Thirty-three weeks old

Was sucking on his toes, but let go right when I took a picture. 

We're in trouble now...someone is really starting to figure out this crawling thing!  I have a video, but can't get it to post and don't want to take the time to figure it out.

We have a clapper!  Now of course not when I try to video it.  In fact, much like older brother, he instantly stops when the camera comes out.

We're working on transitioning to two naps this week, and it's been ok.  If I can get the middle of the day nap longer than 45 minutes, he does great, but when he won't go back to sleep after his first sleep cycle, it makes for a long evening.  I tried having him take a third nap on those days, but he's a bear to put down late afternoon. I end up fighting him for 45 minutes and giving up most of the time anyways!  Hopefully a few more days and he will be used to a long middle of the day nap.  His morning one is almost always 55 minutes exactly.

We found a food he doesn't like...apricots and golden beets.  He instantly spits it out and won't open his mouth up for another bite.  I'll try again in a few days, but honestly, I don't blame him.  I took a bite and it's not good.

Loves his books

Favorite toy right now.  He loves to dump everything out. 

This is another favorite, but needs close supervision.  He likes to pull it onto himself as he lays down. 

Thirty-two weeks old

This week we ventured to the Omaha zoo with cousin Sarah!  Calvin did pretty well on the trip.  He enjoyed the goats, slept a bit in the rainforest, and loved the aquarium.  He did not, however, enjoy sleeping in the pack 'n play!  I guess he's a mattress snob!

He's also decided that we are making the transition to two naps and for the most part he's doing ok.  Even if we are driving around at like 5:00 he won't give in and take that third nap.  As long as we can be outside in the evening he's not too crabby.  Hopefully the weather stays nice until he's past this transition.  Otherwise we might have to let him take more baths to keep him calm until bedtime!

Along the same lines of sleeping, try as we might, Calvin thinks it's time to be done sleeping in our arms.  He's never been a huge fan of it and has mostly preferred to fall asleep on his own in his bed, but on occasion I have been able to convince him to snuggle on me and sleep on me if we are out and about and he's tired.  Saturday night he refused to fall asleep in my arms even though we were out at a wedding until 10:00.  He would get almost asleep and then would scream and violently try to throw himself out of my arms.  Fortunately he still likes to sleep in the car and in the Ergobaby.

Hey Liz, how did you do that crawling thing?

Little snooze at the zoo. 

Listening to a story. 

Ready for the wedding!

Had a blast.

Crashed pretty hard the next day and took three LONG naps!

Mom, please give me some of your apple. 

Thirty-one weeks old

Check out how much this little guy loves his beach ball...

In other news, Calvin still loves to eat.  He's added meat to his diet and is loving that as well.  He particularly likes hamburger.  He's also tried some pork and chicken this week.

All the sudden he looks huge in this! 

Thirty weeks old

This week Calvin experienced life as an only child and he was not a fan!  Caleb spent some time with Grammy and Pops and Calvin did not like being completely alone in a room or alone in the back seat. I guess he likes the constant entertainment his big brother provides!

He's working so hard to make some type of forward motion and no having a lot of luck!  He ends up rolling over when he tries to go forward!

Here is what Calvin is into now that he's 7 months old!!!
- being outside. He gets a little crabby sometimes, but a quick trip outdoors will solve that.
- sleeping on his side.  Most nights he sleeps on his side and seems to be very comfy that way.
- eating, eating, and more eating.  He still likes to nurse, but he sure is distracted during the day so we often have to leave the room now.  He also loves his purees and finger food!  He's joining us for breakfast now, so he's up to three meals a day of table food.
- water - this kid loves to swim or take baths.
- reading books
- toys he can chew on.  No sign of teeth yet, but he loves to chew away on toys.

Twenty-eight and twenty-nine weeks old

I'd like to say the week got away from me and the boys were so crazy I didn't get a chance to sit down at the computer to write this last week, but that's not true!  The truth is, I just didn't do it.

So what have we been up to?
Calvin did a lot of sleeping and caught his second cold which led to some rough nights of sleep.  He falls asleep great, but in the night his nose gets so stuffy that he can't get back to sleep easily. Nursing or his pacifier don't really help because he's so stuffed up he has to breathe out of his nose.  The Nose Freida is working great, but it does make him really, really mad and wakes him up.

He had his 6 month check up this week and is doing great!  Shots didn't go that great for him, but that's normal for him.  He barely cried when he got them, but was feeling pretty crummy for the next 24 hours.  Fortunately he slept well.

He's started finger food and boy does he love it!  He's not the best at actually getting the food into his mouth, but he's trying so hard!  He can get the food into his hand, but it's in his palm instead of his fingers so it's hard to get in his mouth.  We started with Gerber Puffs and then have moved on to bites of what we are eating.

Calvin met his fall baby-sitter and seemed to like her!  He's not a fan of new people, but he did well with her and actually let her calm him down when I was in the same room when he got upset.  Hopefully this goes well.  He did great with our summer baby-sitter, but she is going to college out of town next week :(  Calvin will stay home with our new sitter two mornings a week while Caleb is at pre-school and I am working.

Calvin has no interest in trying to crawl.  He's gotten quite proficient at rolling, but would really prefer to just sit up and watch the world around him.

He graduated completely from the swaddle.  We were using it just on his legs, but we've quit and sleep hasn't been affected at all. He still goes to sleep well and sleeps just as long.  He's usually side sleeping now, but sometimes on his belly.  He's rarely on his back anymore, so hopefully his flat head rounds out!

Brothers playing together

Feeling icky

Loves to sit outside

First night with no swaddle...I wish he would learn to turn his own head to the side.  Instead I go turn it for him once he's asleep.