White Christmas

We finally had our first snow fall since we've been here and what better day than Christmas day! Cally was thrilled to finally be able to play and make snow angels! Thanks Santa for bringing some snow to us! 

Christmas 2012

My sister and her family flew out here to spend Christmas with everyone and it was wonderful to have us all together under one roof. It was chaotic, but fun and we had a great time together visiting, catching up, cooking, shopping, and celebrating.

 Hanging out with Auntie Erica and Uncle Klay

Grandma and the boys

Ice skating fun in downtown Denver

Celebrating Kaitlyn's 10th Birthday!

Denver Nuggets Game!

Just as our tradition holds, we had an amazing Christmas Eve dinner and continued celebrating while playing games until midnight. We ended our night by opening presents at midnight. Merry Christmas everyone!

Santa, of course, came by after midnight to deliver his presents to the little ones...

Christmas morning

7 Months Old

 

Hunter is 7 months old today! Our happy guy is doing wonderfully we love him so much! Here's what he's been doing in the last month:

 

-He is now able to sit up firmly, without any props or being wobbly

-He loves playing with toys, especially those that light up and make sounds and can sit alone and be entertained for quite a while with them

-He rocks his body back and forth with excitement when you talk to him, show him a toy, or interact with him in any way. He's full of energy!

-He's eating solid foods! He eats baby oatmeal in the morning, and veggies and fruit for lunch and dinner. Feeding him, however, is a bit challenging because he doesn't really open his mouth much. I have to convince him to eat but when he does, he usually finishes the whole thing.

-He continues to be breastfed and that's definitely his preferred "food" choice

-His sleeping pattern is still not great. His naps consists of 3 to 4 30 minute catnaps every time.  It's definitely not ideal and I have attempted many measures to prolong them like white noise, darkened room, consistent routine, etc, but nothing seems to do the trick. He wakes up at exactly 30 minutes, but is happy and appears to have gotten enough rest so I'm not too concerned. His night sleeping continues to be sporadic and he wakes up several times at night to nurse back to sleep. I have yet to break him of this habit, although I have yet to attempt to break it.

-His teeth have been working overtime and within the last month, the other top three teeth have come through. He now has 4 up top, and 2 on the bottom.

-He loves watching his big sister and laughs at her when she does something silly, it's fun to watch.

-He continues to grow in size and although I have not weighed him, I can "feel" his weight gain every time I pick him up. He's a strong, big guy and I love him just like that!

 

I can't believe he's 7 months already! Time continues to fly by and it's been so fun! I'm so lucky!