7 months!

William Aston,

Mommy loves you so much an can hardly believe that you're 7 months old today. I thought all the other months flew by, but this past one was definitely the quickest one to go by.

On December 6th at the doctor you weighed 17.3 lbs. As for your current height...SHORT. :) You are wearing size 3 diapers, mostly 3-6 month tees and onesies. Your Christmas attire though is 6-9 or 6-12. I bought early and bought too big. You still wear 0-3 month jeans and shorts, but I do put you in the 3-6 month bottoms. You are eating solids twice a day (well your supposed to be...you have chosen to not eat in the past week) and you drink 4oz every 2-4 hours.  Your top two teeth are currently trying to make an appearance...thank goodness for teething tablets!  We finally got to go to your new doctor last week and are officially done with your old one as of today!  YAY! and YAY!

You are growing and changing so fast little man.  We have officially retired your first pair of shoes today.  *tear*  BUT, don't you worry...Mommy replaced them with a bigger size.  Your feet are too chubby to fit in the shoes with socks on and you need socks now with the cooler weather.  Replacing your first pair of shoes with a bigger pair was worse than packing away all your newborn clothes.

This past month you've:
*learned to sit really well.
*learned to get up on all fours.
*met Santa 3 times!
*took your first bath in your ducky tub and you LOVED it!
*celebrated your first Thanksgiving.
*started waving back (sometimes).
*crying when Mommy leaves you at daycare (so sad).
*started drinking water out of a sippy cup.
*started banging on things with other objects to be really loud.
*started holding your own bottle at daycare.
*began refusing to sleep in your crib.
*become more interactive with your toys vs. just chewing on them.
*got your first Christmas present from Mommy and Daddy a month early.  =)

12.10.12 

And now for the photo dump:

You love looking at the Christmas tree.

Napping with Mommy. This is what bedtime is like also.

Modeling your new Santa diapers.  You couldn't wait until the next diaper change.

You officially like Sophie AND you have the cutest smile.

Modeling your new dino bath towel.

Feeding yourself.

2nd time to meet Santa.

First ducky bath!

Officially a sitter.

Okay...you might have gotten two of your Christmas presents early.  =/

Still loving your monkey.

Adorable.

Getting an early Christmas present.

So cute.

Working on crawling...it's not going so well.

Adorable.

Your 1st Thanksgiving.

Little shoe...Big Shoe. *tears*

Mommy loves you little man!

Thanksgiving Break

Will celebrated his first Thanksgiving on Saturday, November 17th.  He slept most of the time and sadly Daddy was out of town for school.

Mommy and Will before going to Thanksgiving lunch.

Will celebrated his 2nd Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving day at his great-grandparents.  He had lots of fun playing with his cousins and this time Daddy got to attend.  YAY!  We ended the day at Nonni and Poppa's house for dinner.

Will also met Santa this week and got his picture taken!  We wanted to beat the crowds and avoid standing in a long line with little man.

Friday we put up the Christmas tree, had a family date night picking out Will's new ornament and eating dinner out. We bought Will his first ornament last year right after we found out he was a boy.

Will's 1st Ornament 2011

2012 Christmas Ornament

We also took family photos for our Christmas card this week.  Little Man looked so handsome, but had no interest in smiling for pictures.  =(

6 months!

William Aston,

You're half a year old!  Are you kidding me!?  Before I know it I will be planning your first birthday party!  Of course Mommy already started planning some details of the party before you were even a month old, but I'll be planning it for real way too soon.  It's amazing how fast you are learning and changing each day.

This past month you:
*started blowing raspberries with your lips in between cries when your mad and you've also stopped already.
*started solid foods (again).
*went to your first pumpkin patch.
*celebrated your first Halloween.
*slept in your crib the entire night on October 16.  That was a one time thing.  You'll usually sleep in your crib until 2am and then spend the rest of the night in bed with Mommy and Daddy.
*got your first diaper rash on October 30th.
*got your 2nd tooth on October 23rd!
*got your first build-a-bear (technically a monkey).

We are working on sitting, but you are more interested in your toes and constantly just topple over.  You have finally mastered getting the toes into your mouth and can't keep them out.  If you aren't busy playing with your toes, you would rather be standing up on your feet to bounce up and down.  You are such a happy baby!  You are constantly smiling, giggling, and talking.  So cute!

We have seen huge improvements in your spitting up.  It still happens frequently, but the volume is much, much less.

You are currently wearing 3-6 month tops and onesies, 0-3 month pants (some 3-6), and size 2 diapers.  Your pj size varies from brand to brand. You are drinking 3 oz of formula with rice cereal every 2-3 hours.  At dinner you are up to eating 1/2 a jar of veggies and fruit.  You weren't a fan of green beans or peas at first.  You gagged dramatically for the first couple of days, but you now will eat them with no problem.  YAY!

You had your 6 month well check yesterday and got your vaccines and the flu shot.  So sad.  Thanks to the shots you woke up with a 101.2 fever this morning, which made for a very unhappy baby during your pictures.  Shockingly, we got three good images.  According to the doctor yesterday, you weighed 16lbs and 5oz and were 26.5in long.  You remained in the 25th percentile for weight, but jumped to the 50th for height.  Daddy and I didn't think the nurses measurement for your height was accurate so we measured at home and you actually measure 24.5in long.  You are getting a new doctor, don't worry.

Will, you have made Mommy and Daddy the happiest people in the world these past 6 months.  You have brought so much joy into our lives.  We love you little man!

11-10-12

And now for the photo dump...

The three good images from today's 6 month photos...the top is Mommy's favorite and Daddy likes the one with monkey.

Opening his 6 month birthday present from Mrs. Kelly!  He loves his new books!  Thank you Kelly for  being so sweet to our little man!  

TWO TEETH!