7 months old

Another month of cuddles and kisses with the little man has passed by. I know people told us this would fly by, but geez this is insane. We have been blessed with such a happy baby boy and his smile lights up the room, and it's very rare to see him upset. I feel so lucky to get to spend all day with him.

This past month we took our first road trip with a baby. We were only gone one night, but wow the car was packed to the brim with all we needed for Chase. We went to NC to support James as he took his CCIE. Chase did phenomenal the whole trip. So good in fact that we really owe him a new toy for how well he behaved. While we were down there Chase and I got to meet up with the whole Feliciano gang, it was so good seeing them.

This month was also the first time Chase got sick :( He came down with the awful stomach bug that is going aroun. I came down with it a few hours later and James the next day. Let me tell you taking care of a sick baby, while you are sick and your husband is at work is no easy task. Thankfully after a whole bunch of peidialyte and lots of sleep and cuddles with Mummy he was baby to our beaming baby in no time.

Chase's 1st Easter

What a great 1st Easter Chase had! We got to see half of the family, tried watermelon and frosting for the first time, and celebrated Pop Berry's birthday.
We enjoyed a yummy brunch buffet at McKenzies with the Berrys. Pop Berry gave Chase his first piece of watermelon, which was a hit. Pop Berry's birthday was this past week but unfortunately we couldn't see Pop Berry on his birthday so today we celebrated with cake and ice cream. Chase also helped Pop Berry read his cards :)
We ended the day by having dinner with Grandma and Grandad Smith, Davey, Annika, Naomi and Great Grandma Janet and Great Grandad Ken who are in from England. Needless to say we had one very tired little boy on our hands this evening and was asleep as soon as his head hit the mattress.

6 month stats

Chase had his 6 month check up today, and with moving it was the first time visiting the new doctor. She was wonderful and Chase hammed it up with her the whole visit. He is a healthy little boy with a wonderfully round head, that was the doctors words lol. It always great to hear you are doing this parenting thing correctly though! Over the next few weeks we will be adding meats to his diet! I have been making all of his food and I get so excited over the ever expanding options of what I can feed him :) Anyways, here are the 6 month stats, and of course a photo...enjoy!

Happy Half Birthday

It's hard to believe that our lil guy is half way to his first birthday already! Only a couple more months and I'll be in full party planning mode :) Chase has grown and changed so much this past month. He is so proud of himself when he masters something new, and of course I am one proud Mummy! To celebrate his half birthday we went to get his 6 month pictures taken and he was quite the ham, though with me putting a camera in front of his face everyday should we really expect anything less? We stopped by Grandma and Grandad Smith's house in the afternoon where he got to enjoy a type of rice cake snack which he seemed to love so much, he tried to steal Grandma's out of her hand :) I could go on and on about Chase as he is our pride and joy, but instead I'll leave you with a couple of photos from today.

Five Months

Yum Yum

I can't believe this day has come, our baby boy ate solids for the first time! I was trying to hold off until closer to 6 months but everytime, for the past week, whenever we eat in front of him he is trying to grab at it and is making the chewing motion the whole time. So off we went to Babies R Us to buy his highchair (which I'm not going to lie, made me tear up just a little) and today I made my first batch of baby food. With being home for the most part I really want to try making all if his food myself. I have researched and researched what to give for their first solid and when etc. Chase already gets rice cereal in his bottle for his refulx so I decided to skip that and try avocado. It super easy to make, mash it up and I added a little formula to make it runnier.

I gave Chase the teeniest tinest amount on his spoon (and he had his own spoon to play with) and he ate it right up. I can honestly say I've never seen our little boy so happy. He was squealing with delight the entire time and kept opening his mouth for sure. He is def his father's child when it comes to food :) With getting choked up at buying his highchair I thought I would have been a mess today, but seeing him enjoy trying food for the first time made my heart melt. We are going to continue with avocado for the next couple days, and then its onto squash :) Here are a few photos of the lil guy enjoying his first culinary experience.

Proud boy in his highchair 

First batch of baby food  

Got his own spoon 

First bite of food 

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