Lives of Soon-to-be Parents: 7 months

Lincoln turned 7 months on the 29th so we took his monthly monkey pictures today (a few days late!)

Some things I want to remember from this age:

Lincoln is a BUSY BODY. Some part of his body is always moving from his hands to his feet and almost always his mouth. He likes to hear himself groan, grunt, "yell", squeal, or whatever new sound he has discovered. He mostly talks in the morning and he is much quieter in public. His babysitter says he squeals at all the other kids and can hold his own in the noise department (Great!)
Lincoln eats like there is no tomorrow. He has tried and loves all veggies and fruits. He is now starting to reach for the bowl when it is left on his highchair tray so we have move it when we are feeding him or he will pull it to his mouth. We tried giving him some Gerber cheese puffs things but I started noticing a rash on his mouth so I am keeping them away from him for a week or so to test if he is allergic to them. He loves them though :(
Lincoln sleeps great at night. He goes to bed between 7-7:45 and sleeps until 6ish. We swaddle him to put him to sleep but he comes undone and is in a new position when we get him out of bed. He is starting to be more and more of a stomach sleeper. He takes about 3 naps a day, two long naps and one short. It depends on the day when he takes his long naps. Daycare still wipes him out so he usually takes a 30 minute nap after we pick him up.
Lincoln is one silly boy. He laughs all the time. Daddy can make him laugh the hardest and almost all the time but in the evenings after daycare almost anything will make him laugh. I think because he is so tired and delirious. I need to upload one of short videos of him laughing because he has a cute from the belly laugh.
Lincoln is a pretty good baby in public. He might not be all smiles but he is pretty content just sitting and taking it all in.
Lincoln still looks just like Shane but he has a few hints of me in him. His face shape is like mine and he has my cheeks. He has long fingers like his Nena and a pointed ear like many people on my side of the family but other than that he is all Shane.
Lincoln got his first ear infection this last month. We took him to the doctor because he was very congested and couldn't get rid of a cough and we discovered that he had an ear infection. He was not cranky so I am hoping it stays that way in the future!
We have been battling with trying to find the cause of Lincoln's rashes. We have eliminated bananas and the cheese puffs thinking it could be one of those but we are still unsure. We have discovered that when we give him a new toy he breaks out so I need to find something to spray on his toys. He gets a rash around his mouth that looks pretty bad (little tiny red bumps and all over red) but it doesn't seem to bother him. But he gets these whelp (sp?) type rash on his arms, chest, and back that look really red and dry and he doesn't like them touched. I have no idea where these are coming from (no new detergent, all washed clothes, no new perfume or fragrance in the house, no new foods, etc) so that is what we are trying to find out. They look painful and I am very curious to know where it is coming from. He does have eczema so we have steroid creme for that and we use it but I am not sure if it is eczema or a rash. Who knows?! If you have any advice on child rashes, pass it on!
Lincoln puts EVERYTHING in his mouth (part of the problem from above statement). There are no teeth coming through but I am thinking we are close. He is the drooliest, sloppiest baby around! Some days he looks like he has never been bathed but I know we will have worst smelling days as he gets older.
Lincoln loves his toy balls right now. Any small ball he get his hands on he has. And paper...the boy LOVES paper! He will start to shake his arms like crazy when he sees paper.