Seven Months... the month of change

Miles turned 7 months on July 30th and this by far was the month of changes for him.  Within a 10 day period, Miles learned how to hold his bottle, sit up on his own, crawl, started eating all types of solid baby foods, got his first tooth, and even learned how to pull up and stand by furniture.    I was pretty amazed at how quickly he started doing things, but also incredibly grateful to walk into this new world of "freedom", especially since I was single-parenting-it, while Brooks was back in the KSA.  However, I was very sad to be sharing with Brooks all these new experiences for Miles via skype or through pictures  in an email.  I did everything I could to document these new changes for Brooks to experience in some way.  Miles is still our easy, laid back, relaxed kid.  I've realized he's very adaptable and is happy 99% of the time-- unless he's hungry or tired.  This kid will actually sit in your lap and chill-- something our oldest son wouldn't fathom unless he was sick.  Miles loves to smile-- he inherited my Joker type pointy smile that stretches from one end of his face to the other... he also has cheeks that can flatten out to a square shape that looks like an old grandpa!  Don't even get me started on the dimples that pop up every once in a while!  They are to die for!  He has a laugh that is beyond words contagious and is a necessity to hear on a daily basis.  

Miles pretty much likes all baby food that he has been introduced to so far.  In the beginning- he didn't blink twice when I placed something on the end of his tongue, he would just eat it.  That is, until I introduced sweet potatoes, then I guess he realized food actually tastes good... and all of a sudden green beans and peas were hesitant to go down his mouth.  And, how dare I give him carrots.  Carrots are the only food that he will physically gag at, so for the time being, I'm not worrying about them.  

  

Miles got to enjoy some time in the grass, which he always had mixed emotions about.  It was fun watching him gain new experiences.  I guess it's been so hot here, that I never really just laid Miles in the grass.   

It took Miles almost two weeks from the time he started showing an ability to sit up, until he could actually keep himself upright and stay.  From that moment on, he preferred sitting on his bottom and watching everyone.  You can even put him in front of a mirror and he'll go to town entertaining himself. He got to sit in a high chair, too, for the first time and appreciated being upright at the the table with all of us.

  

 A few more first for Miles this month were- he got to have his first sink bath.  I didn't realize I never gave Gavin one of these when he was a baby.  Miles loved it.  It was also his first bath to take sitting in an upright position... even better! Miles was sick off and on while we were in the USA and one of those times he had bronchitis.  After several antibiotics and prescriptions, we used a breathing machine to help treat him-- he's use to this from an earlier sickness when he was 4 months old, but this go around he was much more mobile and had an opinion about the mask being on his face.  Miles spent some time laying out by the pool, too.  Again, something Gavin never would have done- just hanging out to relax.

 

We love you Miles and can't believe how much you have changed over this past month.