Tea & Fleur De lis : May 2015

Harrison is officially transitioning over to the boy side of life. He has always been a boy, obvi. But now he is becoming a big boy, not a baby boy! He eats solid solids, basically what we eat (minus honey) he eats! And sweets, we haven't given him any sweets yet. He could have them, the only off limit item is honey. We have conquered the big allergies of eggs, peanut butter, & cows milk. Neither Chris nor I have an allergy so we did not anticipate H having one. Phew!! Anywho along with the eating thing, he is a quite a mobile merlin! I can't believe it. He is a master of the inch worm, he can't do hands and knees. He tries, he tries very hard, and then he face plants.... He doesn't seem to care. He actually doesn't seem to have a pain tolerance. He can often be found banging his head into things. The other day he did face plant on my friends coffee table and gave himself a nice Hitler mustache bruise. He did cry, but then moved on pretty quickly.

7 Month Stats

- Weighing in at 19lb 10oz

- He is a food lover! Rocking feeding himself!

- Inch worm master, he is just starting to figure out that he needs to use his arms

- He has discovered that he can grab one hand with the other. It is quite entertaining.

- He has learned cause and effect... if I rub the cup on the wall then it makes noise - if I drop my cup on the ground I can lean over and look at it - and many more. It is super interesting!

- He is currently napping for the first time with a blanket.... I am watching him like a hawk on the monitor bc he is mister roll polly and I do not want a strangled baby!

- 2.2 seconds away from crawling. He gets up on hand and knees and rocks, then tries and arm, then face plants. The end.

- He can pull up, but hasn't learned that he can on things. He only pulls up on our hands. He will take steps when we are holding his hands. That is really crazy!

- He could sit without falling over for hours. If he starts to lean it rights himself, his core strength is wild!

- He is holding strong with those 2 bottom teethers

- June 8 H starts Water Babies and will get to go under water and actually begin to swim! So excited!

Food Adventures

As I said basically anything is up for a trial. But he most definitely has some favorites!

- Applesauce on ezikial toast

- Avocado

- Watermelon

- Blackberries

- Grapes

- Strawberries

- Japanese Sweet Potato

- Eggs with broccoli and cheese

- Colby jack cheese sticks

- Kale, Spinach, & Apple Puffs

- banans

- Whole fat greek yogurt (mixed with pumpkin is a super fav)

- Roasted cherry tomatoes

- Shredded Chicken

- Oatmeal (whatever combo I made for myself minus honey)

Janes Family Updates

- Uncle PJ and Tia Alany are coming this weekend for a visit! Alany is due July 8th with Lilian Louise and we cannot wait to meet and love on her!
- We will probably be going to the lake for Memorial Day and Harrison will get to swim for the first time in the lake!
- We had a marvelous mothers day! My people got me an edible arrangement and a new laptop. Mine was the same one from 2006 when I started college. Here is hoping I will know be prompt in my blog postings!
- Sofia got baptized
- I hosted a calligraphy party and it was a blast! I need to continue to practice my skills!
- Harrison had his first babysitter that was non family... I paid for a babysitter, so weird to be on the parent end of babysitting.
- Christopher turned 27
- We went to NYC for my hip check up and all is well and fab!