7 months!

This is a picture of Erik (on the right) next to an 8 day old baby. Bryan (on the left) has his legs kind of curled up, but if he were to stretch them, he'd be the same length as Erik. Erik is 7 1/2 months old now. He is smiling a lot more often now too. He eats jarred baby food and rice cereal. It's great to see him growing!

Smiles!

He blinked as I took the picture, but he is smiling:0)
The end of his smile!

I decided to keep Erik for the afternoon and I was rewarded with some big smiles! I was so happy. Erik is 7 months old and it was the 1st time I ever got to see him smile. His parents assure me he smiles all the time, but I had never seen it. Well, now I have. It was worth the wait. He is so adorable! His smile just melts my heart. It makes me glad to see him happy after all he has been through. He is starting to act like a 7 month old too. He is 7 lbs. 6 oz. now.

1st cereal

Erik is growing and reaching milestones. His newest milestone is getting a taste of rice cereal for the 1st time. He tried is last Saturday (9/27). He wasn't too sure about it and ended up crying after a few bites. I also did a little photo shoot with the boys while their parents were at a picnic. I took care of both boys from 12:30-8:00 p.m.