7 months

***UPDATE*** I can't believe I forgot the most important announcement of all. Taylor said his first word!!! I kid you not. He's said it several times in past weeks but I've always heard it by myself and had no witness to corroborate my story. However, on Monday evening Andy and I were standing in the kitchen and Taylor was in his Bumbo chair on the counter and clear as day he said, "Momma." It wasn't somewhere in the middle of a bunch of mumbling. It was one word. Crystal clear. The best part is that Andy was there and he heard it too! I'm just a little bit excited. As if I could be wrapped any tighter around his little finger!

So I'm a little behind with baby updates. But my baby was 7 months old on Sunday so I thought I should let you know what he's been up to lately. Can you believe he's 7 months old already???

First of all, Taylor and Lily absolutely love each other. They are so sweet with each other. Lily can make him laugh like nobody else and she thinks he's pretty funny too. It's going to be so fun to watch them grow up together. I hope they'll be great buddies.

He's doing well with food but he is not a fan of green beans. He gets very annoyed and has started to gag if I try to sneak beans in. I made my first batch of baby food and I'm so proud of myself. I made green beans (oh well), sweet potatoes, peas, peachs and pears. I never even tried to make my own food with Lily and I have no idea why. It was very easy so hopefully I can make the time to keep up with his appetite.

He's getting his first tooth!!! He's not very happy about it though. The past couple nights have been rough. I can feel the sharp little tooth coming in on the bottom. Poor little guy. He also has a cold, so between the pain of the new tooth, coughing, and struggling to breathe it's been hard for him to get restful sleep! And momma too. =)

He's still a momma's boy and is such a little lovey.

He's trying to pull himself up on the furniture. He hasn't been successful yet, but it won't be long. Can't believe how fast they learn to do stuff like that!

At his six month well child exam they did blood work to test for allergies and found out that he's allergic to egg whites. We're meeting with an allergist in March to do the back prick test so I'm curious how that's gonna go. His skin/eczema can still be pretty bad depending on the day. I find it hard to believe that it could only be because of egg whites in my diet (he obviously isn't consuming any egg whites on his own yet).

He's still getting up at least once or twice each night (eating once). And the past couple nights have been hard but hopefully he'll be back to normal soon.

Lily Bear does not want to poop on the potty. It's as simple as that. She doesn't want to. She knows when she needs to go and tries to hold it. It's SO frustrating! The other night Andy and I sat in the bathroom with her for a long time because it had been a week and we were determined to get her to go. We were encouraging her in any way we could think to do so. I told her to tell the poopies to come out. And she told me that her poopies were busy doing other things! I almost laughed out loud but told her she needed to interrupt them and tell them to come out. It was so funny.

We're probably gonna quit dance. Toward the end of every class they have to change into their tap shoes, and last night at that point she asked me if she was done. She didn't want to go back in for the rest of the class. And when we got home she told me she doesn't want to go to dance anymore. Her class is a gymnastics/dance combo and I think if it was just gymnastics she'd probably like it more. But we have no interest in making her go.

I did sign up her for swimming lessons yesterday and she seems excited about that. It's a lot less expensive and it's a skill she can use the rest of her life. It's a mommy and me class on Saturday mornings starting the 28th. Should be fun!

Such a happy baby. We're so mean though - we put Lily's headband on him. He couldn't have cared less.

Giggling together

Such a handsome 7-month old boy

Still loves to yank on those socks

Lunging for the camera!

Coordinating sweaters!

Before we knew that Taylor was a boy I thought that having another girl would be fun so that I could dress them alike. I would NOT trade my boy in!!! But I found a way to coordinate them. =)

My babies

Each day I fall more and more in love with them. I didn't know it was possible to love two little people SO much! What blessings they are to me and Andy. I am deeply grateful to the Lord for giving us two such precious children.