Sitting up, with crash pads

Cason is doing great sitting up now, but you still can't trust him to instantly fall over and bonk his head if you aren't there to catch him.  Nanny Tina has been practicing with him and gave him some pillows as crash pads.

loves the fire engine book

got you surrounded

Keys are pretty fun too

Whoops!  timber... crash... good thing the pillow was there

Passing through town

The family passed through town last week coming home from their trip in Oregon and Grammy GG is staying with us to take care of Cason this week.  A few pictures of their quick overnight stop.

Papa and Cason

Greatgrandma Anne

Grammy GG

Seven Months Old

Cason,

Each month brings such new things and you are such a happy baby.  I look at video from a month ago and I am surprised how much you change in one month.  You can crawl pretty fast now and are aware of so many more things.  You know the sign for "milk" and if I ask you "do you want a bottle?" when you are hungry, you let me know.. Yes!  So I have learned not to ask that question unless I have the bottle pretty much ready to go.

You are the best eater and have tried more veggies than you mom has in her lifetime.  You have eaten carrots, peas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and parsnips.  You love your fruit too and have eaten bananas!!!, apples, pears, peaches, nectarines, apricots, avocado, and mango.  We enjoy making your food and try to think of new things for you to try every week.

You are working on sitting and can do so now for a long period of time.  We still have to either put pillows around you or sit behind you because if the toy you are playing with excites you, you tend to wiggle too much and fall over.  You still love your measuring spoons, exersaucer and doggies (lovies) to sleep with.

happy 7 months little guy, we love you!

Starting his destructive phase

We can't leave anything in Cason's path now.   Now that he can expertly commando crawl, he finds anything on the ground.  His current loves are anything paper, remote controls, computers and SHOES!!!  So that pretty much means you can leave nothing out right now.  Here's what happens when you leave a magazine on the ground.

Rrrrrriiiiiiip

caught in the act!

What are you taking pictures of?

Oohhh... I am coming to get that camera

I want it

4th of July

We had dinner over at Aunt Betsy and Uncle Vic's house and enjoyed the nice warm weather by sitting outside.  Cason's two boy cousins, Andrew and Dylan, entertained us with a water fight while we lounged with Cason on a blanket.

Jumpy Jumperoo

I found a doorway jumperoo at Target for dirt cheap on clearance and brought it home for Cason.  He liked swinging and walking around in it more than actually jumping, but I am sure he will get the hang of it in no time at all.

Palm Springs Tramway

We decided to beat the heat for an hour or so and went on the Palm Springs Tramway.  It was only 15 minutes from where we were staying.  We went up to 8,750 ft. in 11 minutes on the tram and welcomed 60 degree weather.  The trip was fun and the views were great.   The pine trees smelled amazing and reminded me of Flagstaff college days.  We flew out in the afternoon and Cason got a seat, but unfortunately decided to stay awake for the whole flight this time which was exhausting for us.

view riding up

Long Valley at the top

 

view riding down

overlooking Palm Springs

old tram cars

Cason laying down in his seat