Collin Is Seven Months Old

It is hard to believe that our little baby is now seven months old. Where has the time gone? Everyday Patrick and I wonder where our little baby went. It seems like Collin has become such a big boy in the past few months. He can do so many new things and even looks like a little boy now. Everyone always told us the time would fly bye but we never realized how true the statement was.

Collin has changed so much over the past month. We weighed him at home on our scale. Although it is not an official scale like the doctor's office, on ours he was a whooping 18 pounds. Collin can now sit up on his own unassisted. He loves to sit on his blanket and play with his activity triangle, barn, and new Fisher-Price Little Superstar sing and dance toy. He occasionally topples over but we try not to make a big deal about it so he won't cry. We have even caught him purposefully leaning to one side to go from sitting up to his tummy. Boy is he smart!

Although he is not crawling yet, at night we catch him inch worming in his crib. Every night on the monitor we see him moving all around his crib like an inchworm. He lays on his belly, brings his knees under his bottom, and pushes forward. We joke around that he needs a king sized crib since he moves around so much. We are hoping crawling will be in the near future.

Collin also had a major first this month...his first tooth. Collin finally had a tooth on the bottom break though and now the one right beside it is starting to break the gums.

Perhaps the most exciting news of this month is that our little boy is FINALLY taking substantial naps. Our little Collin used to be known as the "30-minute man"
and would wake up exactly 30 minutes after he fell asleep no matter what. With some support from our small group, we implemented the cry it out method for nap time and now Collin is averaging an hour and a half to two hour nap in the morning and a 45 minute nap in the afternoon. What a change this has been. Instead of rushing around like a mad man during the 30 minutes to get things done, we now have enough time to finish the chores and catch up on a book, TV show, or e-mail. This has been amazing!

We know we always say it, but we thank God everyday for giving us such a precious and healthy little boy. He is an absolute joy and has brought so much meaning and purpose to our family. We love this little boy more than anyone can imagine!