Steidlmayer Blog: 7 Months!!!

Look at me! I'm 7 months and I can sit all by myself!

On March 5, Clay turned 7 months. Clay's 7th month is a bit of a blur for me. I know he was baptized and that he started venturing into lots of new fruits and vegetables, like sweet potatoes, zucchini, pears and apples, and he also learned how to sit by himself. He also made strides in his crawling abilities, since he's now at 8 months and he's cruising on all fours. Clay's 7th month was a really busy one.... he's continued to get cuter, but I wasn't able to keep track of milestones like the previous month. He also started sleeping 11 - 12 hours a night. So, I'm starting to feel I don't have the "I didn't sleep last night" excuse for not getting things done like I used to!

My high school friend, Stacy Cahill, is the professional photographer who took this picture. We had Stacy and her family over for dinner in Davis and she did an impromptu photo shoot of Clay. Which, turned out to be perfect timing since I neglected to do his 6 month pictures. Stacy's pictures were adorable, but this one was among our favorites.

Clay starts loving eating solid foods.

This picture was taken at his 6 month appointment right before we stripped him down for his shots. It's so sad because he's so happy here and doesn't know what he has coming. But, he was really cute this time because he only cried with the initial poke of the needle.

I just love this picture.

Clay finally started enjoying his baby Einstein exersaucer thing. You can see him here having the time of his life.

This cake here is for Luke's half birthday. I know, these half birthday celebrations are getting out of control. Clay was scared of the singing and the candle!

On Thursday, March 6th, we traveled to Palm Springs for our annual Steidlmayer / Sasan vacay in the desert. Clay was good on the airplane, but he didn't want to sleep the majority of the plane ride like he did when he was 2 months. As always, we loved it down in the desert with both of our families. Friday night, Maile, Michael, Luke and I snuck away to watch the tennis tournament. During the days, in addition to relaxing by the pool, we found that Clay loved the water! He would scream and kick in the pool. It was hilarious.

Like mom like son - we both love the desert!

After the flea market, we had lunch with Grandma Beth, Grandma Erin, Maile, Joey and Alex.

I wonder what Clay said to make Maile laugh so hard!

After our desert vacation, we decided to make some major changes to our lives. After 2.5 years of living in Davis, we decided to move to Colusa. One day, during a busy pre-work morning, it just dawned on me that we should move. With me working from home full time and Luke commuting 2 hours a day to Colusa, it didn't make sense to continue to live in Davis. We decided we should try the Colusa country living. We moved to Colusa officially on Friday, March 14th. That was the Friday after the Monday we flew back from Palm Springs. That was one of the hardest weeks as a family - working, taking care of Clay, moving boxes from Davis to Colusa, renting a UHaul for furniture and then trying to clean and paint our condo for the new renters. It was crazy. But, together, we made it through!

Moving with a baby!

Here we are getting close to being all moved out.

Clay looks a bit worried here like we're going to accidentally put him in a box.

Official first night in Colusa! Of course we celebrated with a bottle of champagne!

The new view from our backyard. So pretty!

Going back a few weeks on February 9th, Clay gets Baptized in Davis! Ali and Chris Merino are his godparents. We enjoy a nice ceremony at St. James Church in Davis, and then Round Table to accommodate our huge families. There's nothing about pizza that doesn't say congrats to you Clay on your Baptism! It was a really special day.