7 Months!

7 Month Stats:

Height: 26 inches

Weight:approx. 17 lbs 5oz

- He is changing so much right now. He is rolling everywhere now and he is starting to pull himself onto his knees. He wants to crawl but right now he is just scooting a bit. I don't think it'll be long before he is crawling though.

- Some of his favorite things to do are: pull mommies hair, eat daddy's tie or his grandpa's tie. He loves the color red and is attracted to anything red. 

- We also started solids during this past month. Since he is so short we decided to wait until he got a little length. We started with rice cereal. The first few days were rough but after about a week or so he was eating rice cereal like a champ. So far he has had green beans, peas, sweet potatoes and carrots. His favorites so far are green beans and sweet potatoes. He wasn't a fan of the peas and he had a pretty bad stomach ache the day after having peas. He is a great eater though. He is drinking out of a sippy cup now too. He is so independent though. He tries to grab the spoon while we feed him. My baby boy is growing up too fast.

- He loves people and specifically he loves his grandpa and uncle josh. One of his favorite things is when you sit by him and pretend to ignore him and then he'll kick his feet and when you look at him he will start laughing hysterically. Its so much fun to watch! I love his sweet laugh. He is usually a very happy boy! He loves to play and smile at whoever will play with him. 

- He got a new bathtub over Christmas which he really loves. It still amazes me that we can pour a cup of water over his head and he doesn't scream. He just looks annoyed and then gets over it and starts splashing some more. 

- Dan puts everything in his mouth (as babies do) and just loves to chew. He is starting to teethe and actually he had his first tooth break through on December 30th which is very exciting. Warning that if you hold him he will probably try to eat your clothes and hair or jewelry :)

- Dan is getting better at sitting all the way up. He can when he wants to but most of the time he just won't sit still long enough to sit up.

- Daniel is a very active little boy. He has way more energy than any baby I've seen. I'm a little worried for when he starts to walk. He is always moving and talking. When he is tired he even makes a kind of motor boat noise until he falls asleep.

Cocoa Run

Everyone knows that Mike loves to run. He has done a half marathon and goes running almost every day. Recently I started running too. I was really just doing it as part of my daily workout but Mike signed us up for a race in January. Then my dad found a 5K race in Charleston right before Christmas and I figured it would be a good warmup run. My dad and brother decided to run with Mike and I. The race was on December 20th and we woke up that morning to rain.

Pre race pictures :) Don't we all look so happy to be going out to run in the rain! (Mike is the only one who looks like he isn't happy) I felt pretty good that morning and I was excited to run except that before we left I banged my knee on the door frame so that wasn't fun.

It was raining while we were waiting for the race to start but it cleared up during the race which was awesome! The weather actually ended up being nice because it didn't rain but it was cloudy so it wasn't too cold either. After the race it started pouring though. Mike was able to get a nice picture of me finishing the race. I felt good coming in. My knee was hurting a bit but not so bad that I couldn't run and I felt like I could've kept going :)

I finished the race in 35 minutes and 10 seconds which I think is awesome for a first race and I really didn't practice as much as I should've before the race.

Joshua finished the race in 29th place overall and 4th in his age group with a time of 20 minutes and 40 seconds. Josh missed third place by 10 seconds :( but he still did a great job.  My dad finished in 29 minutes and 35 seconds :)

Mike finished 23rd overall and 2nd place in his age group.  His time was 20 minutes and 16 seconds.

I think everyone did a great job! It was a fun race. I was surprised at how much running with other people helped to keep me going and the music helped too.

Congratulations everyone!

Christmas Cookies

Baking Christmas treats is one of my favorite traditions! This year we made cookies and brownies. Mike, my dad and I did the actual baking but Josh came and helped when it was time to decorate the cookies.

Daniel helped by trying to eat the frosting :) We made a ton of cookies but thankfully we gave most of them away. I think the best part of making cookies is eating them though!

Festival of Lights

This was the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Lights. We have been for 22 of those 25 years...crazy! Even though we've been so many times, I still love it and seeing the lights never gets old! This year was different since it was our first time going with Daniel. Even though he is only 6 1/2 months old, it was still so much fun to see his face light up when he saw all the lights. Daniels favorite part was a part of the park that plays Christmas songs and has trees that light up with the music. He loved that but it was hard to get his reaction on video because it was so dark but it was awesome!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2015 is even better than 2014!