(Yes, there was absolutely no point in that nonsense, and really I have no idea why I even happened to look at and add up all those numbers this morning. But I'm just rolling with it.
)At 7 months, Cole weighs 16.6 lbs (still hasn't quite doubled his birth weight) and is 27.5 in. long. He has his 7 month well child check on Tuesday morning. (We scheduled a 7 month check instead of a 6 month because of the delay with his vaccinations and the spacing that needs to be between them.)
Cole is just as happy and good natured as he has always been, though he seems to be finding more of his voice with all the "Mama", "Dada", and screeching noises he repeats when his big brother and sister are being so noisy and having fun!
He is growing out of most of the rest of the 6 month clothes and some of the 6-9 month clothes as well. He is still in size 2 diapers and I just got him the cutest pair of size 3 shoes (from Target's clearance rack for $3!!) although he almost never actually wears shoes.
In the past month or so, Cole:
-started rolling all over the room
-army crawling- mostly backwards, but sometimes scooches forward, too, and sometimes pushes up on his knees
-is sitting up completely on his own - this makes bath time so much easier and playing with his big siblings lots more fun!!
-speaking of bath time- Cole LOVES splashing and playing in the water
-played in the sand for the first time, too, and LOVED that as well
- is now trying to grab onto the couch, my hands, pushing off from someone, to try and get to a standing position
-got his first 2 teeth
-is eating cereal mostly once a day still, has tried several different fruits, and peas (I will be making a batch of baby foods - mainly veggies I think- next week and then we will probably move toward 2 solid feedings a day.)
-is figuring out how to pick up and eat puffs as a snack while the rest of us are eating sometimes
-sleeps through the night most of the time (sometimes he wakes up randomly during the night for a quick feeding and then goes back down no prob)
-was on his first antibiotic for strep throat (along with me). Not fun at all!
-usually wakes for the day around 7/7:30 am. If the other 2 are still in bed, I bring him back to my bed where I feed him and then we sit and talk, visit, cuddle for a little while. I love this time with my littlest man.
-rarely ever cries. Our neighbor heard him crying the other day (it was past bedtime and Cole was hungry and ready to go inside for bed) and said he didn't know Cole cried and that it was the first time he ever heard him crying.
If Cole needs something, he politely tells us he is a little upset about something and as long as we take care of it, we can usually avoid the tears and whining. So nice (since his brother and sister makes up for all the crying and whining we need for 3 kids in the house. 
) -is so social. Everywhere we go, Cole is always getting attention with his bright blue eyes and beautiful smile. He is so friendly and flirts with everybody. (Yes, he loves almost everybody, but he still shows preference to "Ma-ma-ma-ma-ma" and reaches out to me when he needs some Mama attention and reassurance. Which of course makes my mama heart happy.
)-loves playing with Caiden and Ellee. If I give him baby toys to play with, he would much rather play with the toys the big kids are playing with. He also prefers the remote, my phone, my computer cable, and those types of things that babies like but aren't allowed to play with.
-oh yeah, did I mention he's waving, too?
Cole is such a joy to have in our family. We all love him so much and feel that we are so blessed that God gave him to us. He makes my heart so happy. Happy 7 months, baby boy!
And just for fun- I posted this on facebook, so if you're over there, you probably already saw it. I found pictures of the other kiddos around the same age as Cole and put them next to each other to compare. So fun to see my little babies together that way.
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