summer so far...

We have been enjoying a fun and easy going summer at our house. Lots of days spent playing with Luke, running errands, working in the garden, completing house projects, and visiting with friends and family. Summer always goes so quickly and this year is no exception! We can hardly believe that our baby reaches 7 months this week on July 29th. At his six month checkup a few weeks ago we learned that he remains in the 90th% for height (28 in.) and 75th% for weight (18.8 lbs.). He is growing so quickly, everyday I think he looks bigger! We've experienced so many milestones since his birth, here are a few recent ones...

Trying new food!! This was the night we introduced peas..."Mom, I don't think I like peas!"

Peaches are way better!
No matter what I do Luke always ends up covered in his breakfast and dinner. This morning he did an especially good job of spreading the peaches across his face, into his hair, and all over his p.j.s (I promise he was wearing a bib!). It's hard to tell but there are little cereal pieces sticking to his shirt too!

Luke outgrew his baby car seat...his little toes were hanging over the edge!

Sleeping in his new car seat after dinner out.

Luke is ready to move!! He is trying so hard to crawl. He is able to "swim" on the floor but hasn't mastered getting up onto his hands and knees. He is highly motivated by things like the remote control, Lily, and anything that he can't have (i.e. dishes, magazines, glasses, cups, etc..). He loves to stand like a big boy!

We've gone swimming a few times and he loves to splash in the pool.

I gave Luke his first big boy haircut. I am still fixing it. Cutting a wiggly baby's hair is super hard. Much harder than I initially anticipated. At least hair grows!!

Luke LOVES Lily! He likes to watch her, pet her, and try to eat her tail. We highly discourage any tail eating. However, as you can see in the picture below I think Luke is convinced that if he could just get a little bite Lily would be pretty tasty! Don't worry he didn't actually eat the dog's nose...much to Luke's dismay (and our relief) Lily always moves before Luke can chomp down.