8 Months

I am slacking more & more each month on these monthly updates, but I want to do them so we can all look back & see what Gavin was up to & when he was doing it.

I have no idea what he weighs, but he is still a chunck!

He is now up to size 3 diapers.

He is in his 6-9 month clothes & has been for a month now, we might have to get him into 9-12 month Gerber onesie soon.

He has mastered the roll from his tummy to his back, we are still working on him mastering the roll from his back to his tummy, but he sure hates being on his tummy. If I put him on his tummy on my tummy, we always rolls off! Silly kid.

He has 2 teeth, his bottom front teeth. They are so cute until they bite you when you are feeding him!

He sleeps from about 9pm-5:30am.

We are working on solids again. That week he was sick last month he kinda lost all interest in solids, but he will eat those melt in your mouth Cheerios if you suck on them first & get them soggy. He will eat bread & he LOVES oatmeal. That is the only baby food he will eat as of right now. No more Applesauce, Bananas or Pears! One day he will get back to it hopefully!

He will pull on your hands, clothes, anything he can get his hands on to pull himself to a standing position when he is sitting.

He is also working on pulling up from laying into a sitting position.

He lounges his body at anything & everything that he sees that he wants.

He is holding his own bottle & feeding himself with it!

He still loves Bathtime, his Jumperoo & to talk & talk & talk. He says "mumumum", "dadadad", "babababa", & something that sounds like "hi" or "hey"

I can't believe my little guy is 8 months old. He has done so much in the last month. Can't wait to see what next month brings.

Family Pictures

We had Ashley take our Family pictures a couple weekends ago. I can't wait to get the CD of all the images from her, but until then, I have posted on the side bar some of the proofs that she sent to us of our cute little Family, of Mike & I & of the LG. Check them out & let me know what you think? I will post more pictures when I get them from her! Thanks again Ashley for doing this for us!

HALLOWEEN

Our Halloween was interesting. Read the next post for the day time fun. Friday was our work Halloween party. We had a "Mad Hatter" party. We all made our own hats to display for voting. We had a raffle & the hat with the most votes won the money. I was 2nd place. Dangit! We had a great pot luck (like we always do) & hardly worked all day.

Saturday night we dressed up Gavin & Bear & passed out some candy to all the little kiddies. Gavin refused to take his early evening nap because he new there was something going on & he wanted to be a part of it. Since we refused to nap, we had to close down Halloween shop early to get him bathed & put to bed. Enjoy our Halloween pictures.

More H1N1

This weekend wasn't the greatest weekend for us. Mike started having "complications" Friday night & we decided that we would hold off on anything until Saturday because we weren't quite sure if it was bad or just the antibotic doing its job. Saturday morning he was still having this problem, so we called the Dr. & he told us to go to either the Instacare or the ER. We had some neighbors come over & give Mike a blessing & then headed to the ER. I had to stay outside because I had Gavin & they wouldn't let him in. We called Mike's Mom & Sister & asked them to come down to get Gavin so I could be with Mike. They ran some tests, some of which turned out to be okay & others we haven't found the results of yet. They put an IV in him & released him about 2 telling him to rest, relax & liquids for 24 hours. He is still not feeling the best, but it seems he is on the upswing. Thankfully still, Gavin & I haven't gotten it & are still out of the clear. I am still sleeping on the air mattress in the Dining room, so hopefully by this weekend everything will be back to normal for our Family Pictures. Thanks again everyone for helping us & thinking of us & being there for us!

H1N1 Again

The H1N1 virus has officially hit the Wallenberg home. Remember this? Well, that was not officially H1N1 but on Wednesday, Mike called me & said he wasn't feeling very good. I was sick last weekend with a really bad sore throat & head cold & thought he might be getting that. He was progressively getting worse as the minutes, hours, day went on, so Thursday, I got him a Drs. Appt. The Dr. said he did have H1N1 & got him some meds. It is now Friday night & he is still not feeling any better! I have been sleeping on a blowup air mattress in the dining room, which really bites! Thanks to everyone for their kind works, support, thoughts, prayers at this time! Thanks Kelly for all the help this week. You help us out so much & I don't even know where we would be without you this week! You are awesome & we love you so much! Thanks for taking such good care of our LG & loving him as your own! Please, please continue to keep our Family in your prayers that Gavin & I don't get this nasty virus & that Mike will recover quickly!

Teeth

Guess who has his 2 bottom teeth? Gavin does! Every night when I bathe him, our routine is to clean out his nose, his ears, clip his nails, lotion & brushing his hair & his gums. When I brushed yesterday, I swear I didn't feel anything! When I brushed tonight, I was suprised to feel BOTH of his bottom teeth. I looked & sure enough, they have both broke through! I can't believe it, our little baby is getting so big & growing up! Now lets pray he doesn't bite me when feeding!

More Funny Gavin

Gavin does this new "thing" when he sees the camera flash. See for yourself:

He also smiles like this when you put the "Tickle Me Elmo" up to his face & push the button to make him laugh!

We have such a funny, cute kid!

6 Month Photo Shoot

Here are some pictures of Gavin's 6 month photo shoot by Ashley, taken about 2 months ago. Hey we have been EXTREMELY busy round here & better late then never. Enjoy my FAVORITES!

7 Months

I better get on this post before he is 8 months & it is time to post again on what he is doing new then! Check out what he is doing:

*He weighted 16 lbs 9 oz 3 days before he turned 7 months. He was sick that week, so he might have lost some weight, but I am sure he is back up there again.

*He says "mumumumum" all the time. He just started saying "dada" which makes Mike so super happy.

*He is a natural born sitter & loves to sit.

*He loves to stand. At church I will turn him around & let him hold the back of the seat & stand, he loves it.

*He has had a couple set backs with being sick, so he has been waking up at 4am for the last couple weeks. Hopefully we will get back to him sleeping to 6am.

*Still no teeth.

*He still loves his jumperoo

*He is a talker...He will talk & talk & talk!

*He isn't much of a mover, or a roller. If he can't reach a toy, he will just move on to something else, sometimes he will get upset, but not all the time.

*He has also learned how to pull off the rings of the doughnut toy!

We can't wait to see what he does next!

Messy Messy Boy

Last week we started him on Prunes. We had got some food from my SIL that Preslie didn't eat, so we decided to try it out. Gavin hasn't made to big of a mess when he eats so far that we have had to clean up...the worst so far was when we started Peaches & they didn't sit well with him & he threw them up. Prunes are messy, because they are dark instead of neutral colored. At least he liked them!