Seven months old

Eli is seven months old today! Everyday his little personality continues to grow! He is still my sweet, little momma's boy but is quickly learning how to make his presence know, which I must say isn't easy to do when you have such a boisterous bigger sister. He is currently cutting, I think, his first two (lower bottom) teeth and has been quite fussy through it. Other than that he loves to smile and laugh. In fact during one of Adaline's earth shattering tantrums this week he honestly started laughing at her. He is the MOST ticklish little baby. And all you have to do is lock eyes with him and he will give you his award winning big open grin. I love it. He loves to eat and is up to three meals a day and then still exclusively breast milk. We have attempted mums and graham crackers.  He  likes to chew on them but then gags when they get to the back of his throat.  

He is still. Not. Sleeping. Through. The. Night. Siggggghhh. It could be worse and does appear to be getting better. This week he has been making it all the way until 4-4:30am then nursing and going back down until 6:30-7:30am. He takes two to three naps a day still. 

Next week is a dreadfully big week for him. He is having scheduled surgery on his man parts. Nothing medically hugely wrong down there but things aren't perfectly straight. And as the doctor joked, when he gets older we don't want him peeing on the kid at the stall next to him. So we will be having that fixed now that he is old enough to be put completely under. More on that later. 

Eli is wearing 9-12 month clothes. Size four diapers. He loves the fact he can now sit up and see everyone. He looooves to jump. He will jump in your arms but loves turns in his exercauser and Johnny jumper too. 

Adaline and Eli are continuing to develop their love and interest in each other. Eli loves to watch her and Adaline loves to be the helpful big sister. She is constantly bringing him a toy to hold, putting his paci back in or dancing and singing for him. This week she asked to help feed Eli his dinner and did a pretty good job at it. Watching a sibling's love develop may be one of the sweetest things in life you are privileged to witness. I thank God everyday that I get to experience it. 

(This was my first shot...which explains why his sign is crumpled in every other picture. He is fast!!)

Every time I give him this toy to play with he turns it on his side and stares down into it. I can't figure out what he is looking at/for but it's funny to watch. 

His latest tricks...he loves to turn horizontally in his crib and kick the mobile base (which turns it on if I have it on the right setting). This morning he some how managed to get a leg out of his footed pjs!!