Hunter at 7 months old with Tigger

Hunter in Lake Placid

Trying Cheerios for the first time.

Despite the faces, he seemed to like them.

See those little teeth- so cute!  The 2nd one is not quite through yet.

I can’t believe it’s already been 7 months!!

Hailey- 5 3/4 and Hunter- 7 months

New stuff this month:

Hunter just got his first tooth a few days ago (on July 12th).  The other one is just under his gums and will hopefully be all the way in soon.

Hunter had his first ear infection this month:-(  It was actually caused by the rash that he has, the one that started Memorial Day weekend.  He isn’t covered from head to toe anymore, but it’s still on a lot of his body.  The rash was also in his ears and then the skin started to peel.  The peeling skin blocked his little ears, and they got inflamed and then infected.  Poor little man cub had to have his ears flushed out so they could see inside.  He cried so hard and it broke my heart.  Once they were clean it was clear that both ears were infected.  Hunter is going to a dermatologist next week and I sure hope we can figure out this rash.

Sleep- Ugh!  Hopefully once Hunter’s second tooth comes in he will start sleeping better.  Lately he’s been waking up an hour or two after he goes to bed and he will not stay asleep unless he comes to bed with us.  Naps are okay, but he is still napping in his swing.

Hunter is still breastfeeding and refuses to take a bottle.  When my mom tries to give him a bottle he blows raspberries on the bottle and will not take it.  He’s a stubborn little man.  He also eats baby food at lunch and dinner and for the most part likes everything he tries.

Hunter did not have an appointment this month, so based on me trying to weigh him at home, he’s about 19 pounds.  He still wears 6-9 month clothes and size 3 diapers (size 4 at night).

We went to Lake Placid for a weekend visit.  We had such a great time!!

Hunter on Beka and Bill’s balcony, enjoying the view of the mountains during his first trip to Lake Placid.

Hailey and Anika.  Hailey has been trying to convince us that we should move to Lake Placid so that she can see Anika every day.

Uncle Dave and Hunter

On Sunday morning we went to Island Chapel for church. The church was on a little island and it was so fun!

Hunter and Rich waiting for the boat to take us to the island.

All ready for his first boat ride.

Hailey all ready for the boat ride

When the boat started Hunter froze and stayed like this all the way to the island.

Anika and Hailey did a little exploring before church started.

Anika, Pa and Hailey

My dad and Beka both joined the choir

The weekend we were there was also our 12th wedding anniversary.  So, my parents gave us the wonderful gift of a night at The Olympic Motor Inn.  Hailey had her first sleep over (other than with Grandma and Pa) and spent the night with Anika.  My parents took Hunter for the night (even though he refuses to take a bottle).  They were only a few minutes away in case he needed to eat, but he did great!

The view from our balcony at the hotel.

We went out to eat at the Moose Lodge and this was our view of Whiteface Mountain during dinner.

Anika, Hunter and Hailey the next morning after a delicious breakfast of omelets.  None of them actually ate any omelets though

Time for a little swimming

Hailey

Anika

Anika and Hailey in the monster cave, growling at me as I tried to get a look

It was such a fun weekend!  We were sad that it went by so fast.

We weren’t able to have the big 4th of July Extravaganza this year   But we still had fun!

Hunter all ready for the 4th of July in his red, white and blue.

We were having a picnic at my parents’ house… on the way there, we saw these storm clouds:

Hailey had spent the night with Grandma and Pa, she was all dressed in her red, white and blue when we got there.

I love how Hunter is looking up at Hailey.  He absolutely adores her!!

The weekend after the 4th of July- Matt, Ellie and Mike came up for a little visit.  We had another yummy picnic.

Hailey played “monkey in the middle” with Uncle Matt and Daddy.

Hunter wanted to know why he couldn’t play too.

Pa gave Hailey some tips to try to keep Daddy in the middle.

Are electric fly swatters supposed to be this much fun?

Cannonball!!

Wave pool

Big waves!

My pretty little miss

I love how Hunter looks up at Hailey!!

I love her smile

We had a little celebration for my dad’s birthday… it was late at night but we wanted to make sure we got to do a little celebration on his actual birthday, so we enjoyed some yummy chocolate cake.

Wearing a hat that Hailey made.

Every morning Hailey gets all ready, puts her book bag on and gets on the bus (couch) to go to “school.” Then we spend most of the day doing school work.

We went to the Olive Garden for my dad’s real birthday celebration… no one brought their camera, so I had to take a picture with my cell phone.