5 Months

 "Ta-da! I am 5 months old!"( Doesn't it look like he is saying that in this picture?)

The past month has flown by. Maybe because of all the holiday festivities and places to go and things to see.

5 months sure is fun with one exception. Rolling over. Not that I can't handle this new found favorite trick during the day, it is the night time that is sometimes a challenge. He will roll unto his stomach and then slowly scoot himself up until he is wedge up in the top corner of the crib. Stuck with no where left to go, so he starts crying. When he cries at night he will usually fall back asleep, but not when he is stuck in the corner. No one puts baby in a corner. So we will move him back down, put him back on his back and then hope we won't have to do it 3 more times that night. He is mostly sleeping through the night though, so I really can't complain.

5 Month highlights

• Holds his own bottle when he gets one
• Will occasionally roll from his back to belly and then his belly to back
• loves sticking out his tongue
• loves making motor boat noises with his tongue
• grabs and play with his feet
• can be very distracted while eating... this can be a pain!
• has reached for me
• can sit up on his own for a few seconds
• got his first case of eczema along with a nasty diaper rash. Poor guy
• will sometimes cry when I leave the room and get happy when I reappear
• loves when daddy gets home and shows his excitement by smiling, shaking arms and legs and squealing

can go in the jumperoo now, but barely can reach the floor, so there isn't much jumping going on

Our little monkey chillin in the jumperoo