Seven

Seven. Months. okay really Seven (and a half) Months. That is how old little Zachary, my baby, my very last baby to ever be Seven. Months. Old.  Unbelievable!!! Time is just jetting by, not even flying, jetting. He had his six month appointment yesterday (yah, yah, yah, I'm a little late) and had the lovely pleasure of being stuck by a needle 5 times. He screamed very loudly during every shot. So hard to watch and so glad that they forget about it within seconds. He weighed in at 17.7 lbs!!

We took the other two to get their flu shots as well. I had been trying to prep them for about a month, telling them that they need to get shots to protect Zachary as well as Janelle's baby. They cried every time I told them about the shots. So yesterday on the way down, Makayla started crying. She cried all the way into the office. I tried coaching her on the way in, telling her she had to be brave because her younger brothers would be watching her. She told me that she would try not to cry during the shot and that she would "go first" to get it over with. Well, as soon as Zach's check-up was over and the nurse came in with the shots, she started freaking out and crying. I told her she wanted to go first and it was her turn, she back out. So we forced Brandon to go first (he had no choice and Mike had to hold him). He screamed super loud and I'm sure he said "Not nice" (which sounds like "not niesh) during the middle of it. Mike and I being the ever supportive parents during all of this...laughed. (We will never get parents of the year)

Next was Makayla's shot, she decided she wanted to sit in Daddy's lap also. But she did not want him holding her arms. She cried all the way up to his lap, sat down and stopped crying. The nurse put the needle in her arm...silence...through the whole shot! We all cheered and gave her "Woot - Woot's!" I'm sure other patients thought we were crazy! :)  She got two stickers for not crying and Brandon got one since he did cry.

Zachary has had a low grade fever today and was pretty irritable this evening. The only pleasant thing was during his fussiness, I had him on my belly sitting up and Makayla came over with her doll. He started reaching for it and touching it's face and arms. She started singing silly songs and bouncing the baby doll on her head and Zachary cracked up at her. So I'm so happy that she was able to make him happy before he went to bed. Hopefully the crankiness wears off quickly! I'm not used to this, he's such a happy-go-lucky baby!!



Again, seven months....WHEW! Blink of an eye!!!!

 Some things Zach is up to...he likes to scream (very loudly-almost piercing) when he is happy. He mimics the kids and they coo to each other. He "talks" back a lot to the kids and I. Likes to grab at everything and is easily distracted with a new toy or object. Rolls around and likes to roll off the very large blanket that I place on the floor for him. Can sit up supported in Mommy's legs. Gets up on his knees and rocks (I'm sure he'll be attempting to crawl very soon.) We just spotted this weekend a top tooth trying to break it's way in. Yikes! Loves to laugh at the kids. Is finally quiet during car rides. Goes to sleep every night around 7pm (thank goodness) and sleeps until 5am. Has me wrapped around his finger...and will whine until I pick him up!!! Love him!