Lots of firsts!

In the past week, Christopher has had a lot of firsts. He started saying his first syllables, which are "ga ga" and "da da," and today was his first swimming trip! I held him tight until he was ready to venture out, and after only 15 minutes or so he was kicking and splashing a lot, he absolutely loved it!

Getting warmed up...

Starting to feel pretty comfortable...



Today with daddy.



Another first that happened this week was pulling himself to a stand. This is one of the first times he did it. After a couple times of doing this, he actually took a couple steps while standing by the couch!

Congratulations, Lorie & Mike!

Yesterday my sister Lorie became engaged as she and Mike were leaving on a cruise! I've really got to be better about keeping my cell phone charged, I missed the call from her and now they're away for the week with no phone. I'm so excited for them, Mike is a great person and our family loves him!

To give you an update, Christopher's cold is just about over now, probably not long until the next one but he's got to build up immunity that way. I'm pretty sure his first tooth is going to appear any time now, he doesn't want to eat solids lately and I felt his gumline and its right about to come through.

This is my friend Suzanne who it was great to see today.





Hanging out with dad.





Have a great week,
Andrea

First cold!

Just a week shy of being 8 months old, the inevitable has happened - Christopher's first cold! He's doing ok, even smiling some!