Max, 7 months!

Two weeks ago, Max turned 7 months. Holy moly. Time is flying by. He is just the sweetest and happiest baby. I'm going to call him a baby for probably five years. He's getting big way too fast. Literally and developmentally.

Here's a little timeline of pictures from last month....

All of a sudden, over the course of about a week, he went from a car seat baby to a grabbing, sitting up in a highchair, interactive baby. We are done with the infant car seat, bouncy chair, play gym and Bumbo. Sigh. Life is going to get very busy as soon as this cutie learns to get mobile:

He started baby food this month! So far he has devoured all veggies. Fruits are hit or miss. He's not a fan of oatmeal cereal (or any for that matter). He'll usually have 1-2 containers of food around our dinnertime.

I know Max will be so annoyed at me someday for this, but oh well. The girls are obsessed with Charlotte's Web. I tried really hard to get them to dress up last year, but they wouldn't. Once we had Max, Mallory had it in her head that she was going to be Fern and push Wilbur (aka Max) around in a stroller for Halloween. Morgan could be Charlotte. So, poor, sweet, go with the flow Max, wore this for Halloween:

I know. He doesn't look too thrilled. I have promised Brad that next year I will allow Max to be something really, REALLY manly:)

Max chomps on his thumb, sucks his bottom lip in and drools everywhere. We don't have any teeth yet, but we're thinking any day now.

I can't say enough how good Max is (other than sleeping through the night...ha!)! He was a trooper at Brad's conference tournament in Tyler. There was lots of car seat time for this guy. He slept wherever and whenever he needed to. Love him!

As I mentioned, Max is sitting up on his own. Occasionally, he'll tumble over...especially when his mom sets him down on uneven ground...or his sisters hug him a little too hard:)

We're also done with the mesh bath seat thingy. Max was way too interested in everything in the bathtub. He almost flipped himself out of the seat several times. So, we have now started real tub baths and wowzers, does Max loooooove bath time! When I start taking his clothes off and telling him he's taking a bath, he kicks his legs and smiles huge.

Morgie and Maxers. They are buddies for sure. When I was taking Max's monthly picture, I could not get a smile out of him! After about 10 minutes, I called Morgan in. She immediately made this crazy noise and voila! Max was cackling and smiling like crazy. So, so sweet. It makes this momma heart happy.

Of course Brad gets lots of smiles from Max, too. Apparently Mallory and I have to try really hard for people to smile/laugh at us:)

A sweet moment when all three were "playing" together. Max loves to be around his sisters and in the middle of the action, grabbing at everything and anything he can reach!

Max doesn't do tummy time too much anymore since he can sit unsupported now. But, when he does, he can totally lift his belly off the floor and reaches/scoots to get to things. Crawling is in the near future I'm afraid.

There wasn't much change in his sleep habits last month, unfortunately. He's still keeping us on our toes in that department. He had his first ear infection and that definitely didn't help. It was also an ear infection that took three different antibiotics to clear up. So, yes, we are tired. Very tired. Thankfully, during the day, he's on a very consistent routine. 2-3 naps a day and down for the night by 7:30.

Max, at 7 (and a half) months:

happy - snuggly - content - squishy - lover of veggies - grunty boy noises - fuzzy head