Dancing

My 7 month old son is awesome! Boy does he make me laugh! Here he is dancing to Yo-Yo Ma:

Note: He does dance to other classical music, but he is most consistent with Yo-Yo Ma.

Pictures

Our little Hawaiian boy reading:

Enjoying the outdoors on Memorial Day:

  

Look Mom, I can stand up!

I'm glad he prefers to pull out the books instead of the Xbox controllers!

Look Mom, I can fit my mouth around this!

Why are you taking so many pictures Mom?

P1 loves to pound the coffee table:

Okay Mom, I'm ready to go! Let's get out of here!

7 Months

At 7 months P1 is all over the place and keeping me on my toes! He can pull himself up on just about anything, and loves to be standing. He is getting faster at crawling, and his new favorite place to crawl towards are the bunnies cages. P1 is always trying to get somewhere, and doesn't like to sit still very often.

P1 is getting better at sleeping through the night. We put him to bed at 8 pm, and he gets up around 6 am. He often wakes up once in the night, but half of the time he will go back to sleep on his own. He usually takes a couple morning naps, and at least one afternoon nap. He still usually takes short naps (< 30 mins.), but the other day he took a 2 hour nap and I had to keep checking on him to make sure he was okay.

P1 had his first fever the other day. It was a mild fever, but he didn't want to eat any solids and he slept almost the entire day (and was very sad most of the day). I ended up taking him to the doctor just to be sure, and the doctor checked him out and thought it might be a little stomach bug, and just to make sure he was at least breast-feeding (which was all he wanted to do!). I ended up holding him most of that day.

 P1 also got his first goose-egg. His love for climbing on things and standing up also leads to a lot of falling down and bumping his head. Usually it just startles him and so he cries, but sometimes he gets a pretty good bump to go with it.

I still can't believe how quickly these 7 months have gone by. This kid will be walking before I know it! (And then I'm really in trouble!!!) P1 is such a great baby, and we love having him in our family!

Anniversary

 Five years ago I married this guy:

In this temple:

 So that this family:

Could be sealed together forever.

Best decision I've every made. It has brought me incredible happiness and joy, and it keeps getting better.

We celebrated our anniversary on Friday and Saturday. PE was a sweetheart and gave me roses, a card, and a triple chocolate cake, yum! (Although he did eat more than half of said cake)

We went to the Living Traditions Festival in SLC on Friday and Saturday. We brought P1 with us, and really enjoyed the festival together. We mainly went so we good try a bunch of different food. They had 21 food booths, each representing a different culture. We tried Nepalese, Lebanese, Bosnian, Salvadoran, and Laotian food. I would have loved to taste all of the food, but sadly, our stomachs were not big enough and our wallets were not deep enough. I guess we'll just have to go back next year! They also had free entertainment that consisted of over 47 groups performing music and dance from the various cultures. And they had craft demonstrations and crafts for sale from different cultures.

All in all, I think this was our best anniversary yet!

Mobile P1

So, P1 is officially crawling now. He loves to get all over the place! He especially loves getting to the cords by the computer and TV. I suppose we ought to start baby-proofing the house now!

P1 is also great at standing up by himself if he has something to hold onto. When I have him on the couch with me, he will hold onto the back of the couch and make his way to the lamp. This lamp is one of his favorite toys now! He loves to try to turn it on and off, and has actually succeeded a few times!

We love our little mobile boy! He definitely keeps me busy!

P1 and the Bunnies

P1 loves the bunnies! And for the most part, they don't seem to mind him. Sancho seems to be a little more curious about P1 than Quijote. P1 gets really excited when he touches them, and then when they run/hop away.

P1 and Sancho: 

P1 and Quijote:

6 Months

P1 turned 6 months old on Saturday! Today at the doctor's he weighed 19 lbs 4oz (80th percentile) and was 28 inches tall (94th percentile)! He did great with his shots again; he only cried for 30 seconds and then he was okay and smiling at the nurses.

P1 is quickly outgrowing all his clothes. He's mostly in the 9-12 month range of clothes now. P1 still doesn't sleep through the night. He must have some crazy dreams, because he's always tossing and turning in his sleep. And he is always sleeping in the most awkward positions. Our favorite is when he is sleeping on his tummy with his little bum in the air.

P1 has finally noticed the bunnies! He gets really excited when he sees them hopping around. And he loves to try to pet them, and then laughs when they run away! They still don't know what to think of him.

P1 loves to read (really he just likes chewing on the book!)

Some of P1's favorite toys include: pens, laundry baskets, cameras, hymn books, keyboards, spoons, and socks.

P1 chewing on the stylus attached to my camera:

P1 had his first play date the other day! One of my best friends from high school has a boy about the same age as P1, so we decided we needed to introduce them! P1 had a lot of fun with my friend's baby boy and 3 year old.

P1 also decided he could finally sit up on his own! It's amazing to me when they finally "get" it. He's been trying to sit up on his own for a while now, but usually only would last a few seconds. But at the play date, I sat him up and he was able to stay up on his own!

 P1 is usually a pretty good eater. We are still introducing new foods to him, one at a time. He loves to play with his spoon when he is done eating! Oh, and he does this weird thing where he rubs the back of his head against the high chair. Still don't know what that's all about...

P1 is mobile!!! But still not crawling. ;) Somehow he manages to get all over the place, but it's more a combination of rolling and squirming. He is sooooo close to crawling though if you can't tell by the pictures!

Happy 6 Months my little boy! We love you so much, and life is such a fun adventure with you!!!