Seven Months and Going Home

So Xavier is seven months now and wiggling and growing every day.

Look at how long he is!

Yep, We love our toes! They make great chew toys!

He loves to smile and sit up! He is also a drool monster, since he is trying to work on getting those teeth in.

 

Oh Lime... I don't think he likes it!

He can almost sleep anywhere!I was holding him when he slowly went down and passed out for awhile.

Solids... Oh What Fun!

We are going to do what now?

We started the adventure into solids recently as well with him. We were having a hard time finding a cereal with just rice in, almost everything here was flavored or mixed with something else. I did more research into what types of food that we can start him on and wanted to start with sweet potatoes but alas you could no longer get them or any type of squash. Frustrating to say the least.

Xavier waiting for his first bite from daddy!

So he liked the second rice we got him and everyone or everything around him ended up with the rice on it as well. Plus the pups can get rice on them to if you decide to sit on the floor to feed Xavier.

So we moved on to trying Sweet Potatoes. Boy did he like them! 

See everyone, including dad, has food on them when its food time.

He's helping wash his face or eat the washcloth

This is the face we get when you try  to clean his face during or after! Not a happy camper!

Happy Half Birthday, Xavier

How I found him on his half birthday! It's his favorite way to sleep- at least its not a complete face plant that I have seen him do many times.

 

So Xavier is now six months old and it was a great day to celebrate his half birthday!

He is growing and learning things everyday and it is wonderful and fun to watch.

Gus is keeping guard as Xavier plays

Look Mom! I am so big! (6 Months- Jan. 11)

It's Cool, I have the Panda Power!

At his checkup he weighed 7.552 kgs and is 68 cm long with a head circumference of 43 cm.  He also had his vaccinations and took them like a big boy again. A few tears but settled down for a nap shortly after.
       

 This is shortly after we left the appointment. He needed his monkeys and a hand to hold.




He has begun to like more of his toys and is trying to chew on everything. We have learned that you cannot help him in getting something in his mouth or whatnot as this will make him more mad than he might be at the moment.

It's Rough being a cute kid!

Real Rough!

He is also starting to slither everywhere and he can go backwards at a great speed. He isn't crawling but he sure can go all over and quickly to boot. Recently this past week he is getting better at looking like he is crawling and can keep his legs under him longer but still goes backwards. :-)

Xavier in the last few days has now started to look like he wants to stand up or walk on all fours. He could almost get to a sitting position as well if he figured out how.

No teeth to speak of yet but he sure is working on them. I have determined at this point that he is going to get them in all at once. This hard teeth growing is making for some rough nights, so we are back to not sleeping through the night but this will change soon I hope - I miss sleep.