7 months

Brandon is developing to be such a character!  This month he has been really taking advantage of learning to crawl.  It seems like everyday he seems to crawl further and further. With that being said he loves to explore around the living room.  We have officially re-aranged the living to be a crawling zone.    We moved the coffee table off to the side and put up a pillow barricade around our entertainment system.  I'm sure it will only be a matter of time until we will have to put corner guards on our tables.

He has grown to really love his toys.  When we take him to his grandparents house we now pack a sack filled with his favorite toys.  His new favorite is his blue car that we got from his citrus lane box.  He loves pushing it around and spinning the wheels.  It's so cute to watch him play like a boy with it!  Speaking of which, Josh and I realized that he plays with his toy pretty rough.  He usually puts it in his mouth first and then he bangs on them after.  We think that it's just the way he tries to figure out how they work?  Or he may just be figuring out that certain toys make different sounds.  What a silly little boy!

Well other than crawling he has really aced going from crawling to sitting up.  Now he is trying to figure out how to pull himself up on things.  When Josh and I are laying on the floor he can usually crawl up on us to stand up. It's so amazing how much he has developed over the last month.  It's so rewarding to see him learn to figure things out on his own.  

He is such a little busy body now and I'm sure that this is just the beginning of what it will be like.  When we carry him he moves so much!  He is constantly turning his head and body to look at things and waving his arms.  It's like trying to hold a wiggly worm!  He also loves giving hugs, but we have to watch out cause there are times where he will pinch the back of your arms! He has given both his grandma's matching bruises!

He's doing well with his solids still!  There will be days when we only feed him once a day, but he is usually on a 2x's a day solid food schedule.  I still make his food, but we have also been introducing him with table food. Rice has been his new favorite (no surprise there!)  We try to mix it in with mild entrees like Nilaga or menudo.  He loves both of those!  He is also loving drinking out of sippy cups!  We give him water out of it after he eats solids.  

He officially has 2 teeth.  His second one cut through on wednesday! He was a bit cranky with the second tooth.  Poor Russy is missing a chunk of fur because of it!  Breast feeding has become a bit sore as well. Thank goodness he started to take his pacifier, so it's been nice to have a break!

His personality has really taken shape and it's been so much fun to watch.  I can't wait to see what the 8th month will bring.