7 Whole Months folks!

I would say I am proud of myself for writing Ty's 7 month post, while he is actually, 7 months... but, I am only writing this because I miss him. Where is he you say? He must be in some far off land, not seen in days... Well, He is about 10 yards from where I sit as I type this. Yup, I am a total LAME-O! Truth is, it has been killing me that he has been going to bed so late. The last 6 weeks we have done nothing but travel, travel, travel, and travel AGAIN!!! Hey guess what we're doing tomorrow? (Steph, cuz I know you are going to read this, because I swear you are the only person who does... I am so excited to see you guys tomorrow! We are going to have so much fun!) So anyways.... Traveling has been rough! It was so much fun but wreaked total havoc on any routines we have had with Ty. He is just a little bit like his Momma and has such a hard time sleeping in new places. Not because he was upset to not be at home, but because he was super excited. On one of our trip we went to visit my brother and he would not go to sleep. I don't think I have ever seen him that hyper, and at 11:30 PM at that! Giggling and crawling all over us. Thank heavens for my sister-in-law owning a rocking chair. It was my only saving grace that night. So now, we have rigid routine. Like more rigid than ever before. We will see how it goes because I personally hate routine, but I really feel its what he needs. Tonight it was a total success! In bed asleep by 7:30! I should be celebrating and reading or taking a bubble bath or reading more of Divergent, or... But? I miss the noisiness. I miss the curiosity. I miss the adventure of keeping the little stinker out of trouble. What kind of trouble? Well, let me tell you all about it!

We have a full on crawler. He totally skipped the army crawl and went full speed ahead. It is harder and harder to keep this kid contained. Baby gates are in our very near future! It used to be my kitchen was the cleanest room in our house and that has completely moved to the living room. He gets into everything! We have so, SO many toys and yet everything he finds entertaining is off limits. I don't understand it at all. Aren't toys made to be fun for them. So then what the heck entices them to want to play with things that are in no way meant for a baby? Seriously, this baffles me. Maybe it is just our kid? I don't know.

This one completely, I mean COMPLETELY!!! Through me for a loop. About two days after he started crawling (or 5 days max) he started pulling himself up to standing on furniture! What the hey? I was totally preparing myself that he may not crawl for a few months and that was ok, fine, and normal. So now I just find myself daydreaming about bubble wrapping everything. How in the world do we have so many sharp corners in such a small living space?!?! For real! He falls down a lot. Some days I am terrified to take him out into public for fear people will think I am abusing him! I hope he gets a lot less wobbly real soon, because he definitely is not slowing down any time soon. This kid likes to "move it, move it".

Other than that.... He is finally starting to get the hang of the pincher grip and getting better at putting food in his mouth rather than covering it up with his fingers. Which as it turns out is kind of comical. I would put those puffs on his tray and laugh (out of love, of course) because he would pick one up and couldn't see it in his hand so he just kept going for different ones over and over. But the face he would pull when it simply "disappeared" haha, Priceless!

Totally a side sleeper. As soon as I lay him in his crib he immediately rolls over. Sometimes he rolls over in my arms as I am putting him in his crib so he will be in the position he wants when he gets there. It was hilarious the other night. We put him in his car seat to sleep (because he has ANOTHER ear infection...) and he rolled to his side. He looked SO uncomfortable! But that is how he slept for about 1.5 hours.

 We love this kiddo so much! I am so glad we get to have him in our lives. He makes our lives so much better! He is one of the happiest and sweetest baby boys. My heart absolutely melts when he is in the thick of playing with all of his toys and he glances at me from across the room and all of a sudden he crawls to me as fast as he can because he just wants to cuddle with his Mommy for a few minutes. Not because he is tired. Just because. I hope its always this way and he always finds time for his Momma!

Half way to 1!!! Oh my! Ty six months.

Ty is already 6 months! What the hey??? Six more months and he will be just over one. So not cool kid, stop growing, but also don't, you just keep getting funner. This has been the funnest month so far. I can't believe the personality that has developed and all the little quirks he already has. At least he seems to have grown out of the weirdest quirk. We weren't aloud to talk for the longest time while we fed him. He would scream if you started to talk. Sometimes I forget who is in charge... Anyhow He is just learning so much and we are so enjoying him.

So first up, drum roll please.... He is getting mobile.... dun dun dun.... Oh man I have such mixed emotions about this. I had a feeling he wouldn't wait to long to hit this milestone but I was hoping for just a little longer, while being really happy that he is hitting things when he is supposed to. He isn't quite crawling, but he definitely gets where he wants within a few minutes. Usually towards paper, or cords, or car keys or... basically not toys. He still does try every once in a while to use his knees but usually he can only go backwards that way. His whining tells me this isn't exactly the direction he wants to go. I think he is super close. Sometimes, he does this awesome little bunny hop thing. He knows he needs to move his legs but hasn't quite mastered moving them one at a time so he does both and he looks like a bunny hopping. It's hilarious! The funniest part though, is the face plant. We are also working on moving his hands. He forgets to move them and inevitably crashes onto his poor little face as soon as he gets done doing the "bunny hop". haha

He is starting to play with other kids and animals. We went to Boise this last weekend to see Wade and Kelly (who did an awesome job on our taxes! If you are looking for a good accountant my brother is pretty awesome! It runs in the family.The awesomeness, not the math. I definitely can't help you with that.) and Jenny and Steve and all their kiddos. We also got to see Jessica and Chris and Alexis and one of my very best friends Kaity. Anyhow Wade has two dogs. I wasn't very nervous but we weren't sure how they would do with Ty. But Oh my gosh he LOVED them! Bella pretty much stayed away but Buster would come lick him in the face and he would just grin ear to ear and then try to pet him. After Wade's house we got to spend some time with Jenny and Steve. He got to see Kelsie's daughter Serena again, and they really hit it off. We would sit them together and she would coo at him and he would giggle. Then he would say something back which must have been a joke because he would laugh even harder after he got done talking. And then he would suck on her toes....We'll start working on those social boundaries real soon. haha. He loves interacting with other kids though, and it is rare that they don't have him giggling in just a few short minutes.  We also got some stinkin adorable hats from Jessica that she crocheted. (Jessica is AMAZING at crochet!!!)

He is sitting better and better everyday with fewer tip overs all the time. He is even starting to pull himself up a little to a sitting position.

Just hangin out with a very special valentine date!

Jade has been surprisingly well behaved with Ty. If he gets to be too much she just walks away.

Just like Daddy!