Seven month letter

Milo Bug,

I can't believe seven months have already come and gone.  You sure are turning into a joy.  Everyday you seem to get a little happier and more interactive! Everywhere we go people tell me how adorable you are.  My favorite thing you do right now is be shy and bashful.  Every time someone looks at you and smiles or talk to you, you always smile back and then get shy and put your head down or bury it into my shoulder if I'm holding you.  It doesn't matter who it is or how many times they talk to you, you do it overtime.  And every time my heart skips a beat.  You're a sweet one.

You are still eating solid foods really well and enjoying more and more flavors.  You eat a mixture of homemade baby food and store bought baby food.  You refuse to eat home made carrots, but you gobble up store bought carrots.  You're weird like that.  Your current favorite food is a banana avocado combo that I make for you.  You would eat that for every meal if I let you.  But, if I give you straight avocado then you start gagging you hate it so much.

Still no sitting and you haven't really made much progress lately.  Sometimes I worry that you really may never sit.  Maybe you'll be on your back for an entire year until you start walking.  I guess we'll see, but it'd be really nice if you would just bend your knees and sit.  I think you'd really like it.

Another thing I think you'd like is your stroller, if you gave it a shot.  You are in that thing for two minutes before you start throwing a fit.  Your brother usually throws a fit first because he wants to get out and cause mischief and you just follow suit.

You love when dad comes home from work and plays with you.  You don't really laugh yet, but you do squeal.  And you save your best squeals for dad.  I try to get you to laugh all day long and all I get is smiles, but when dad gets home it's a non-stop squealing fest.  I'm actually ok with it, I love to watch the bond that you two have.

You love to be in your jumper more than any baby I've ever met. It's the cutest thing how happy it makes you.

I'm starting to realize that you're quickly outgrowing my newborn baby stage and I'm kind of sad about it but I'm more excited to see the toddler you're going to become and to watch you start to play with your brother.  I have a feeling we have some fun years ahead of us.

Love you to the moon and back.

Love, Mom