Hangin' Out at Home

7 Months & Scootin'

Well, Barrett's scootin'! He's got the whole army crawl thing down pretty good. It all started last Monday (the day we returned to work after our family vacation..of course). Sheryl informed me that he was doing this and I was shocked because we had just spent an entire week with him and there was nothing like it. Anyway, it's been almost two weeks now and he's getting pretty good. He now will even pull himself to all fours sometimes, but then tumbles back onto his belly after a few moments. He'll be crawling soon, I bet.

Also, he turned 7 months old on the 8th. His current stats:
::Weighs about 23 lbs.
::Has 5 teeth with one more on the way
::Scoots and rolls all over the place
::Eats breastmilk 4-5 X a day and solid food 2 X a day
::Wears 12-18 month clothes
::Starting to make "da-da" noises
::Still has his brilliant blue eyes
::Loves to put everything in his mouth
::Drools a lot and has to wear a bib at all times
::Sucks his right thumb only when tired
::Loves his blue bear blanket
::Takes 2 long naps and small cat-naps throughout the day
::Surprisingly a little blondie, too!!

Barrett's First Vacation

We just got back from sunny Gulf Shores (this new snow was quite a surprise!). We drove down at the end of last week with Ben's parents. It took us two days of driving, but we finally made it on Saturday. We stayed in a really nice condo three stories up from some relatives of Ben. We laid on the beach most days, but one day we decided to take a dolphin cruise (we saw mommy dolphins with their babies...it was amazing). We started our return journey on Thursday. Barrett was a great traveler. He hardly fussed and seemed to remain his normal happy self. He enjoyed the pool (he splashed around a lot), but wasn't too sure about the ocean. He giggled it up on the dolphin cruise to the amusement of another traveler. While on vacation he managed to handle more teething issues. One of his top teeth broke through, the other top tooth is almost through and the two bottom on either side of the ones he already has are close (well, one is broken through and the other is close). He did have somewhat of a runny nose, but all in all I'd say he had a great time. I kept telling people that I feel like Barrett grew up some much on the trip. He's talking more and seems to be very responsive to other people. He even waved to someone for the first time!! It was a great trip and one we all needed. Now back to reality.