7 Month's Old!

Tristan turned 7 month's old on February 16th, and guess what!?!  His first bottom tooth came in!  We were all so excited thinking that it would offer him some relief, but instead he is still hurting.  I still haven't actually seen the tooth, because every time he opens his mouth he sticks his tongue out (thanks to Drew). I have felt it and it is a nice, strong, sharp tooth!  Both Drew and I have enormous teeth so Tristan will probably be one of those kids that smiles and all you see is big teeth.  Oh well we all have our awkward moments, but unfortunately for Tristan, Mommy keeps a blog to document all of it.

Another milestone Tristan has accomplished this month is moving to the sitting position all by himself!  He is so proud and gets the biggest grin on his face.  He is also holding himself up on furniture, the pack and play, and his crib.  This will last about 10 minutes before he plops on his butt.  I can not say Tristan is officially crawling yet, but he is somewhat crawling.  He gets on all fours, moves his legs forward, kind of moves his arms forward, and then I think he is going, and we are crawling, until he moves to "downward facing dog position," which leads to face planting on the ground...  He gets from point A to point B, so I am extremely proud of him.

Vocally Tristan is amazing.  That child has some strong lungs.  He squawks, hums, sings, and screams.  He loves it when you copy him which causes him to get louder and louder.  You should see us at the grocery store (I get some crazy looks), but we are just communicating.  He loves his chats with Mommy.  His newest thing is to fake cough.  The first time he did it I wasn't sure if he was really coughing or not.  There is not a term like "God bless you," so I pretended to cough back which lead to him coughing twice and waiting for me to copy him.  When I didn't copy him he looked at me and coughed again.  This turned into a game which he loves and causes him to burst into laughter.

Speaking of laughter, Tristan gets the uncontrollable giggles.  It is hilarious.  Last night, for instance, Drew and I made up a funny dance that we were doing to entertain him (these dances will never be performed for anyone but Tristan's viewing pleasure) and he was laughing so hard which caused me to laugh to tears.  I love nights with my family like that :).

Moving on to February updates our friend Kati came into town last weekend, and took some family pictures for us.  Check out some of my favorites below.

 

Our friends Mindi and Joey took baby Everett to have an MRI done on his birth mark and they were given wonderful news that he was 100% healthy, what a wonderful answer to prayers!  God is so good. 

This month Drew and I also had a patio built in our backyard!  We absolutely love it and have had some new friends over to enjoy it with us :).  I am currently working on turning our screen-porch into my "Florida Dream Haven" so I will not post pics until I am done, but take a peek at my inspiration board.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Tina V