7 months

7 months old

November 2-9 week 31
November 9-16 week 32
November 16-23 week 33
November 23-30 week 34

This month started out with no longer babysitting zoie and Marcus. Montgomery misses you guys so much.
You sit up with nothing behind you.
You roll back to belly.
You crawl backwards
You spin in circles on your belly
You can almost go from sitting to belly, you get one leg and then scream.
You love daycare
You eat gerber 2nds, and applesauce and mashed potatoes
You've tried jello and yogurt
You celebrated your 1st thanksgiving
Spent the night at mommy's grandpa and grandma Kraai's after thanksgiving
Mama and hi
You pucker lips and try to flap both hands to say bye
You high five.
Another trip to the ER for asthma attack
Steroids again :(
Aglow on the avenue Christmas parade
Got to see santa
We sing Jesus loves me before bed
We set up our tree and decorated it
You love and I mean love baths.
No longer playing on a blanket
Playing with big boy toys
Had your first watermelon in your net
Took you to see papa gene!! Hard to believe its been 26 years.
You love MOPS as much as mommy
You sleep in the car, long rides or short doesn't matter
You watch baby einstein and chuck
Daddy shot an 8 point
You came with mommy to vote.
You play London bridges falling down, so funny
Your ticklish
You swam in your first pool and loved it <3 p="p">You are a ladies man.
Your hair is coming in red/ strawberry blonde
You have amazing eyes like mommy
Lips like daddy
Mommy's forehead
Daddy's chubby cheeks
And a cross between both of our noses
You hate your winer jacket, but love your snowsuit
You weight 23# 13. And size 4 diapers
Shoes 3 or 4
Pants 12 months
Tops 12 or 18 months
You have long torso, and short legs
I get stuck under footstool
Love peas and sweet potatos and real applesauce
Mommy and daddy went to see twilight - breaking dawn part 2
Your 8 months old in a few hours, and I love being your mommy, each day a new adventure.i may get frustrated sometimes, but we're learning together. I love you Montgomery Gene!!! So excited for December, all it's fun list stuff. May you continue to be a good baby. Here's to a great month 7 and I look forward to month 8, a whole fun holiday month.

6 months old

Week 27: October 5-12 Week 28: October 12-19 Week 29: October 19-26 Week 30: October 26-November 2 You weigh 22 pounds and 4 ounces and are 28 inches long. 97% for length nd above charts for weight. You wear 9 and 12 month clothing. You have 5 different fall/ winter hats. You were diagnosed with early asthma, and on breathing treatments, which you are doing awesome with he face mask. On 10/15 they prescribed liquid steroids to help your lungs. I'm sorry baby. Mommy loves you, I'm sorry your sick.cousin Millie turned 3. We celebrated with a Dora/diago party with cake and ice cream. You had a 1/2 birthday party. You got puffs, a Mickey mouse lunch box, a Mickey stuffed animal, a book, and a puzzle. It's hard to believe your 1/2 way to one.

For Alexis birthday party/Halloween party you were Charlie brown. You had a gerber puff (10/11)and biscuit (10/14). You are pretty independent,you play, you hold your own bottle, you put yourself to bed. You love and I mean love baby Einstein, you won't pay attention to anything else on tv ,but the minute you hear baby Einstein you pay 100% attention. You love bath time, you are no longer in a snuggy (10/5) no more. Your a big boy now, sleeping in a sleep sack. Arms free. You are ok with your pacifier, you seem to be able to calm yourself down, don't need it in car nymore really unless your really fussy, and your not a fussy baby by any means. No more cereal in a bottle. You eat it off a spoon mixed with a fruit. Usually in the am, then fruit and vegetable at night. Plus 4 bottles throught the day. by the end of the month most 9 month clothes have been put away, and currently wearing all 12 month clothes. You love zoie (5) and Marcus (4). You celebrated your first Christmas party with great nana & great papa on October 20th, before they left for Florida. You will be 1 by the time you see them again! For Halloween party at library you dressed up as an mx motocrosser. For trick-or-treating downtown ludington on 10/27 you got to be your Dalmatian ( costume worn by uncle JK 23 years ago and cousin dirk 6 years ago!! ) we got to meet nana in montague/ Whitehall for subway to pick up costume. Grma Cindy and grpa Craig took a ride up here in 10/27 to give you your Halloween basket! & thank you so much for dinner. Montgomery had real mashed potatoes and jello and chocolate ice cream ( thanks Craig) Halloween was on a Wednesday, cold and rainy, mommy took you to grandpa & grandma millers house, then daddy took you to uncle Chris's.mommy had a few hours to herself :)

5 months old

5 months old

Week 23 (September 7-14)

Week 24 ( September 14-21)

Week 25 (September 21-28)

Week 26 ( September 28-October 5)

Montgomery you amaze me everyday.you are such a ham, I love you so much.

You attended 2 wedding this month, mommy's 2nd cousin Nate married Alicia and auntie gina married Kevin. You wore a tie and shiny black shoes to untie ginas wedding and you did an excellent job for your babysitter.

You rolled over twice. 9/14 from stomach to back, and the other way the following day, but now she no interest in rolling over. You love to play with your feet. You still have cereal in your 4:30 bottle. You eat one Jar of baby food #1 a day. Size 3 diapers, clothing 9 months, put most of 6 months away. On 9/19 you upgraded to a big boy carseat. You had a few issues with it, but loved it with in a ride to nanas. Now that you are in a big boy carseat, also means sitting like a big boy in the grocery cart :) you did awesome. Mommy is so happy to see you becoming a little man.It was Nana's birthday.. You sit up pretty much by yourself, I just put boppy behind you just in case. Your fist trip to the ER 9/24. They diagnosed you with a head cold.you like eating frozen peaches and real apples in your net. You love Sophie the giraffe, zoie and Marcus play well with you ( kids mommy is babysitting for). Your full of life, hold your own bottle, put yourself to sleep, splash in the bath. You want all your toys to play with, not just a few anymore. Your growing some hair. Finally!!! You had a bad night 10/2-10/3. You hardly slept. Montgomery, just remember we will have good times and bad, ups and dons, I'm learning right along with you. So just be patient, and we will move mountains. Happy 5 months baby boy!!

22 weeks

22 weeks: August 31-September 7
First footprint craft, now hanging on wall in playroom
Visit nana & papa for holiday weekend.
Loves the pontoon
At nanas you fell asleep in 30 seconds on couch while I ran to bathroom
You wore your ford bib from papa
You loved looking at the bonfire
Diapers: size 3
Clothing: size 6 month and 9 month
Your a happy baby
You wake up with a huge smile on your face.
Snuggy for naps and bed
I sway you to sleep, singing Jesus loves me (you)
You love sitting up with pillws all around / with assistance.

21 weeks

August 24-31
Bananas 27&28
Green beans 24&25
1st lawn mower ride with daddy 8/27
Tongue. Gives gene Simmons kisses
Playroom wall done
Neil Armstrong died 8/25
#3 nipple
6-8 ounces
Catnap at 1030/11
Long nap 1-3
Catnap again at 7 pm
Up around 7:3am
Bed at 9pm
20#6 oz
Loves baths. 1st real bath toy, turtle (squirts water)
Has
Kick off shoes
Neck (triple chin) raw
Starting to drool
Fist in mouth. Sides of mouth red/irritated
Throws up everyone in awhile.
Loves mommy voice
Jesus loves me
Pharaoh pharaoh

20 weeks

August 17-24
2nd library book. Yawn by Sally Sykes
8/18 squash 1/2 jar
8/19 squash 1/2 jar
Apples 8/21& 8/22
Chinese DVD
Trying to wiggle in different directions
Size 3 diapers
6&9 month clothing
Pacifier
6-8 oz formula
I love to make silly faces
Cereal in bottle @ 4:30
Baby Einstein
Mommy took me & Wyatt to children's,museum in ludington. 8/20
I take pacifier out of mouth and try to get it back in. Success rate 10%
I love the swing at marina park
I still like my swing at home.
I love to play
Visit grandpa and grandma miller 8/22

19 weeks

Size 3 diapers
Fussy from shots wake up now at 4 am for pacifier
Feelings : 6oz @ wake up
Noon 8 oz
430pm is 8 oz with cereal in bottle
Before bed which is 9 pm 8 oz
Total is 30 oz/day
Mommy got my 12 month clothing out on bottom rack
Im currently wearing 6 and 9 month clothing
I take a 7pm cat nap
I take a 2 hour nap normally between 1pm and 3 pm
I love chilling with mommy in bed in the am
We babysat Wyatt
My 1st swing ride at marina park. 8/15
New exersaucer from daddy cousin ,mike and Cassey
New baby Einstein from library, I love variety
Love to sit up with assistance of mommy or pillow
Lions pre season 8/10
I mimic tongues
Love to smile
I hold toys
I started passing toy from one hand to the other 8/16
Stations
1st sleepover at Noah's 8/11-8/12
Post office and library
Spanish DVD
Size 2/3 shoe
I love my snuggy for long nap and bedtime

18 weeks

week 18: Aug 3-10

I had my 4 month check up

I weigh 18 pounds and 13 ounces

I am 27 inches long

I am in the 90% percentile 

I am 50% percentile for my head

I got shots : very tired, slept from 3pm - 8am {only waking for feedings}

mommy said i was very crabby and not myself for 4 or 5 days

i grab my hands, how cool

i pray with my feet

i am a bald baby

i love to play

i grab hair, necklaces, earrings, toys and fingers

i wear between 6 month and 9 month clothing

Size 3 diapers, luvs and target

had a baby shower at the bobeldyks

got to meet mommys cousin emilee, I'll see her again in November in Florida for her wedding

i sat in my bulldozer in gunlake

played and go tired in gunlake

my cousin dirk loves me, we got to hang out on 8/6

dirk said i looked like a burrrrr-ito in my snuggy

my cousin millie calls me baby

all i hear is where's baby?? from millie

i talk, coo, and babble

I am healthy

I am so funny, i love to see people, talk to people

i smile most of the time

i still have cereal in my 4:30pm bottle

i don't turn my head to boobs any more, it's been over 2 weeks :( this kind of makes mommy sad

i love baby Einstein, since i don't watch anything else

mommy sings Jesus loves me before bed, and this little light of mine

i eat about 32 ounces of formula a day, 6-8 oz at a sitting

love to shake my rattle

i know voices {mommy, daddy, auntie cara, nana, papa}

mommy did an awesome job on my playroom.

size 2 and some 3 shoes

17 weeks

Week 17: July 27-August 3

Size 3 diapers

Clothing 6 and 9 month

All 3-6 put away

Great grandparents Kraais visit

1st trip to twin bridges 7/27

DQ 7/27

State park 7/30

sauble river

I love tummy time

Using hands to push up on tummy

Trying to roll over

Laugh

Talk

Loves pacifier

marina park 7/31

Tag blanket

Baby Einstein

Sleep 10pm -8/8:30am

I am a  full formula baby. no more breastfeeding.

16 weeks

Week 16

July 20-27

Size 2 diapers:Target

6 and 9 month clothing

Uncle JJ proposed to "auntie Cara"

A 14 year old babysitter

GUN LAKE

Slight cold:

sneeze and cough

1st motel stay 7/23

Fair 7/25

Kalamazoo

Meet Meagan @ sprint

Ladybug in Gun Lake

Love pontoon

Sophie the giraffe

Eating hands

Laugh a lot

Coos babbles talks

Loves baby Einstein

Play mat

Bumbo chair

Swing

Vibrating chair

Rattles

Wiggle like caterpillar in crib

Papa’s birthday

So funny

Smile @ everyone

Lift feet to prayer

15 weeks

WEEK 15: July 13-20

Size 2 diapers: Target

1st Friday night Live: downtown 7/13

Scottville clown band with miss Debbie and mommy 7/13

Christmas in July at the breakwall 7/14

Picture in the Ludington Daily News 7/15

Manistee Water tower beach with mommy & daddy 7/17

I am so full of life

I love rattles, my play mat, my swing, my vibrating chair

 BABY EINSTEIN

I am finally LEGAL 7/16 I got a social security number

I am loving my tag blanket

7/15 spent time with daddy

Cereal in a bottle 7/14

I love to smile and laugh

I love to play in the am

I am getting on a schedule

I love to talk, coo and babble

THE S.S. Badger {got to see it}