we made it to another milestone. oliver jack officially turned 7 months old yesterday and we marked the occasion by putting him in his high chair for the first time. he absolutely loves it. he sits at the end of the table with such an expression of pride and delight and it makes me laugh.
he is still a super sweet baby and even though people keep telling me that he might make a turn for the worse he is maintaining a wonderfully laid back disposition. i am praying that he does not make a dreadful turn and i am faithfully believing that his disposition is an answer to prayer...not a result of little r's hanging out in the lower corner of the punit square.
he has tipped the scales at 20lbs.
he has not started crawling yet but he is quite mobile without the conventional all four's method. rolling, pivoting, and scooting has worked well enough and i am not in any hurry to see this busy little man take off.
although he is very much still cheekin' and squeakin' and we enjoyed his laid back persona for many reasons at our latest beach trip, he has been taking teething rather harshly.
one of his flaws is that he does not seem to be able to manage pain as well as harper and calvary.
he has had 2 ear infections that have caused him to be quite sad but the doctor only rated them as a 3 on a scale from 1-10. this inability to take pain like a champ has resulted in a very sad teething process. it breaks my heart because i look at him and just know that he is in pain. harper and calvary never really struggled with sleeping while teething, but oliver jack is waking up screaming in the middle of the night and refusing bottles (which is an obvious personality change by the looks of those thighs :) ). i am hoping that these dirty culprits break the skin quickly and stop reeking havoc on his little body.
we are enjoying every (well almost every) day as a family of 5 and i am sad to know that 7 months of his life has already passed by me. having harper approach her 5th birthday makes me painstakingly aware of how quickly it all does pass (even though i heard it almost every day for the past 5 years).
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