you would ever need, including a spoon attachment for squeeze pouches...

223. Childproofing!

Saturday we ran errands - common weekend theme!  Although our little guy isn't in that much of a rush to get moving, there is enough happening that we decided to sieze the moment and start childproofing after our little Wubba was in bed :).  I had a little fun captuirng the moment for Z to hoepfully look back on one day.

222. Friday Night Date :)

221. How We Do

Mornings with my baby...

220. Low Maintenance Toys

This is our Bumbo drum.

219. Warm & Toasty

218. There's A Baby in Our Bed!

And he's so snuggly sweet! #bedhead

217. Sunday at Teeter!

My hat got a little crooked on the way...mom thinks she needs to capture everything!

I want your phone!

The bag of candy corn will have to do.

Or your wallet.  Something, anything to chew/drool on!!!

216. Saturday Around the Casa

Zander and mommy set out on a mission to make up for lost time on Saturday morning.  We had the best day...fascination of fire, chewing on tags, lots of snacks, LOTS of photos, and a visit from Kallie and Hadley!

215. Give That To Me!

213-214. Daddy's on Photo Duty

Mommy was gone for work for a couple of days and requested that daddy take and send pictures.  

After receiving the first picture, Zander and I shared the same impression of daddy's work :)

7 Months Old

The saying "time flies when you are having fun" must have originated with parents watching their children grow up. We literally can't believe you are 7 months old...

You are growing ever so curious and reach out for everything. As we walk through the house holding you, it is guaranteed that a little arm will be sticking out to the side just trying to touch everything that we walk by. Or you lean down, which makes it extremely interesting to try to hold you when 25 lbs is puilling in the opposite direction. You are now grabbing for toys, etc with two hands and often times end up with something in each hand...you switch back and forth, not knowing what needs more of your focus; this is especially present at bath time with one hand holding the washcloth and the other holding one of your bath toys. You like to watch the dogs and will sit there and just laugh when Bailee is playing fetch or you will reach out to pet Chewy when he stands beside your high chair.  You giggle when we play itsy bitsy spider, peek a book, love to be tickled and tossed gently up in the air.

Everything, everything, everything goes to your mouth for exploration. You still love my phone, the TV remote, paper, and Ziploc bags more than any toy in the house. You love to sit and play for the longest stretches of time and you clap your sweet little hands and grin or stare at them in amazement and you try to clap harder and harder. Mommy and daddy always say "yaaaaay" to you every time we see you clapping. We have tried puffs and you are not the biggest fan yet. You do love the teething net with some grapes. Daddy make sure he hooks you up by removing the peels :) You move all over on your belly and spin circles in your crib. The new thing is to place your little head in between the bars and grab onto them looking out like you are in jail. It's so cute! You have started to push up off of your belly and will rock back and forth - this only lasts for a few seconds...

You are such a happy boy and simply the light of our world...we love you Wubba! Happy 7 months baby boy.

211. Swinging By My Grandparents

Bonus to the country visit is that I got to visit my Gram and Pop-pop on the way home Sunday afternoon

And despite the long day, Sunday night I was pushing myself up while playing peekaboo...pondering becoming mobile :)

210. My 1st Visit to the Country House!

Our wonderful friends invited us to go away over Veteran's Day weekend to their dad's/FIL's country house.  This was our first overnight trip as a family and we all had so much fun!  

Daddy rode ATV's, momma chilled with her BFF and our babies, and Zander played with his friends.  It's so special to all be together, to watch the kids interact, and have our families bond :)

This weekend Zander began to really voice himself in protest when he didnt approve of the decisions being made by the "people who thought they were in charge".  He did NOT like it when mommy took him out of the swing, nor did he particularly appreciate it when chewing time on the teething net was over.  It's so cute to watch him exert an opinion the best and only way he knows how...and interesting how quickly you find yourself letting the little one call the shots :)