There are not 30 days in February

So happy early 7 months baby Beck!

Beck weighs 18 lbs 6 ounces and has all but grown out of his 9 month clothes. He is back to only waking up once a night (HALLELUJAH! 2 months of acting like newborn was not fun), had his first ear infection and is thinking about crawling.

He will occasionally do a slight army crawl but has yet to get up on all 4s.... any day now! He says "dadadadadadada" all day long but doesn't associate it with Seth.

He's really trying to pull himself up now and has even done it successfully a couple times. He LOVES his sippy cup! I remember noticing the transition between when I considered Beck to no longer be a newborn but just a regular baby, now I don't think he's a baby but a hmm... big boy baby? What's the name between baby and toddler? That's what Beck is.

I think Beck sensed the Cats loss before Seth did, being in tune with his inner Boogie and all

I Like the Hell Outta Bud

Beck and I are proud to announce that my sister is pregnant with her first dirty, stinky, rotten, little boy named Bud! Congratulations Jenny and JD! We are so excited to meet him!

(Beck, not Bud)

In other news... for the first time in 6 months and 3 weeks poor Beck is SICK! I took him to the doctor today and he has his first ear infection. I feel awful for not taking him right away on Monday, but I just knew he had a cold and they were just gonna say "He has a cold, it's a virus, there's nothing we can do... and that'll be $30." If I'm gonna pay $30, it better be for an antibiotic.

$30 and a bottle of amoxicillin later, we are praying tonight is gonna go better than the last 2 nights have. We've gotten no sleep, I cracked every vertebrae in Seth's spine last night when he "didn't hear" Beck crying and I woke up single this morning. No one here can take another night of this. I feel like Beck is 2 weeks old again... except I have to go to work in the morning.... please, please, please sleep until even 4 am tonight!!!

Disclaimer: JD and Jenny are not naming their baby Bud. I am naming their baby Bud and I encourage you to do the same

Things Beck Likes Better Than Sophie

shoot me.

Meet Sophie

Sophisticated, spotted and seven inches tall, Sophie came to reside at our place a little over 2 weeks ago.

Sophie is all the rage in baby toys. She cannot be bought at Target, she cannot be bought at Babies R Us. No, Sophie can only be bought at baby boutiques (or Amazon.com for 25% off... suckassss). This French bred giraffe has won the esteem of mother's world wide because of her size and shape- both allow newly dextrous babies to hold and play with her easily. She's also great for teething. Most baby toys are hard plastic made big enough specifically to not fit in a baby's mouth so they can't choke on them. Not Sophie, Sophie is very pliable and Beck can pass her back and forth between hands chewing on her ears, antlers and legs with ease.

I could hardly wait for her delivery. I checked my UPS tracking everyday to find out what city my sweet Sophie was in. She could not have come soon enough. Beck had been getting so frustrated with not being able to pick up and chew on his toys, when I saw that big brown box on the front porch I nearly did a back flip out of my car.

She came so cutely packaged, complete with a French birth certificate, written in French, "Oooh lala, how very French!" I thought. I pulled her out gave her a squeeze and

SOPHIE IS A DOG TOY!!!

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh... I did not spend that much for a DOG TOY.... I did not get a DOG TOY for my SON.

Sophie looks like a dog toy, feels like a dog toy and squeaks like a dog toy. How on Earth did I fall for this??

She was much easier for him to pass back and forth from hand to hand, and if he drops her it's really easy for him to pick her back up. He can't do that with any of his other toys.

One week later, he can do that with all his other toys.

(yes that's a sippy cup, can you believe Beck is old enough for a sippy cup??)

Sophie is still great. She is cute. Beck likes her. He just needs to like her a little bit more. We will get our money's worth out of her. She will be his favorite toy and we will save her until he's grown and smile fondly on all the warm memories of Beck and his little Sophie the Giraffe. I really did not get ripped off after all...

Did I mention she's French?