7 Months Old.

 So just a quick recap on our Tropical Storm Beryl party at Mimi's house...then we will get to the 7 month update...

Boys and their toys...anything they can bang repeatedly on the ground, various pieces of furniture, their heads, our heads, is perfect for these dudes...The maracas, as I like to call them, have a superior rattle feature that surpasses any rattle I have ever seen...thus...they stay at Mimi's so they do not get lost :)
Curran (11 months next week) and Wyatt (7 months today), just jammin.  

Isabelle showed up prepared for the storm with her head lamp...and we later realized if we were to lose power she would be the only one prepared...thankfully we did not lose power!

Curran posing for the camera....not quite walking but pulling himself up, walking while holding on to things as seen here.  

Hello Kitty Stickers for all!  Thanks Izzy. 

It was Memorial Day, after all.  At least Jeff and Curran were dressed patriotically. 

attempting to get a photo of the cousins snuggled next to Wyatt's giant bear...this was the best I got...

Playing in the baby Einstein saucer 

You know life is good when your house is starting to remind you of Chuck-E-Cheese, or the like.  Nick likes to tease me and say that I am subconsiously putting Wyatt through "Circuit training" with all his gadgets...maybe it just comes as second nature to me now?!?!?  
Not that anyone else cares, but I took a couple pictures of the living room and kitchen, which is the most trafficked in the house, so that I can cherish the MESS forever!!!  

TODAY is Wyatt's 7 month anniversary for entering the world!  He has continued to capture our hearts just as he did the day he was born.  His latest milestones...

rocking on hands and knees

almost crawling

sitting up all day

drinks from a sippy cup

likes everything we've let him try

no teeth...yet...

loves sweet potatoes and salmon

still spits up like a mad man

loves to go to publix

still breastfeeding...wow..

still sucking two middle fingers (so cute but will be hard to break later I'm sure!)

7 pm bedtime, 7 am rise/feeding.  AMEN TO THAT!

has started eating puffs, but cannot feed himself yet (or doesn't want to..)

loves his squeaky giraffe (sophie)

Those are the major highlights that I can think of... All I know is that he is the cutest little dude ever.  Nick and I constantly are saying how the heck did we make such a stud!!!  

As for us- we are just truckin' each day.  Enjoying life as mommy and daddy, it is so sweet!  Nick is so in love with his little buddy, he even bathes him EVERY NIGHT!! How awesome is that?  Other moms can appreciate that I'm sure.  Occasionally he takes a night off, but I'm glad to do it because 90 percent of the time Nick bathes him and they play and laugh and it is just the most precious thing!  

 It wouldn't be bath time without a little ELMO!!!

For my own future reference, and anyone in the same position with a sensitive skinned bambino, this stuff works the best...

Now that he's splish splashing we needed some bubbles...this does really well for him and smells delicious!

 He loves his little inflatable Sesame Street bathtub.  It's perfect for the in between can't sit up-sitting up phase..Now that he is sitting up it's just the right size.  

Wyatt thinks Mickey Mouse is silly, and actually thinks Minnie is even funnier!  He doesn't watch for long, but a few minutes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse never hurt anybody!!  "OH TOODLES!"

Wyatt is a good little traveler.  We go to Jacksonville/Ponte Vedra pretty often to visit family and celebrate various events.  We went most recently to see family and to see Isabelle's (My brother's daughter) first dance recital.  Wyatt actually thought it was quite entertaining!

Wyatt got to snuggle with his Great Grandmother at the recital.

He is so blessed to have 4 great grandparents!!  

Bobba and Big Daddy

Handsome like his daddy, a fancy night at Capital Grill with Mimi and Nana, Wyatt's grandmother and other great grandmother (need a pic Nana!)

Sitting out on the inter-coastal at CAPS!

Delicious seafood with a view...thanks for the treat G-daddy and BG!

Getting a snuggle from G-Daddy.

(my daddy)

Hangin at the pool with G-Daddy and BG after lunch, waiting on Tropical Storm Beryl...

 Wyatt loves the pool, he doesn't do much splashing yet, but we are getting there!!  My dear friend, Corrie, has an awesome pool old Florida style!  Big and no screen!  It's so fun, we just bop around and enjoy the sunshine...usually he is completely covered with swim clothes on, this picture is probably making his grandma's cringe because he's practically naked!! TRUST ME he was lathered in sunscreen and we were only out for a few minutes, due to the impending storm!!

Mimi always workin'!  She works hard so she can spoil the rest of us :)  Love you Mommy.

Think she had anything to do with Wyatt's good looks???

I see one STRIKING resemblance...

This picture is of Jeff and Erin with Isabelle after her recital, she was showered with hugs, kisses, and of course FLOWERS!!  What a pretty family. 

MOMMY + DADDY = ISABELLE GRACE

This post turned out to be much longer than I expected...that's what happens when you combine baby  nap time and mommy caffeine time.  PRODUCTIVITY!!!  I need to capture these moments when I can!!  In my quiet time with God today, I was brought again to a scripture that has been popping up lots lately...

Deuteronomy 11:18-21

New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸ Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. ¹⁹ Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.²⁰ Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates, ²¹ so that your days and the days of your children may be many in the land the Lord swore to give your ancestors, as many as the days that the heavens are above the earth.

I am thankful for all of our family, Whitaker's, Hulling's, McAuliffe's, Dryer's, and everyone in between!!!  Let the days of our children be many!