seven month pictures! sadly, i was surprised to find that i hadn’t taken a whole lot of pictures this month as we were pretty busy with guests. still some good ones, though! his eight month picture post is definitely going to be a hefty one!
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dear little son,

today, you are seven months and 12 days old. your mommy has been really bad at updating the internet with pictures and news to your development and all of the wonderful ways that you’re growing.
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while browsing back at the last few monthly picture posts i’ve posted, i noticed that i’m pretty much excusing/beating myself up for doing such a poor job at keeping on top of the picture uploading.

i decided to spare you and myself of that this time around.

behind the link are august’s four month pictures. (you’ve probably seen a few of these on facebook if you and i are facebook friends.)
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just thought i’d randomly post on this past weekend and what a nice one it was with little family.
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dear august,

you’re four months old today. by the time i actually finish this letter and have it posted you would probably be well into four months. having you in my life has made everything in my life happen a lot more slowly. yet, at the same time, i feel that time slips between my fingers.
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i realize that i am REALLY behind on these. better late than never, right?

i also realize the timestamp on this. i, obviously, cannot sleep. but insomnia is usually good for productivity, so here ya’ go.

the cutest two month old ay-round!!!
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HAPPY TWO MONTH BIRTHDAY TO AUGUST!

and HAPPY 1000th DAY ANNIVERSARY TO UUUUSSS!!!

august is sleeping in his bassinet right now. he has been sleeping in there for the past few nights.

of course he gets up around four-five and is probably more awake than he was the times before that i’ll feed and lay him back in there…so then, i usually just coax him to lay with me and sleep so i can get a few more hours in and we don’t have neighbors banging against the walls at four am because the baby is screaming at the top of his lungs.
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01) i’ve become really crappy at maintaining any online presence that doesn’t have anything to do with twitter. being the huge nerd that i am– this actually makes me feel really guilty. the redeeming thing about this is that i’ve gotten to spend every minute of my time away with my little baby son and that has been wonderful…and something i wouldn’t give up for anything.

02) august is growing more and more every day. it is scary, amazing, beautiful, exciting, and sad…all rolled together. talk about a huge emotional ball of “wow.” for us anyway.

03) a couple of weekends ago, i noticed that august’s started cooing and imitating. whenever we talk to him he grins, opens his mouth slightly, and stretches his neck as if he wants so badly to speak back to me. to be silly, one day, i started making an “ooohh” face and then suddenly switching it to a big open mouth smile…over and over (and yes, i did look as foolish as it may seem that i would). as august watched my mouth intently, he started moving his mouth in similar ways. he doesn’t have it down quite yet but it’s still pretty neat.

04) i had my post-partum check up and everything is healing as it should. i feel pretty great (minus the migraines) but am soooo ready to lose this baby weight already.

05) i am reeeeally excited that autumn is on its way. even though august has no clue, i am all sorts of excited to celebrate his first halloween/thanksgiving/christmas/new year. i’m a sucker for the holidays.
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