Joren at 7 months old

Joren turned on this month. He has been an absolute delight. I know I always say that, but now I mean it even more. He's such a smiley kid. He is so easily pleased. He rolls and scoots and turns all over the place. He is actually interested in toys. He cries now when he can't reach something he wants. He will spend tons of time figuring out his toys and playing on the floor.

He loves to practice standing. He loves his exersaucer and his jumper. He started sitting with no trouble mid June. I love this stage when they can start holding on to you when you are walking around with them. He digs in fingers into my arms and holds on tight. It's so cute.




Eirik is a great big brother.
My very first campout July 25th- 8 months old! I got 10 mosquito bites on my head this night! What were my parents doing??
The food at the campout was not that good. Ick...
On this day I fed him some yummy food in our backyard. He got his first two teeth on the bottom in the third week of July. It was not an easy week for him. The poor kid was in a lot of pain, but now he's back to his happy self and super happy about the new things he can eat. He's not a picky eater, and he's excited to try anything. I was nervous to give him cheerios before he got his teeth and so I put it off for a long time. Imagine my surprise when I gave him a handful of cheerios for the first time and in about 1 minute he had eaten every one of them, dropping none! I didn't even realize he could pick up small objects with such dexterity yet. More please..
Oh, you wanted to see my silly face??
Here's another one of my silly faces. You like it?


His hair grew in super red this month. Everyone comments on it! I guess only 2% of the population has red hair so he's a special kid. I love his birthmark on his leg too. I hope he grows up to like it. It's pretty prominent. This is Paul's shirt from when he was a baby. Since Joren's middle name is Paul, it's perfect.
but he didn't think so.
Joren rocked on his knees for the first time on his 8 month birthday. I think it will be a while before he crawls still. He is pretty content watching everything. He makes cute noises all the time and has a very high pitched squeal he uses to communicate. He's not a big crier at all. He will lay in his crib for a long time before he really wants to get out. I have to listen for him on the monitor so I don't leave him up there too long.
He's just wonderful. We'll keep him.