7 Months

Things Owen does now:

• sits by himself
• reaches for toys, paper, food, basically anything he's not suppose to have...
• grabs above said objects and passes them from hand to hand
• puts everything in his mouth (favorites include cell phones, keys, paper, your nose)
• pulls himself to a stand, particularly when Mama's not looking
• stands for a long time at a surface usually the window or his toy
• cruises the furniture
• pets (and chases) the cats
• crawls with his belly on or off the ground depending on his mood
• drums on whatever hard surface is in front of him
• "chews" his food
• throws temper tantrums

Generally speaking though, he's a very good baby. He's been to several picnics and family dinners at restaurants and he is a charmer. I love seeing bits of his personality developing even though I can see I'm in trouble because he's got a bit of a stubborn streak in him (he got that from his dad too!)

I am soooo content with my life right now. I really cannot imagine going back to school and eventually work even though I know I need to.And the time will come when I want to go back, but as of right now, I wish we could freeze time at seven months.

Scrapbooking

My vice is scrapbooking. It is addicting, it costs money, I spend way too much time - sometime neglecting other responsibilities (never Owen, of course!) - with the activity; but it helps me relax. I get in the zone, do a page, and come back to civilization a refreshed woman. Lately, due to time and resources, I do one or two pages a month at the most. But I love documenting my son's growth with pictures and journalings. I know that being a boy, he may not appreciate it like a girl would, but I know that it will be something he will treasure and that his future mate (eeeks!) will thank me for. Plus it's fun for Matt and I (and anyone else...) to look back at how much things have changed, even in these short months.

^Title Page (documents age, height & weight)^

^Pregnancy Pages^

^Baby showers^

^He's here! (typical hospital shots)^

^One of my favorite pages^

^January^

^February^

^March^

^April^

^May^

^June^

Each month I do a "monthly" page with 2-4 pictures from that month along with a quote about babies or children. I've used song lyrics (Rascal Flat's "My Wish", Taylor Swift "Stay Beautiful") for the quotes as well, so if you know of any good ones, let me know. And this is the first 6 months, guys! I've still goit 6 more months to go for this book! It's going to be a thick one! I also redone two pages that I previously scraped. (Can you guess which 2?)

Now that I'm caught up with this month, I'm going to go make out my garage sale list for tomorrow. (Hopefully it won't rain!)