Brent and I happened upon a file of his baby photos that we used for
our wedding video a few years ago. We took one look at the pictures and
were both like "that looks like Troopy!"
Doesn't it?
I don't know, maybe you have to be as familiar with Trooper's face as we are to see the resemblance... what do ya think?
People always tell me that Trooper looks exactly like Brent. I haven't really been able to see it, I'll be honest. These pictures prove that everyone must be right!
This post is late, but what else is new. Trooper is becoming more and more interactive and fun every single day. In the past month he's learned to clap, wave, and walk around while hanging onto the furniture. He's even let go a few times and stood there unsupported for a couple seconds. He hardly eats any baby food anymore because he insists on feeding himself, which makes for very messy meal times, but it just makes him so happy. One thing he does always let me feed him is Zoi vanilla greek yogurt (have you tried that brand? Sooooo good).
We've moved into our own place and Trooper now has his own room! (pics to come...eventually) I was surprisingly nervous that first night, knowing I wouldn't be able to wake up and just hear him breathing and know he's okay. But now that Brent's early rising to go to work doesn't wake him up at 7am, he's sleeping about 12 straight hours at nights! And he's still a great napper as well.
Last check he was almost 17 lbs. He loves bath time and taking walks around our new neighborhood. He loves the swings at the park. He'd be content to sit in a swing for hours at a time and he just gets so calm and serene. He's getting really good at mimicking any actions, sounds, or faces we make and it is adorable. Besides "mama," he's said "dada," "hi," and even kindof "Jesus" a few times when we're looking at the paintings hanging on the walls at church (because of course we're in the hall, not in our meetings:)
I really don't have many pictures this month:( Life has been so crazy and I just haven't thought to pick up a camera. But here's what I do have.
This kid is an escape artist. He can get through any blockage or barrier, and he'll do it silently.
Sometimes he gets himself into sticky situations.
Loves the piano. Especially listening to his dad play.
One of the last times I attempted feeding him baby food, and he insisted on doing it himself.
Crazy bed head.
Finally meeting Kellen! He's my best friend's son born about a week after Trooper.
Sorry about the blurriness. Like I've said before, this kid is always on the move.
This post is a couple weeks late but Trooper is now 8 months old! It's been an eventful month for him. He started crawling, eating some grown-up food, took three long road trips (and he's such a champ on them!), went camping for the first time, went boating for the first time, got his first cold, met lots of cousins, and spends lots of time with his grandmas and grandpas! He's also started fake coughing when we cough and he loves to whistle! The dry Idaho weather has brought out his eczema so we made a trip to the doctor and discovered that he's only 7th percentile for weight! 15 lbs. 13 oz. So he's still a little guy, but the doctors don't seem worried so I'm not either. Especially because I've seen how much this kid can eat.
Last month I talked about his expressive little face. Pretty sure he gets that from me. My mom always tells me to be careful because my face shows exactly what I'm thinking. Well, I think Trooper's does that too. Here's a little sample. I get this face just about every time I feed him something besides oatmeal, sweet potatoes, apple sauce, and cheerios.
Here he is in the first few moments when he decided to try crawling instead of scooting.Cute huh?!
And here he's showing off his whistling skills! I'm super impressed.
And some pictures...
He's still climbing on everything, but now he's learned to let himself down gently, rather than crashing. Thank goodness!
He's gotten so used to tucking his knees up under him to crawl that sometimes he falls asleep in that position and his little bum sticks up in the air. Cutest thing ever.
Meeting cousin Ty, who's only 7 weeks older than Troop. Destined to be best friends.
Camping at the Brady Family Reunion.
Sleeping in his own little tent next to our air mattress.
Trooper turned 7 months old on the day we left Hawaii. Needless to say, there was a little too much going on that day for me to sit down and blog. But here's the quick update on our little Troop-Dog. His bottom two teeth have come in; and they're super cute. He's more smiley and giggly than ever and I love it. He's a pro at scooting/army crawling. Over the past month he's also become quite adept at pulling himself up onto his hands and knees and rocking back and forth. In the past couple days he's even crawled a few inches. I'm thinking any day now he's just going to take off. He loves to pull himself up to kneeling and standing by climbing on anything and everything. Diaper changing and dressing have become quite the wrestling match because he wants to be on his stomach and scooting away.
He's eaten all kinds of vegetables but he's getting picky! He practically choked down his last meal of squash and he won't even swallow peas. Sweet potatoes, carrots, and of course his baby oatmeal are the favorites right now. He gets super messy when he eats; mainly because he only looks at me long enough to get the spoon in his mouth then is swiveling and turning every which way to look at what's around him and grab at anything that might possibly be in his reach. He has the most expressive face and it makes me laugh. He uses his little mouth and throat to make cute/silly noises and he says "mama" all day long. He took his first dip in the pool earlier this month and warmed up to it pretty quickly. He loves being outside.
I love how adventurous and wiggly and curious he is. Seriously though, the kid will not sit still. He moves so much more than the other babies I see at church! I think it's one of the reasons he's so skinny.
Too cool for school
Enjoying his first parade at Meridian Dairy Days. Oh my gosh he's cute!
This is what I would wake up to every morning in Hawaii. Great start to every day!
A particularly stinky diaper...
Brent's ingenious solution.
We miss you, Kinoshitas!
He got his first haircut this past month! It was so past due, but there's something so hard about cutting your baby's hair! I don't know what it is... because it means he's not a newborn anymore and he's growing up?... I really don't know, but it honestly almost caused a panic attack inside me. But he looked so cute afterwards so I don't think it will be as hard from here on out.
He was such a little trooper on our trip home;) The red-eye from Hawaii
to Washington went surprisingly smoothly. The flight attendants fell in
love with him and even took him up to meet the captain!
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