Collin is already past 7 months old and changing so much. He is able to roll over from tummy to back in one direction and from back to tummy in one direction. He can bear weight on both of his legs as we hold him. He likes to push off when he is laying on us now. We are continuing to work with him sitting on his own. He is getting better, but still needs support. These are tremendous milestones for us, and we are so thankful that he has been able to meet them.
We have also officially successfully transitioned all naps to Collin's crib over the past month. Harder on mommy than on my sweet boy, but it needed to be done. He is able to talk himself to sleep with his paci for his naps and usually sleeps for an hour or two, although one morning he slept for 4 hours! Night sleeps are continuing to be great. He will usually sleep from 9:30-7:30, waking up once a night usually to find his paci.
Collin's favorite toys are our cell phones, iPad, and remote control. More realistically, he likes his exersaucer and activity gym. He is also content rolling around on a big blanket with some toys. He is still in 3-6 month clothes, but 6-9 are finally starting to fit better. We are finishing our last box of size 2 diapers and moving up to size 3. Next week brings a pediatrician trip to get 6 month shots (which will get Collin all caught up!) and a weight check. No teeth yet, but I fully expect one to cut through any day. He has been slightly congested the past few days and constantly is rubbing his gums. Solid wise we have had rice cereal, oatmeal, peas, green beans, carrots, squash, and sweet potatoes. So far there hasn't been anything he hasn't liked. It's sweet because he always makes an unsure face when he gets the first bite of something new, but then he breaks out into a huge smile.
As for the rest of us...
We took a FABULOUS family vacation to San Antonio a couple of weeks ago. It was the first time for Collin to be in the car for longer than 20 minutes. He did well considering! He definitely wanted out of his carseat after an hour, but we stopped a lot and made it after 9 hours.
We had all of our stops planned out, but our stop in Sweetwater was disappointing! It was the first Jack-in-the-Box we encountered, but it was closed because it had been robbed. Ridiculous! We ended up at McDonald's next door. Continuing the trip, it was absolutely a beautiful drive down I-10 into town. We stopped, of course, at our favorite place Genghis Grill. It was delicious, as always. They would make a killing here the way people flock to new restaurants in this town. We rested at the hotel that night to regain energy. The next day, we got up and walked to the Alamo. Les had never been before. It was hot! We then walked to the Hard Rock Cafe for lunch and to cool off. It felt great cooling off, so we headed over to get our riverboat tour tickets before heading back to rest at the hotel. The riverboat tour was miserably hot. It was in the direct sun and just so hot. We went straight back to the hotel after that to cool off again before venturing to dinner. Since we had a river walk hotel, everything was in walking distance, which was great. We headed over to a Mexican food place for dinner, back to the hotel, then to Ben and Jerry's, then back to the hotel. It was the perfect place to stay and we got lots of breaks from the heat.
In our original itinerary we had plans to go to Sea World, but we nixed that due to the heat. It was over 100 when we went, and we've never been so we didn't know how accommodations would be for Collin. So we headed up to DFW area to see Les' sister and her fiancé, his mom and brother, and his dad. We had a good time there and even enjoyed some delicious Pappasitos (and we finalkly had our Jack-in-the-Box) throughout our trip up the state.
It was a great week, but it was also Les' only week off. I wish he had more time off this summer! I've been reading lots of books and working on stuff for the new school year. We go back in less than a month, how crazy!
