{Micah Owen - 7 Months}

Micah Owen, you are 7 months old!

You are the proud owner of two bottom teeth! They have been working through all month and are pretty cute!

Micah you've been growing and trying new things with your body. These days you like to get up all 4's and rock your body. You are also starting to push yourself and slide backwards. This is easier for you on the hardwood floors than on the carpet. You are definitely getting stronger as you will do a full body plank from time to time or put your body into a downward dog position. You have also been practicing sitting up with a pile of pillows surrounding you. 

You continue to explore new foods and have tried yogurt, pears, sweet potato, green beans, carrots, bananas, and applesauce. Yogurt and Green Beans are your favorites.

Micah you are still very much our pacifier kid. You love having it in your mouth when you go to sleep and sometimes we put another one in your hand to hold just so that you don't play with the one in your mouth. You still enjoy bouncing in your bouncer, but you definitely do not like to be contained for very long in it unless your brothers are playing with you.

This was a big month for you Micah. Because of the pandemic you have not been exposed to many people outside of our family. We had an annual trip to Lake Chelan planned with friends. As we got closer to the time of the trip there was a lot of back and forth conversations as to whether we would still go on the trip and how people were quarantining. We decided that it felt like a safe trip to take with friends and it was a truly great time for everyone after months of being isolated. You on the other, did not quite know what to think of having other people around you. The first day you were incredibly fussy and clingy. You kept needing to know where mama and papa were. With time though you grew more comfortable and even let others hold you. It was definitely a lot more excitement than you were used to! You even went on your first boat ride, and while you were skeptical at first because of the life jacket, you eventually started to enjoy it and even fell asleep.

You also went on a second family camping trip! You really enjoyed being outside. Just like our first trip you had a rough first night falling asleep in the tent, but then did better after that. Your favorite is when papa would wear you around for walks.

During your 8th month we think you are looking forward to going to your first pumpkin patch.

Here are some photos from your 7th month.

{Micah Owen - 6 Months}

Micah, you are 6 months old!

 

You are growing so quickly. At your 6 month check up you weighed 21lbs, 4oz and are in the 96th percentile for weight. You are 28.5 inches long which puts you in the 98th percentile for height. You are solidly in 12 month clothes and look so cute wearing some of the same clothes that your older brothers wore. 

Micah it is so fun to watch you grow and explore your body. Sometimes you lay and watch your hand as you open and close it. We can only imagine the thoughts going on in your growing brain as you do this and the connections you are making. You've also begun grabbing your feet while you're laying on your back. You seem to enjoy rocking back and forth while holding your feet. You are spending more time on your tummy lately, however you still do not like to roll on to it while you are asleep. If you do roll, you cry out for us to come and save you. You enjoy looking at yourself in the mirror we have in your play area. You push the front of your body all the way up and wiggle back and forth and watch yourself. You are still loving time in your bouncer. boy do you love to jump up and down! You often find yourself having your own little party in the bouncer shrieking and bouncing away. We have also started putting you in the highchair at lunch and dinner time with the family. We give you toys to play with and you think it is so much fun to drop a toy and have your brothers pick it up for you. 

You continue to be a great sleeper, waking up once or twice briefly when you roll onto your tummy. You are our only kiddo who has loved having a pacifier. It seems to bring you a lot of comfort. You typically need a pacifier to fall asleep or if you wake up in the middle of the night we go in and pop a pacifier back in your mouth and you are happy and head right back to sleep. Our pacifier collection is rapidly growing!

Micah your big adventure this month was taking a road trip to the Oregon Coast. We stayed in a rental house on the beach to celebrate mama and papa's 10 year wedding anniversary. You did a great job with the long car ride. You also didn't mind being in a new location. You are always intrigued by sleeping in the pack n play. You tend to struggle going to sleep for your first nap in the pack n play. It usually takes you a little bit longer to fall asleep because you love scratching the netting of the crib to hear the fun sound it makes. 

Shortly before you turned 6 months old you tried your first food - avocado! Your initial reaction was hilarious. You were very confused by this green food. You didn't mind touching it or playing with it, but you didn't love the texture of it in your mouth.

During your 7th month of life we think you are looking forward to taking a trip to Eastern Washington with friends and going on another family camping trip.

Here are some photos from your 6th month.

{Micah Owen - 5 Months}

Micah, you are five months old!

It has been a joy to watch you grow and develop this last month. You started the month off in a 'stormy" period according to the Wonder Weeks app which tracks your developments. We noticed that you wanted to be near us more. You preferred being held and fussed if we walked away from you in the room. As the month has progressed, you have been a bit more independent and less concerned about where we are at. Even while being clingy, you are a happy guy. You have the sweetest giggle and love when we tickle your tummy, make silly sounds, or kiss under your chin. You also have a fantastically loud shriek to let us know that you are delighted with whatever is happening.

 

As you have been growing, your wake windows during the day have stretched out. You are now awake for 2 hours before you are ready to be put down for a nap or bedtime. You let us know that you are sleepy by rubbing your eyes or even getting pink cheeks and red brows. When Mama or Papa are busy doing something and you're tired, you make sure to let us know with some cranky cries.

 

During this last month, Papa decided it was time to transition you out of the swing and into the crib for naps. He spent a weekend working with you in the crib. You adjusted to the changes pretty quickly. During the day you usually nap between 45 minutes and up to 2 hours. Some days you need extra comfort and we give you your pacifier to help sleep.

 

At night you consistently go to bed between 6:30pm and 7:30pm. Your long stretch of sleep is between 9 and 11 hours. We have been working with you on dropping a middle of the night bottle. If you wake up before 6am we offer you a pacifier to help you fall back to sleep. Most mornings you take it and fall back to sleep on your own. Usually if you are up before 6am you're scooting around and playing in your crib - trying out your new skills.

 

Micah, this last month you have gotten more capable of pulling things to your mouth and picking up your toys to play with. Just a week prior to turning 5 months you started rolling from your back to your stomach. Being on your tummy is still not your favorite position, so when you get tired of playing on your tummy you cry out for help. You also do not like when you roll onto your tummy while you're sleeping. Four days after you started rolling to your tummy, you figured out how to roll from your tummy to your back, though you' are not super strong with that move and so you still get stuck on your tummy. This last month you started playing in your exersaucer and you have been loving it. At first you were sitting in it and looking around, but now you joyfully jump up and down and even practice standing in it. It is fun to watch you bounce and shriek with delight.  

 

Micah, you love your brothers. Whenever they enter the room you make sure to track everything they are doing. You especially like when they lay next to you on your mat or play with you while you are in your exersaucer. If your big brothers are running around the upstairs, you track them everywhere they go and curiously wonder where they are at when they dip behind the wall into the kitchen. You have also shown a lot of interest in the dog recently. We are not sure if you like Jade or not, but you pay extra close attention to her whenever she comes your way.

 

You recently went on your first camping adventure and you loved it! Mama shared a tent with you and you enjoyed having her close by. One morning when you woke up too early, you snuggled with mama in the sleeping bag and fell back to sleep. You seemed to enjoy all of the outside time and watching your brothers. You did struggle at night from around 7:30-9pm when it was still pretty bright out and noisy from other campsites. Once things started getting dark and quiet you would fall asleep quickly. 

 

You have also been enjoying getting out on hikes with the family. Papa has been wearing you while we are out and you love that and you enjoy looking around. You've been very happy when we have been getting out and you go with the flow.

 

Micah during this next month we think you are looking forward to spending some time on the beach to celebrate mama and papa's wedding anniversary.

Here are some photos from your fifth month.