7 Months Old

Lewis is seven months old today and he still doesn't have any teeth.  I weighed him yesterday and he was 21 pounds.  I haven't tried to measure his length, he doesn't ever sit still long enough for that.  He's sleeping through the night but lately he's been waking up one or two times, crying for about 5 minutes, and then going back to sleep.  I don't know if he's teething or what.  I've been thinking he's been teething for months.  He eats really well, he would eat every hour if we'd let him.  He's not too fond of green veggies but he'll eat them if they are mixed with an orange veggie.  A few days ago we tried to feed him baby turkey and he didn't enjoy it.  More about that later.  

Here are some pictures from today.

We just love when he sleeps with his booty in the air.  Dan took this picture today during Lewis' extremely rare 3 hour nap.  I was at school all day today because of Open House so Dan and Lewis a boy's day out!

Here's Lewis in his high chair.  He likes sitting here because he knows food is coming.

Here are just some cute pictures from the other day. The one with the wash cloth is funny because he's sucking the water out of it and drinking it.  He's learned he can drink the water out of it then dunk it back in the tub and drink it again.  He tries to get the wash cloth every time he gets in the tub.

Here's Lewis eating turkey.  He made this face every time the spoon went in his mouth.  He then proceeded to throw it up.  Needless to say, he hasn't eaten turkey again.  We'll try it again in a few weeks.  

Lewis at the Lake

Dan, Lewis, and I went to the lake last weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Vossler, Aunt Teresa and Uncle Kevin, and Uncle Adam.  It was Lewis' first time on the lake and he had a great time.  He looks so much older when he wears a shirt and shorts as opposed to a onesie.  His shirt speaks the truth, too.  Every where we go people complement us on how cute and happy he his.  That makes us happy (especially Dan since Lewis looks just like him) and we now know that he really is cute and it's not just our parent goggles.

 Here's Lewis and Grandma before the day got started.

Lewis in his life jacket.  I was worried he wouldn't like wearing it and would cry the whole time but he was a trooper.

Grandpa and Lewis swimming around.

Lewis all tuckered out after a fun day of swimming and playing.  He's excited for when we go back in September!

We have a gymnast

Yesterday Dan and I were sitting in the living room eating dinner and watching TV while Lewis was rolling around all over the floor playing with stuff.  All of a sudden he does this. . . 

A backbend.  The only body parts on the floor are his feet and this head.  He did it several times because he had rolled under his swing and he wanted to reach up and feel it.  In this picture his hand is up scratching the fabric.  He really likes to touch and feel everything.

Oh, and Lewis doesn't care much for peas.  He didn't want to swallow them, he just lets them run out of his mouth.  He'll only eat them if you mix them with another vegetable like squash or sweet potatoes but even then he's still not happy about eating them.

Last weekend before I go back to school

This weekend was a busy was for me and Lewis.  On Saturday we went to Walmart to get lots of tax free goodies.  After that we went home to get ready to go to Murfreesboro for a family reunion.  Lewis was sitting on our bed with Ruby while I figured out what to wear and I look over and Ruby is licking his hand.  Now, that's nothing new, Ruby loves to lick him but then Lewis grabbed Ruby's tongue!  I silently freaked because I didn't want Ruby to go crazy on him.  She ended up just sitting there until he let go (which was only a few seconds later).

In Murfreesboro Lewis got to see lots of family he hadn't met yet.  He was a really good boy the whole time (except for the screaming in the car on the way there).  Here's Lewis with Mimi and Will.

Today we went to Grandma and Grandpa Vossler's house to play and swim with cousin Shelby. Lewis got to see his his Aunt Teresa and Uncle Kevin, too.   Lewis loves to swim and loves to play on the floor with his toys (which is what he does most of the time).  Here are the cousins playing before they go swimming.

We left Grandma and Grandpa's house to go home and get dinner ready so we could eat when Dan got home from work.  After we ate Dan was sitting on the floor reading People magazine while Lewis was rolling around and grabbing toys.  Lewis kept trying to take the magazine away from Dan so finally he just gave it to him.  Here is what Lewis did with it:

Lewis pulled every page of that magazine apart.  Interestingly enough he never tried to put any of the pages in his mouth.

He was so proud of himself!

Unwelcome Visitor

So, Lewis and I were playing on the floor yesterday and I look over to a spot in the room that I look at occasionally to make sure dead bugs haven't collected there and guess what I see . . . a lizard!

I immediately scoop up Lewis and he and I and Ruby run upstairs so the lizard wouldn't get us.  I put Lewis in his bed so I can attempt to get rid of the thing.  Dan's in the shower and wondering why I'm screaming like a little girl.  The lizard was only 4 or 5 inches long but it was freaking me out that is was in the house.  I try to get him in a tupperware container and failed numerous times.  That thing was fast!!  He would run around the container and eventually made his way under the couch.  I was beginning to think I'd never find him again and would never be able to sit anywhere without the fear of a lizard crawling on me.  Dan finally gets out of the shower and comes and gets the lizard in the container after a few tries and he puts it in the front yard.  Dan wasn't fond of the reptile either and I'm sure if there was video of us trying to get it out of the house it would be a YouTube hit.

We thought we were in the clear once that was taken care of so we got Lewis and put him in the car so we could go eat dinner with Amanda Gaines.  We open the garage door so I could put something in the mailbox before leaving and the darn lizard runs into the garage and under my car.  Dan pulls the car out and I get the push broom and sweep the sucker out onto the driveway and yell at Dan to close the garage door.  I'm sure he was just trying to cool off but I don't appreciate him invading my space!!!  Hopefully he got the hint.