7 months old and counting

you started off army crawling.. and you just popping up on your knees. You want NOTHING to do with a bouncy chair, playpen, or fancy toy with bells and whistles. All you want is to get down and get into the mix. You are still on the gluten/casein free diet. Your staple is rice cereal followed by banannas, apples, and pears. Mom has been baking fresh sweet potatoes lately, and I think they are growing on you. I never made home made baby food, but it's starting to be more and more appealing. You can almost say mom, it's a MMMMMM sound, but we know what is means.

We took you to get professional photos made, however they made us wait too long and well, you fell asleep shortly after your first picture.

You still connected to mommy via my hip and won't leave my side at night... (working on it)

Almost 7 months old

Baby boy, you are so tired of sitting back and not getting in on the action with your brothers that not only did you start crawling last week, you cut your two front bottom teeth and got your first set of double ear infections. You have a lot to say, just like your oldest brother Sean did.

You and mommy recently took a side trip to the University of Washington in St.Louis. You are enrolled in the infant sibling autism study that is being ran by the National Institutes of Health. They took a cool picture of your head. It's not that they think you have autism, it's because your brothers have it, that have them very interested in the development of your brain. Mommy and daddy decided to participate because 1 in 56 boys are being diagnosed with autism, we want to help. You & I had a blast and got to go to the St.Louis Balloon race. I'll post some pictures for you.

Your still sleeping in bed next to mommy. Even though mommy loves her cuddle buy, she's ready for you to have your own bed.

Your oldest brother Sean loves you so much, your eyes light up and your legs start kicking with excitement when you see him. You like Aidan as well, however he's not that in too you right now, so you go after Sean's attention!

Mommy and daddy love you so much!