Seven month skills

Sorry it has been awhile since our last post. Our personal Internet was down, so I couldn't get the photos until now.

Since our last entry, Austin turned 7 months old. And he's made some progress.

Austin now weighs 19.2 pounds and 27 inches long. He gained more than a pound in about three weeks. So, he's getting to be a little bit heavy.

This weekend, he got his first tooth. Grandma, the dental hygienist, noticed a nub when she was cleaning him up after eating bananas and rice cereal. Austin keeps making sucking and smacking noises, obviously playing with his tooth.

Austin is also learning how to stand up when grabbing onto something. Last week, he could barely put his hands on the top step of our stairs. By the end of this weekend, he was standing with just one hand, cruising from side to side and almost climbed onto the first step. Yikes! We're in big trouble.

Austin practiced his new standing/climbing skills by trying to crawl over Grandpa.

Earlier in the week, Tia Courtney kindly agreed to babysit so we could go see Coldplay. She said he was a bit fussy before falling asleep early at 8:15 p.m. It was probably the tooth. She was lucky that she babysat before Austin learned his dangerous new skills.

He was playing in this box before she arrived.

The next day, Grandma and Grandpa arrived for the Thanksgiving weekend.

Aunt Pat agreed to host the dinner for 10 (including Austin). She had a beautiful display on her table.

Austin wore his turkey bib.

On Friday, Grandma babysat while Michael and I had a two-part date. We saw "Slumdog Millionaire" during a matinee. (We highly recommend it). Grandma wore him out so much that he fell asleep early around 7 p.m. before Michael and I headed out for dinner. Grandpa had spent the day helping Aunt Pat, so he didn't even get a chance to play with Austin that night.

Here Grandma is reading Austin a book:

On Saturday, Grandpa got to spend some quality time with his grandson when we headed out to Seal Beach to see the ocean and eat some tacos.

Austin enjoyed the baby swing at the playground on the beach.

That is, until I made him stop to take a picture.

All in all, it was a fun weekend. We're obviously most grateful for Austin's health and happiness, even if he seems a little too healthy these days. :)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!