Visit with Grandma and Pap

We all had a great visit with Grandma, Pap, and all of the aunts, uncles and cousins. Paul had a lot of fun playing with Laci with all Grandma's toys. It was wonderful to see Laci looking so healthy.

BBQ at the Queens

Chris and the Queen's cooked us up a delicious BBQ and Paul had a great time hanging with all the pretty Queen girls, especially Nina. Nina enjoyed saying 'boo!' to Paul.

Cana and Guiness

Cana and Guiness had lots of fun running around playing.

Bible School

Paul had a great time at Bible School. He rode around on my back most of the time. He loved watching the kids and swinging in the swing. We also set up the pack n play in the narthex. He also liked racing down the aisle. He had his first ice cream.

Development Update

Paul got his first teeth, the 2 middle bottom ones the middle of last week, when he was 7.5 months old. It seemed to take a while considering he started drooling like crazy at 3 months. Boy are baby teeth sharp!

Paul is crawling like crazy now. He uses one foot to push off and scoots on the other knee. He is pulling himself up and tries to climb up on anything.

Paul is able to entertain himself for longer periods now and likes playing with the toys in his pack n play.

Paul likes to make all sorts of sounds, particularly k (which he seems to direct at Cana), g, d, and b.

Everything goes into his mouth! Papers, books, the remote, the telephone.

He reaches up for me now, and reaches out to his dad to be held.

Katie and Bill's Wedding

Mommy and Daddy had a great time at Katie and Bill's wedding. It was so nice to see everyone from the band. Paul had lots of fun with grandma, Aunt Cindy and Jay. He even ate green beans!

Concert

Mommy and Daddy had a great time at the concert. Too bad it's so. so hard to stay up late!!

Dave and Maegan's Visit

Even though their visit was short, Paul and Maegan got to have lots of good bonding moments. Maybe next time we'll get some Paul and Dave pictures!

Painting Helpers

We really appreciated Grandma and Jay coming out to help paint!!

Dinner Out

Paul did very well on his first dinner at a restaurant, Bahama Breeze. We went with Keli, Clay, Gina and Sean. He slept while we ate then entertained us for a while. He screamed all the way home...we should have let him play outside his carseat longer.

Visit with Alivia and Kim

Paul and I had a very nice visit with Kim and Alivia. She is up running around and talking. Paul tried to eat her shoes.

Busy Sunday

Sunday was so busy. We had church, then Grandma and Pap Speer came over and helped Daddy put in the dining room floor, then Keli and Clay came to visit Paul and help mommy with Bible School stuff, then Cindy and Jay came!

The rest of the week was very busy too. Visiting with great-grandma Tuesday night, staying with her Wednesday while mommy when shopping, going to the IU to see all the psychologists and have a picnic with Julie then going to the Farmer's Market on Thursday. Today we are visiting with Alivia Andria this afternoon. What a schedule!

Hanging with Daddy

Paul is really starting to crawl now. He still falls on his face a lot, but he is really moving!

VIsit with Christina

We had a great visit with Christina today!

Paul and Bryce's visit to Trinity North

Paul, at 7 months old and Bryce at 4.5 months old were the same size! We had a great visit. It was fun watching the boys watch each other. It was really nice to see everyone at North. We hope it was a good day for Michelle!

Guiness

Guiness and Jay, hanging out.

Dr.'s Appointment

This is Paul in his new pouch. It calms him down at night when he gets crabby.

Paul had his 6 month Dr.s appointment today, even though he is 7 months old. He is healthy! He does have to get a special cream for his drool rash and some flouride supplements. He was 17 lbs 10 oz and 27.5 inches long. His weight was at the 25th percentile, height at the 50th and head circumference at the 75th percentile!

Paul can start eating meat and dairy now, although I need to see if I can eat dairy first before I start giving it to him, though. I made turkey and potatoes for him and I'll try to feed it to him when he wakes up. He is sleeping from the tylenol I gave him for his shots. He didn't do nearly as bad with his shots today. He cried when he got them, but he recovered quickly. He did really well with the nurses and doctor and had lots of smiles.

Paul can have finger foods now, such as cereal or noodles. I think he will have fun with those.

Paul can sit up unassisted until something distracts him, then he topples over. He can get up on all fours and rocks back and forth, then usually does a face plant. He can really cover ground quickly, though.

Penguin Game

Paul had on his Pen's jammies and Daddy's Crosby hat, but it did not help the Pen's win.