Dan is 7 Months Old!

Saturday marked Dan's 7th month. He weighed in at 22.4 pounds and is now 28.75 inches long. This puts him in the 95-99%ile for his age. Not only has he grown quite a bit, he's also gaining better control of his body. He's crawling around everywhere and pulling himself up on anything he can get his hands on. His "vocabulary" is also evolving. We are hearing la, da, ma, ge, and ba. When I mimic him I get a big smile and lots of laughs. He's such a happy kid!

With Dan on the move, getting his monthly pictures are becoming more and more challenging. This shot above was the best one I got with him sitting still. As soon as Jason or I sat him down, he was off crawling towards the camera!

Jason is back down in Las Vegas to clean out his grandfather's house. Normally this isn't a big deal. I just have to contend with taking care of Dan and the dogs on my own making my day a bit busier. Yesterday (Sunday) I went to go and put a load of laundry in. As I stepped onto the basement floor I also stepped right into a puddle of water. Oh no! The night before we had a huge thunderstorm so my first thought was that our sump pump failed yet again. We had hoped to avoid a pump failure this year by diverting the output from the normal output pipe to the floor drain instead. I couldn't take care of Dan PLUS the water in the basement so I called our sitter. She graciously was able to watch Dan while I worked on the pump.

Thankfully the pump was fine! The hose we used to divert the water had backed up into the well and had gotten tangled up with the floater. Since the floater got stuck the pump didn't turn on like it was supposed to. Hurray for simple fixes! I spent the next three hours moving stuff out of the basement and vacuuming up the water. I got most of it taken care of before I decided to call it quits. There isn't much left and it should dry pretty quickly with no issues. Dan and I had fun last night playing and relaxing before heading off to bed.

Dan and the Boys

Dan on the Move - Video Link

Then I got a surprise this morning. More water! Except this time it's not in the basement, but in the family room. Uh oh! Wet carpet, probably wet drywall/paneling. So today I get to make lots of phone calls to get the water cleaned up and see if we need to fix any issues in the foundation. Definitely not how I planned to spend this time with Jason gone, let alone on a Monday morning. I have concluded that our next house will not only be on a very tall hill, but also on stilts! I'm so looking forward to heading to the cities this weekend for Easter. I need a vacation!

This smile makes everything seem so much better.