Seven Months

Beckett,

You are seven months old, and goodness, the time is flying by.  I feel like you are just racing through each month, and I just want it to slow down a bit. I want to enjoy all of your "baby-ness" because I know it won't be long before I will be enjoying some little boy stages.  These letters to you are my attempt to "freeze" time and capture the moments so I will never forget them.  Because my sweet boy, I don't want to miss or forget a single moment that I have with you and your seven month old precious self.  I feel like it can't be possible, but somehow you just get more adorable and sweeter with every passing day.  I am honored to be your Momma, and you are such a gift to me.

At seven months old, you are sitting up like a champ.  Gone are the days of sitting right next to you to make sure you don't hit your head when you topple over after a minute or so.  You are a pro now, and you only "fall over" intentionally when you are ready to move on to another toy.  I am sometimes still shocked when I see you sitting up all by yourself because you look like such a big boy.  Speaking of big boy, you are thisclose to crawling.  You get up on your hands and knees and rock back and forth, and you have even put together a couple of crawling motions.  But, you haven't quite mastered it.  You can get wherever you want though by scooting and rolling.  It's pretty cute.

You are so incredibly interested in the world around you.  You notice everything that happens, and it is so fun to watch you.  I think you could spend over an hour in the playroom all by yourself just scooting and rolling from place to place, pulling toys out of bins and baskets that are close to the floor and exploring.  You entertain yourself so well, and you know how to get all over the place.  You are rarely still, even when sitting in our laps.  You love to bounce and kick those legs, and you are super strong.  This can make changing your diaper and your clothes quite interesting.  Even though you love to move constantly, you are so content.

Your sleeping has gotten a lot better at the end of this month.  We got in a bad habit of letting you start eating again in the night when you regressed a little bit from the sleep training, but we decided to cut you off again.  You have handled that like a little darling and went back to sleeping from 7:00pm to 6:30am-7:00am.  Your naps are a bit inconsistent, but you are starting to get the hang of sleeping in your crib for more than 30-45 minutes at a time.  You generally take at least one nap that is over an hour in your crib.  You are also transitioning to just 2 naps a day which I think will make your naps longer!  You are nursing 5 times each day and eat 2 solid food meals each day.  Typically, you have some rice cereal for breakfast and a vegetable or fruit for dinner.  You have loved every bite of food we have given you {sweet potatoes, squash, rice cereal, carrots, sweet peas, pears, applesauce, and bananas}.

You got sick for the first time this month, and it was so sad.  You ran over 100' fever for three days straight.  You were still a sweet boy and rarely fussed, but we could tell you didn't feel well.  I took you to the doctor to confirm that you didn't have an infection, but it was just a virus.  We were so thankful when your fever finally broke, and you got back to your smiley, happy self.  When you were sick, you definitely preferred your momma over anyone else.  I didn't mind holding you one bit :)

You are still our happy, content little boy.  You smile at the drop of a hat, and I love your little smiles behind the pacifier.  Those are some of my favorite.  You laugh at us a lot, too, and you still love to laugh at your big sister.  I love watching your relationship get stronger, and you adore her.  I am pretty sure she adores you too.  You also still love to find your daddy, and he can get those belly laughs out of you every time.  You are so great at just going with the flow, and people are always commenting on what a laid back boy you are.  We are so blessed by your easy-going, joyful nature.  You are so precious, little man.

You weigh 18 pounds, wear size 2-3 diapers, and are in 6-9 month clothes {mostly due to how long you are!}.  Your hair is really starting to come in, and it is light brown.  The jury is still out on your eye color...some days they look brown, and some days they look really dark blue.  Time will tell.  I know we are biased, but you are such a handsome little guy.  I cannot get enough of your sweet face or kissing your sweet cheeks.

Beckett, I know I say this every month, but you are such a blessing.  You have been in our family for a short 7 months, and we cannot {and don't want to} remember life without you.  I love rocking you and singing songs to you each night and looking at your face and praying over you.  Your daddy and I have prayed over you since the day we knew you were being formed in my tummy.  I love dreaming and imagining what you will be like and in what ways God has gifted you.  I know you will be special and do amazing things for the kingdom of God.  The Spirit of the Lord is on you, my sweet son, and you have been anointed to do great things.  Happy seven months, Beckett Lucas.

I love you to the moon and back!
Your Momma