Walker & his "My First Christmas" ornament Sugar got for him.
In front of the Christmas tree at home. He was very interested in it...
Here's a closeup of Walker's little "curl"hawk. He has a group of little curls in the middle of his head and they will not lay down. It's the cutest thing ever!!
Walker is now 7 months old and full of FUN!! He weighed a little over 17 lbs. and is just getting so big. He is such a good eater and is now up to the 2nd foods and we're also trying our hand at finger foods and snacks. He is developing such a personality and is such a happy baby. He "talks" all the time now and says "da-da" a lot, whether Jon is around or not. He can give you a high five and will occasionally wave at you. He moves around all over the floor and is attempting to get a knee up under his belly to start crawling. We also have 2 teeth now and I feel like more are on the way because he's been a little more fussy than usual and chewing on everything! We also had our 2nd ear infection and it was a doozy...woke up one night to find Walker had a 104 fever and chills. It was so scary but thankfully it came down before long. We took him to the doctor and his ears were so infected. But he hadn't shown any signs/symptoms...I think he's just a tough little guy. He never cries when he bumps his head (which is kind of frequent these days with all the moving he's doing!). We also had 2 incident reports at daycare in one day because he had scooted around and bumped his head and his cheek into something while playing. He never cried but he did have two little bruises to show for it....you can see the one on his forehead in the pictures above. We are also officially a "sitter." He sits up for extended periods of time on his own and will even get from his bottom to his belly without a major fall. Oh, and the child who used to HATE tummy time always wants to be on his belly now...even when mommy is changing him. I've gotten pretty good at putting a diaper on backwards. He is so strong that we get worn out changing his diaper because he's wiggling around so much.
But my favorite new thing that he does is his kisses. When you pick him up he'll grab your face and put his open mouth on your cheek. It just melts my heart. Oh and he loves to grab your hair and/or earrings now. After he jerked my earrings a few times I've just stopped wearing them for now. This is such a fun age and I just love watching him turn into a little boy and learn new things every day. He's so curious about everything and will grab ahold of anything and everything he can get his hands on. We are going to have to start babyproofing the house SOON! I am so excited about the holidays and can't wait to see Walker at Christmas. He met Santa this past weekend and loved him. But he especially liked pulling on his beard. :) I hope everyone is doing well and that you have a blessed holiday season. Jon and I have SO much to be thankful for this year and are so blessed to have a sweet, healthy little boy in our lives. God has truly blessed us more than we deserve. I'm so thankful each day that He chose me to be Walker's mommy!
I'm sitting up all by myself!!
Still sitting up...
