7 Months Old...

We’ve had an insanely busy couple weeks. My soon to be sister in law Linley and niece Ryley were in town for a week and Jaiden and I had so much fun getting together with them. We did a little bit of wedding planning, visited the splash park, went swimming, hung out with family, and relaxed. It’s so crazy to see Jaiden (7 months old) and Ryley (15 months) together now... when Jaiden was first born the age gap seemed to be so big, but we can already see the gap narrowing. Soon enough they’re going to be running around together calling the shots as we chase after them both.

This past weekend Amanda, Brady, Scott, and Cammie were all in town so we spent some time over at my parent’s house visiting with everyone. Jaiden went on his first boat ride and loved sitting on Grandpa’s lap helping drive the boat. I’m sure as Jaiden gets older he will be creating many memories out on the lake.

It’s hard to fathom that Jaiden is now 7 months old. Each month I always anticipate that this is month that things are going to slow down, but I’m always shocked at just how quickly each new month ends and another begins. He is growing up WAY too fast for me. He constantly yells Dada, Dada, Dada nonstop. Kevin walked in the door from work the other day and as soon as Jaiden saw him a smile came across his entire face and he said DADA- coincidence... I’m not sure?! Either way, it was super cute. We haven’t heard any additional Mamas, but hopefully sometime soon. He has continued to be a great eater. We’ve officially tried every fruit, vegetable, meat, and combination and he’s had no reaction to any of it, so that’s great. He still loves to be outdoors and is still surprising us at just how great of a sleeper he is. We weren’t sure what to expect when the teeth came, but his sleeping schedule has continued to remain unchanged... 8:30pm-8am. We are so lucky. He has two little teeth, but don’t let them fool you. I’ve been bit once while nursing and let me just tell you that it hurt more than I could have imagined. I screamed insanely loud, Jaiden cried, and I’m really hoping it never happens again. Ouch. Still no crawling yet, but maybe sometime soon. When we hold his hands as he stands he puts one foot behind the other and walks backwards. At first we were so confused but after doing a little research we found that the first sign of walking is actually walking backwards, so we’re thinking he may just skip the crawling stage and go right for walking. I hope we’re still a ways out as our house is not even close to being baby/toddler proof. Am I really sitting here writing about my BABY walking?! Ugh, he’s such a big boy now.

We still try to go for an evening walk every night and hit the playground on our way back. Jaiden absolutely loves swinging on the swings. I brought my camera the other night to get some pictures so I’ve posted a few below. I’ve also posted a couple new videos. The first is of him saying/yelling Dada, the middle is of him eating puffs--note how good he is at picking them up, transferring them from one hand to the other and then finally putting them in his mouth. The last video is of him playing our little game of peek-a-boo. Whenever I leave the room he bends down to try and find me. He’s so stinkin adorable :)