7 Months

Wow, 7 months! That doesn't even sound right. It feels like just yesterday Nick and I were taking care of a newborn and now he is 7 months. Time needs to slow down. My heart can't take it that my baby is growing up. I guess I need to start planning a birthday party because it will be here before I know it :)

Nathan,

Everyday I come up with a new nickname for you but none of them seem to stick. My aunt wants to call you "Nate Nate" and that's not happening. We named you Nathan and that is what we want everyone to call you, unless its a silly little nickname like "little foot" or "chunky monkey!" But we can't call you "chunky monkey" because there is nothing chunky about you.

You have had a very exciting month! We have mastered crawling, pulling yourself into a standing position, TWO NEW TEETH (we worked really hard to get those) and introducing baby food.

Your going to send your mommy to the crazy house with all the daredevil activities you do everyday. You are no longer scooting, now your crawling. Mommy can handle that because your on the floor just moving from place to place. What she can't handle is you like to go to plugs and cords and sockets and play with those dangerous things. You also got into the potted plant. I hope they're right when they say "dirt don't hurt" because you have already had your share of it! You also have learned to pull yourself up into a standing position using boxes and the couches and mommy's leg. She is also ok with that but what she doesn't like is when you fall head first onto the hard floor. Oh, it scares her so bad. A couple of falls she thought she was going to have to take you to the ER because of how hard you fell. She is always close to try to protect you but sometimes she's not quick enough. It breaks her heart everytime you cry after getting hurt. You now think your skilled enough to just let go and stand on your own but your not and thats were most of your falls happen.

We survived your daddy leaving us a WHOLE entire week! The night before he left was the worst night you slept in forever. You woke up every one to two hours. Mommy was thinking how in the world is she going to be able to take care of you with no sleep everynight. So the rest of the week she prayed hard to God that he would give you the comfort that you needed at night to sleep. You slept ALL night EVERY night. It was amazing. Ironically it was the best week you had too. You were very content all day everyday. Mommy told daddy that you were too spoiled and you play both of us when we are together. We were SO happy when da-da returned! We told him to never leave us for that long again :)

You waited for your daddy to return before learning new things. So luckily he did not miss your teeth coming in and you learning to stand up using a box or couch. A couple of times we think we heard you say "ma-ma" and "da-da." Usually it sounds like your saying "ma-ma" when your crying (surprise surprise) and when your chewing on a toy it sounds like your saying "da-da." But when we try to teach you how to say it, you think it is SO funny. But I guess mommy and daddy probably both look and sound really silly saying "ma-ma" and "da-da" over and over.

Babyfood: to begin with you never really ever like you cereal even when it was mixed with fruit. Now we got the ok to introduce vegetables and meats. Mommy and daddy were thinking ain't know way this baby is ever going to eat those. We tried over and over with different things and you refuse to open your mouth. We wasted several things of babyfood that were just thrown in the trash. We wished we would have known that all it would take to get you to eat was SWEET POTATOES!!! You made them look so good that mommy had to try them for herself and even though they smelled just like sweet potatoes they did not taste like them. Ever since then you have aleast tried new things and usually we will mix some sweet potatoes in and you will eat it all up. You even like your cereal now. It so much fun feeding even though we spend a lot of time cleaning up afterwards. Its so worth it. We were beginning to think we were going to send you off to school with a giant size bottle of formula for lunch, lol!

We keep thinking that every month it doesn't get any better than this, but you show us that it does. You showed your mommy and daddy what there true purpose in life is; to love you and raise you up to be a Godly man. We joke about life before Nathan but there would be NO life without you baby!

Love,
Mommy and Daddy