Anybody not eating their pickle? (And 7 month stats)

Cause Sam's not sharing his:

 Age: 7 months

Weight:  Around 23 lbs

Length: not sure

Size:  Wearing 12 month clothes now but growing out of those.  Can wear some 18mo clothes.

Teeth:  We got our first tooth last Saturday!  I can feel a 2nd tooth through the gum so that one should be here soon.

Sleeping:   Like crap.

Eating:  Sam is very picky about what he'll eat and not eat.  Some days he likes apples and other days he gags everytime I give him a spoonful.  Still won't do peas or peaches.

Movement:  Still rolling over and can lift his butt in the air with his legs while laying on his belly.  (can you picture that?)  If only he could lift his upper body while lifting his butt and then we'd be closer to crawling on all fours.

Milestones:  One new tooth.  Sitting unassisted.

Favorite Toys:  He loves this VTech toy that my parents got him.  It's like the dashboard of the car with a steering wheel and plays music and has a horn. 

Dislikes:  Sleeping.

Strawberry picking

Another beautiful day = another family outing.  This time we headed to the strawberry farm.

You should know that J and I aren't the best strawberry pickers.  We left after picking a whole $1.82 worth of strawberries.  (In my defense, I had just bought 2 containers of strawberries the day before at the grocery store.)

77 degrees (pic heavy)

When the temperature is 77 degrees, there are only a few things I want to be doing.  All of them involve hanging with my boys.

Swinging is a must:

And then there's the slide:

...which we're not quite into yet:

Of course, pretending to be Superman is always fun:

There are the pics I always make everyone pose for b/c I HAVE to capture these moments, right?

And then there are moments when we need to kick off our shoes and lay in the grass:

I watch J feed Sam his afternoon snack:

And lay back and stare up into the trees and make lots of wishes for every day to be 77 degrees:

Baltimore with Harmony and GP

Our trip was shorter than planned b/c Sam had difficulty adjusting but I think Sam still managed to get in some quality time with H and GP.

Watching cartoons with Harmony:

Playing with new toys with GP:

Reading before bed:

 Getting "walked" to sleep:

Enjoying the fountain at the mall:

Thanks for a great visit, Mom and Dad!  I promise we'll be back soon.

<3

It's hot!

Oh my freakin' goodness!!!  It is hot.  I'm ready for snow already.  Well, even though Sam is struggling with sleeping, we managed to find time between all of his catnaps to play in the pool.  I should say Sam and Harmony played while I sat in a chair with the camera and complained about how hot it was and wishing that Sam's pool was bigger so I could get in too.

Ahhh, Summer.  My love for you is always so short-lived.  I enjoy you at first and then you smother me with your heat and I can't wait to get out from under you.  Now Fall is a different story.  My love for fall is steadfast.  :-)  I can't wait for October!

**Miss you, J.  A lot.  9 more sleeps.  :-)  **

Sam must be teething.

Otherwise, I don't know how to explain why he is trying to eat Harmony's face.

***Warning***  TURN YOUR VOLUME DOWN.  There's a lot of screaming going on in this video. 

Picnic in the park

Sis-in-law, Karen, bought us an amazing dinner at a little Italian restaurant and we ate outside at the park as a belated birthday celebration.  Sam had a blast hanging with his Aunt KC and his Cousin Logan. 

There were lots of presents for J and me and even for Sam:

Chillin' w/Cousin Logan:

Swinging w/Aunt KC:

Taking some time to nom on Aunt KC's glasses:

Lots of fun with bubbles that Aunt KC brought:

It was a PERFECT evening even with Sam's 6:30PM nightly meltdown:

Thanks, Aunt KC and Logan!!!