7 month Iphone PIcs

Our little munchkin is on the go non-stop now! He is loving crawling and pulling up onto everything and then talking or laughing while being busy. He's the most fun he has ever been and we are just loving watching him grow. He has become so much happier these past few weeks and sometimes on my days off I won't hear him fuss once...it's such a change from those first few months. He is smiling at strangers and laughing and babbling and keeping us entertained all the while. I just want to freeze time and keep him this little forever !
hanging with daddy on a Sunday afternoon---gotta love that daddy was the one to pick out your Georgia outfit for you to wear.


resting after spending a very fun and tiring evening at Nana and Grandpas.

playing with daddy while mommy was working till 9

breakfast on a Sunday morning before mommy had to go to work

waiting to eat in your highchair

practicing standing---which you just love to do!

tired after a day at the pool with daddy and Aunt Cat!

trying to learn how to get water out of your sippy cup-- I mean daddy and I tried as well and it takes some effort to get anything out of that spout!

telling mommy good morning on a Saturday when I was at work

trying to crawl away from your toys and towards all the goods in the kitchen

time to eat!--you just love anything and everything right now!

having fun after a great dinner at Bonefish ---this was hands down the best you have ever behaved at dinner

mommy still so happy that she and daddy could enjoy dinner without eating in shifts!

downtown for Friday Night Jazz Fest

telling mommy good morning while I was up in Charlotte for Britt's shower

7 Months

7 month photos went like this ---sit C on his bottom he would flip over to crawl immediately--we tried for about 20 minutes I even resorted to holding toys on top of my head to get his attention...guess this is only the beginning of him moving all over the place when I try to take pictures!

Crawford -- you are the most precious lively little boy and I am so lucky to be your mom. You have gotten to be quite the mover and you are so much fun! I adore your little movements and your adorable voice and I just can't get enough of you. You brighten up even the worst of days and I go to sleep so peacefully each night knowing that you are safe and loved by everyone. I have loved watching you figure out how to crawl and move about and watching you stare people down is about the cutest thing ever. You exploring new foods has been a great development and it makes me so proud when you take a bite and know to open your mouth. I can't believe you are no longer a "baby" who lets me cradle you in my arms..you always want to be sitting up and seeing what's going on! As always I really cherish every day and minute I get to spend with you...I never put you down on my days off and we just play and I love being able to enjoy watching you become so active. Since you have pretty much been moving those legs since day 1 it has been so nice to see that you can finally move about on your own. You seem much happier this month and your fussiness has died down and \u just wannna play on the ground and can entertain yourself with all of your toys.

7 month stats:

Weight- 16.5 pounds

Length-

• You still drink 6 ounce bottles of breastmilk and mommy still nurses in the morning and evening. I have introduced you to formula and you will take it in a bottle as well.


















• You started solids this month and the first few days you couldn't really get the hang of it and would spit it out but after about 3 days you really got the hang of it.
















• Your first taste was of green beans (we didn't think you liked them at first but we tried again a week later and you ate them right up.) then we moved to sweet potatoes-carrots-peas-pears-bananas-apples. You have eaten them all up and are eating a full jar at eat sitting. You have tried a few puffs and you don't seem to like them so far.
















• We moved you up to a size 3 diaper this month. We were using Huggies up to this point because we had bought so many to begin with but now have switched to pampers as them seem a little softer
















• You still wear 6 month and 6-9 month clothing. You haven't really grown out of anything lately. I would say most of your 6 month sleepers are getting to short so we usually put you in the 9 month ones
















• You sleep from about 9:30 till anywhere from 8-9. When July hit you decided that you were finished with that finicky stage where you decided you wanted to wake up once a night. So you have returned to sleeping through the night again!
















• You sleep on your tummy--we lay you on your back and you flop right on over and then by the middle of the night you have wedged yourself into a corner where you sleep so peacefully until the morning. (One of my favorite things is waking up in the middle of the night to see you sleeping so peacefully I love watching you sleep!)
















• When you wake up--- you have learned to go from your tummy to sitting up in your crib...it's hilarious because you don't make a sound doing it --it just looks like you are sitting straight up but when I go into your room sure enough you are wide awake. Sometimes you will be on your knees grabbing the bumper trying to peek over at us...again so cute
















• You have found your ears and we love watching you play with them.
















• Most importantly you are CRAWLING---I really feel like you are no longer a baby since you wiggle out of mommy's arms and want to be put down so you can move all about. You haven't picked up speed yet so you just leisurely crawl to a toy or to something you want to investigate but man it's only a matter of time
















• You still love the sound of hair dryers and watching me brush my teeth-- you are so intrigued
















• You love watching the Giggle Bellies videos on You Tube. They have a few songs you love ''Old MacDonald" and the "Wheels on the Bus" always calm you down
















• You love grabbing the ends of our pillows that are satin and when you are nursing you just love holding them and rubbing them on your face
















• It's impossible to keep shoes on your face--so I apologize that you have gone shoeless for so long now
















• You just started sitting in the buggy and high chair when we go out so no good stories there yet
















• You won't ever sit still so we can clip your nails --we have to get a flashlight and do it in the dark once you have fallen asleep
















• You normally fall asleep while mommy is feeding you but sometimes you are still hungry so we will make a bottle and then rock you for just a minute before laying you down
















• You are still a pretty terrible napper- you sleep great in the car and fall asleep almost instantly but the second we get you out of the car you are wide awake and there is no getting you back to sleep. Sometimes I will spend 2 hours trying to get you to take a nap that I just KNOW you need and then you will only sleep for 45 minutes.
















• I love how when daddy or I say your name you break out into the biggest smile---it is the BEST feeling ever.
















• Thanks for being such a sweet and loving little boy---I am fascinated with your mobility and how active you are and you just bring us such joy with each smile and giggle. We talk about you even when you are not with us and we laugh about all of

30 weeks

Crawford is cracking us up these days...he's all over the place...crawling to sitting up to getting on his knees and almost trying to pull up on things..he's a mess! We have loved watching all his new discoveries each day.

Here he is just trying to strain that neck and sit up on the bed

he still doesn't know what he thinks about the camera
the best is in the mornings when he is just so happy to see us. Except he now is waiting to greet us from his crib...guess we will need to lower his crib again so that we don't have any flying Crawfords

There he is in the morning looking for me

Brad and I got away for the day and night and stayed at the Ballantyne outside of Charlotte...it was a very nice hotel and we had a wonderful time! We got to lay out at the pool, visit Southpark Mall, enjoyed a massage (me), enjoy dinner without eating in shifts, and just relaxed...we had all these plans to head to uptown and live it up and then we opted to relax and enjoy our time at this nice hotel

It was so nice to take our time getting ready and eating...don't get to enjoy meals very often these days

The hotel was so cute and they came by for turn down service, brought a weather announcement, some chocolate, and ice...it was fun being pampered for an evening

view from our room (I know Brad wished he was playing golf!)

Need to work on taking more pictures of me with Crawford

Brad and Nick ---we took Crawford downtown to Friday night on Main Street and met the Browns for dinner

A sweet moment---not many times we can get C to relax and put his head on our shoulders so we always run for the camera during moments like this

Ashley and I at dinner--she's so sweet with C and just loves him

don't worry C can't pull up on his own yet but he was enjoying his new view from the crib

trying to find his way out

29 Weeks/4th of July

We have been having a great summer around here. We've both had to work a lot but any free time we have has been spent traveling on the weekends or going downtown as a family. Crawford has just discovered his ears and how to crawl both of which are precious. He now plays with his ears while he eats (quite the multitasker) and he can crawl when he wants to...I can set a toy on one side of the rug and C on the other and he can crawl and get to it--AMAZING...didn't I just have this baby? Never knew this crawling thing would happen so soon! He's not moving all over the place yet (thank goodness because it's time to child proof the house) but he can get to what he wants if he's on the plush carpet or rug. He just won't sit still..I can't even hold him on my hip anymore without him squirming all over the place...I was trying to fill out a paper at the gym and he was knocking over everything on the counter...my water bottle, towel, papers, pens...I have to hold him so tightly so he doesn't squirm out. He is getting too long for his car seat which is hilarious...again I haven't even done my research on convertible car seats but guess it is time to do so...he has enjoyed solids over the past week and has now tried - green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, green peas, pears, and bananas. He also looooves water so I will be buying some sippy cups so he can learn how to drink out of a cup. We didn't get to do much for the 4th because I had to work a 5 day stretch over the holiday but Cathleen and her friend Melissa came to town and helped watch Crawford and refinished the high chair that we used when we were babies (it's precious!). I am now on a 4 day weekend and we plan to go to downtown alive and enjoy downtown with Crawford and I am just loving spending every minute with Crawford. It's so nice to wake up and just play my day by Crawford's schedule and I love it so much. We are going to join Camille and her girls at the pool tomorrow and then Brad has a surprise getaway planned for Saturday night...Usually I dread leaving C when I am not working even for an hour (because I feel like I miss out on soo much valuable time with him when I work those long 10 hour days ) but I am actually excited for this "surprise" and to really enjoy myself for the first time without him...any other time I have left him has been on Brad's terms and I realllly have struggled with it...however, I am so excited for Saturday and know that Nana and Grandpa as always we just love on him for us! So here a few pictures of our past week----

Hellooooo Brad's twin!

I want to have his 6 month pictures made and while he is finally sitting up unassisted he is now constantly into everything in his surroundings and I am nervous to spend the money for him to not sit still!
mornings in mommy's bed

where he shows off his best crawling skills

Crawford can pick up everything and put it in his mouth...it amazes me how his little self can grab things and pick them up and get them of course to his mouth

Happy 4th of July---I bought these semi-matching outfits last summer and never thought Brad would remember to put these shorts on---but he came down this AM dressed for the occasion!

At the Greenville Drive game---always such a fun way to spend a Saturday night

Brad and I---trying to sneak in a picture...can we say I need a tan

Sissy and I loving every second we have together---she just adores Crawford and never puts him down...he is just going to grow up loving every second with her

We caught up with the Bramhall crew at the game and loved seeing Camille and the girls too

"hey mom just practicing my crawling skills"

so much for my efforts of taking weekly shots with the board displaying his age---I always get confused on his weeks because one baby email will send me something saying he's 28 and the other says 29...guess I should have figured out a better way to keep up with his age!

I never thought he would keep this hat and outfit ensemble on but he rocked it and he looks just presh!

Time for pears!

Sophie----you are our best friend!