How old now?

My precious baby boy is how old today? 7 months?! No way! Where has the time gone? He is not my little baby anymore. Well, I guess he is kinda little still. At least compared to Boog at this age. He is my little beauty, my sweet little man. He loves his mommy, sometimes I think a little too much. He has gotten into the stage where he wants to be held, all of the time! Now, don't get me wrong, I certainly do not mind! Guess that is why I don't ever get anything done. But hey, they are only little once.
And besides, who could say no to a face like this? He has learned to turn on the charm.

Such a beautiful smile, an infectious laugh and wonderful personality. He is such a flirt. He draws you in then turns his head and smiles. He tries to act shy. We know better.

He is really starting to "talk" a lot too. He says "Mama" and "Dada" and when he is excited, his little arms, legs and feet just go crazy. He sits and rocks and he really loves the big kids. He gets so excited when he sees them.

We did manage to snap a few with him actually looking at the camera. That was hard considering all of the distractions around him. He is a real people watcher, just like his mommy and daddy!

He is still such a good baby. He has recently (knock on wood) started sleeping through the night again. I think we might have found the problem. When he was really little, we let him sleep in his baby carrier padded with a soft blanket so he would feel secure and also be sitting more upright after his last feeding. So, up until about 4ish months old, he slept like a dream. When he started getting a little bigger, we decided to go ahead and put him directly into his bed, laying flat...our nighttime battle for sleep began. We tried propping him up on a small pillow and he still would not sleep for more than about a 3 hour stretch. It was killing me, we had gone from a normal newborn waking every few hours to eat, to sleeping for about 5-6 hours, to sleeping all night long then back to waking every 2-4 hours again. Nothing seemed to help. So, last week when he and Boog were sick, we asked the pediatrician if it was possible to have reflux with no outward signs (meaning no spitting up and such) and he said yes, it was. He agreed to let us try zantac to see if that would help to bring on the sleep and I am happy to report once the head cold got better and he could breath again, he has been sleeping MUCH better! Most of the time, he still wakes up around 5am or so to eat then dozes back off for awhile, but I will take that!

Sleeping again has made Mommy a much nicer person! Which as you can imagine, makes everyone much nicer people as well. Now, if only we could get everyone into their own beds IN their own rooms. Ah well, it is nice to have dreams! Maybe one day.

Until then, we will bask in the joy of having our babies near. And how bad could that really be? They are only little for a while. And I am quickly learning that it is not near long enough.

But what a beautiful 7 month old he is, wouldn't you agree?