7 months and gaining!

In the words of Finnean, O-my-geez-o-lanta!!! Hutchinson is seven months old!  We can hardly believe that our little tiny baby is inching up on being a year old.  Okay, that might be a little extreme but it does feel like he is growing too fast!  So what is a 7 month old up to you might ask?  Let me fill you in.

• Most importantly he is gaining weight!!  He gained TEN ounces last week.  We are pretty excited about that and are so pumped that I am still able to nurse him.  He even looks like he gained weight, those sweet cheeks are filling back in :) Yah!!
• He LOVES solids.  We mix oatmeal for babies and a fruit or veggie with it and call it good.  He is going to try nectarines tonight :)  It is a good thing that he likes to eat solids because he has decided that he is absolutely not going to take a bottle while I am gone.  I tried last week to give him a bottle and he looked like I was trying to poison him or something. Silly guy!  He doesn't get fussy with no milk, only when you are trying to give him the bottle (reports for the babysitters we had last weekend!)  Abby said it best to him "Hey, this is gold, you need to drink it." She said Hutch fussed and said "just put in my bed lady, I am not drinking it!"  So he went to sleep with no milk.  The next day we had plans to be gone for most of the afternoon and evening and again, he didn't drink a drop.  Silly thing.  Maybe we can get him to take a sippy of milk?  Anyone else been through this and had any tips?  Leave me a comment to share them!
• The boy can roll.  He is fast!! 
• He somehow manages to get just about anything, no matter how far you put it in front of him.  He inches towards it, he is not crawling but he can get around. 
• He loves to chew on just about anything.  He toes are his favorite.
• He hates socks.  It makes me look like I am taking my child out without any socks on because he pulls them off almost immediately after you put them on.  So we are Target, super chilly out and no socks on.  Silly boy...what fun are socks anyway?
• He protests strongly when you take something away from him that he was playing with (something that he shouldn't have or when Finnean forgets to "share" and just takes it).  It is an interesting peek into what my life is going to be like when Hutchinson and Finnean really have to start sharing! 
• He loves to talk to you. 
• His smile is pretty sweet and his eyes just light up the room when he is smiling at you.  Speaking of his eyes, we think they are kind of brownish, but not dark brown...so we will see what color they turn out to be!
• He is becoming a real pro at sitting up.  When he does fall over he just rolls on to something else. 
• He is getting into playing with toys.  It is fun to watch him manipulate toys and get them to work.  He loves the little toy that if you push the button the animals POP up and then you close it and starts all over again.  When he gets them all closed he smiles so big and looks so proud!  He hasn't quite mastered opening them yet but that is why you have a big brother. 
• He loves to BOUNCE!  We have the Jumperoo that we borrowed from Grady and Jace and he can really get going.  Michael says he gets "air" because he is bouncing so high!
• He loves to read books and really loves to study the pages. 
• He has good fine motor skills.  He turns and examines just about any toy, hmmm...sounds familiar.
• He is just an easy going guy.  He is sure to let you know when he doesn't like something but doesn't squawk about much.
• Sleep...well that could be better :) Once we figured out that he wasn't getting enough milk we decided to nurse him whenever he woke up in the night because he was probably hungry.  Since we found out that he is gaining weight just fine, we have decided that we are going to try to "train" him to sleep longer through the night.  I am okay with getting up once but I wish for him to sleep til 3 or 4.  He most have heard us talking about it because last night he slept til 415am!  Felt like a full night sleep!  So we are hoping to make that a habit and work towards sleeping through the night.  He is becoming a great little nap taker and goes down awake and then quickly fusses himself to sleep.  We are thankful for that because I can hang with Finnean one on one or get something done around the house!  Did you know that you have to keep a house clean AND play with your kids when you stay at home!?!?  :)
• Hutchinson is ticklish.  His little ribs and back are so, so ticklish and he lets out the best laugh when you "get him!"
• He has two teeth but I think he is always teething.  He chews and chews and chews.  He has a yucky little rash on his cheek and chin because of all the drool. 
• He has started to get this cheesy smile, it is so big and so funny! I hope to catch it on camera soon!

We can't imagine life without him and feel so blessed to have such a happy and healthy little guy.  Pictures of the big boy (and his big bro) will be posted soon!