What Noah's doing at 7 months

Still can't believe how old my baby boy is getting, but at 7 months he has just seemed to be understanding so much more.

Noah,

Isn't crawling yet but we know he can get on his knees because he sleeps on them a lot
Still is waking up at night ( I think he just really misses his mom, and wants to see me however this is something we are still working on, it's not my favorite mother/son moment)
Plays so well on the floor, he really reaches for his toys and sometimes falls on his belly, but is usually okay with it. It's so neat to watch him play I love it. Both of his hands are working together now when he plays. It's been so neat to see how his skills are always developing. He has learned how to bang things together
Has moved to the big boy car seat and loves being up higher so he can see outside
Loves jumping in his jumperoo, he can really get it going
Absolutely loves closets, it's so weird but everytime I take him to his closet or he sees Matthew or mine open he just starts flapping those crazy arms of his and squeals in excitement.
Has a huge open mouth smile. He used to have a few different ones but now it's always usually his huge one
Dances when he hears music sometimes, soo soo soo cute!
Has had his first 2 boo-boos.. Made his mom really sad!
Loves sitting in carts at Walmart, his favorite part of the trip is checking out, he always gets so excited at the checkout between all the noises and the pin pad he goes crazy with those arms and his huge smiles.
Loves acting like a big boy at restaurants in the high chair
Starting to use a sippy cup every now and then
Still doesn't hold his bottle I think he enjoys us doing it. He is getting closer because he will pull it out if he doesn't want to finish it. I don't mind this though, I think I will be sad when he doesn't want us to hold it.
Has certain books he already loves
Is starting to like balls, he tries somewhat to roll it back and forth. It's mostly me rolling it into his lap and him just trying to get rid of it. It seems like he kind of understands because he gets so excited when he finally gets it away from him
Says da-da and a few other sounds that don't mean anything. I love hearing him talk, I just can't get over how cute it is. I love watching his mouth move, it's like he has to put so much effort into it.
Squeals/screams a lot. It's not always a mad scream, I think he just loves his voice
Has 1 tooth and 1 that has been right at the surface for so long but still hasn't broke through

We love Noah more than we could ever explain. It's amazing how every day I just love him more and more and now he is entertaining us more than we are entertaining him. It's funny sometimes I'm like what did we do before him! We are enjoying this journey with him and can't believe how close he is getting to 1 year old already!

Love these

I just fell in love with this fabric when I saw it! 1) I love argyle and 2) it's just got the cutest colors. However very girly though, so I decided to make some burp cloths and a bib for a friend with a baby girl and this fabric is good because it's a flannel. I found pink flannel to match so everything is flannel, a lot better for this type of stuff than cotton fabrics!

Sippy Cup

Noah still loves cups and glasses of any kind. We had tried the sippy cup not too long ago but he wasn't interested, he still wanted the glasses we had. Since we hadn't tried it this week and he saw Matthew drinking something and got upset because he couldn't have his glass I got out the sippy cup again. This time he really liked it. He was trying it sitting up and couldn't get it to work too well so we let him lay on the ground on his boppy and try it that way. He just kept drinking and drinking. He isn't used to it yet you can tell because he kept getting too much in his mouth and it would spill over and every now and then he would cough a little from getting too much. It's just so cute how he loves to do big things and how he is just picking up so many new things lately. He looked like such a big boy laying there drinking out of the cup all by himself.

Here he is after he was done drinking, wet shirt, wet pants, wet boppy pretty much wet everything!

Everytime I tried to get a picture he would see me and start to take the cup out so I always got it halfway out of his mouth, oh well.

Plastic Cups

Noah has all the toys a little boy could want but yet still is amazed and entertained for a long time by a plastic cup! He loves to drink out of glasses like us big people. Not to interested in sippy cups though just wants the glass, so sometimes we will let him have some water out of a cup. We usually get out a plastic one so we can let him try to hold it instead of him holding a big glass. After he's done he loves to play with the cup and I'll admit I let him. However we have to keep a close eye because after awhile those cups start to crack, once that happens playing with cups is over. Those things can be dangerous! It is just funny to me that he always seems to love everything that's not a toy better than his actual toys!

Little Mover

Noah still isn't crawling but he sure knows how to use his rolling abilities to get where he wants. I don't remember where I went but I think I left him playing while I got dressed. If you notice where his toys are, that is where I left him. When I got back he was all the way by this footrest.

Apparently he saw the tag on this ottoman and really wanted it. He even managed to rip 1 of the 3 off. He also managed to take his dad's phone with him as he rolled. Every day he never ceases to amaze me in what he does or what he has figured out. They learn so much so fast!

More Sewing Projects

I am really enjoying sewing, probably a little too much because I have been quite addicted the last couple days. I have actually been a little lax on cleaning, nothing usually stops me from cleaning until now! Tonight I was so excited to try something new, a bib! Noah uses a lot of bibs and now that he is eating lots of solids, they are getting stained very quickly (thank you to the carrots and sweet potatoes mostly). For these bibs I just used cotton fabric, with terry cloth on the back so they would be more absorbant. Now you have to excuse the picture, these aren't quite finished. Tomorrow I have to get some velcro or snaps (haven't decided which to use yet) and put those on. Then I need to stitch the openings I left to turn them right side out shut. Then they will be finished and I'm hoping they fit around Noah's big neck, if not I will just have to adjust the pattern to make them bigger. I love them!


Also tonight I did some more applique's. I love, love, love the N for Noah on the brown onesie. I had bought a set of dark colored onesies for this winter and when I saw this dotted fabric I fell in love and thought it would look great with brown. And the tie one, I had to redo since I messed it up the other day so here is another (I decided to do new fabric that I got this week instead). Tomorrow I am going to get some embroidery thread and try to hand stitch around these (I think) instead of doing the machine this time. I saw one online like that and thought it was cute with thick thread.

Now here are the burp cloths I made yesterday, I made 8 (2 of each one). The first picture is some like the others I made. I put a thin layer of batting in between the layers of fabric like the first ones I did and I tried a thinner batting then the first set. I still think they are too fat though. They are like mini blankets instead of burp cloths, quite puffy. On all the next ones I just did cotton fabric on one side and flannel on the other to be the absorbant side. These are pretty thin, but seem much better for the purpose. I just love finding cute fabrics!!

First Trip to the Park

Today Aunt Randi and I took Noah to the park for the first time. We found out that he loves to swing this week because Nana Jill has a swing in their back yard and he loved it. The weather was great today so I thought it would be a good day for the park and I could see him swing since I was working when he did it the other day. We first tried the little kid swings which he loved. I never pushed him very hard because he wouldn't lean back, instead he leaned forward on the swing, so it made me a little nervous since he wasn't strapped in. Then we tried having him swing with us on the big swings, he liked that too. We also tried the slides but I don't think he was big fan of them. He didn't cry or anything but we just didn't see any big smiles like he had on the swings.

After we were done playing we hung out on the grass for awhile and played.

Notice the onesie? It's the one I made the other day. He looked so cute in it!

Just can't get enough of this face! It's pretty much the greatest smile ever!