You are five months old. How is that even possible? I mean, I know exactly how it's possible, but it's crazy! I'm still making a concerted effort to enjoy every phase we're in, no matter how much (or how little) sleep we're getting. I loved your newborn stage. I know I'll love your toddler stage. But right now, I'm making an effort to live in the here and now, to be present, and to soak in every single minute. Today at work, there were a few 3/4 year old boys who were sweaty from playing on the playground. They stunk and smelled like all boy. I immediately teared up thinking about how soon YOU will smell like a little smelly boy, and not the sweet baby bathed in lavender. I know, I know - such a silly thing to be sad about. But for now, I'll enjoy that sweet lavender smell. I'll cherish the way you wrap your chubby little fingers around my hair, no matter how much it hurts when you pull. I know one day you will sleep through the night and won't need me to soothe you back to sleep. I don't know when the last day is that you'll do any of these things, so I'm learning to soak it all in.
those squishy cheeks. I can't get enough.
I love that your daycare teachers send me pictures of you :)
Your little personality is really beginning to shine through in the funnest (most fun?) way. You genuinely are a happy baby, unless you're sleepy or gassy. If we're dealing with any one of those, all bets are off. Bless your heart, you are so sleepy when I pick you up from daycare. You're a light sleeper (you don't get that from your mama - I can promise you that), so you maybe take 45 minutes worth of naps during your 8 hour day. You fall asleep on our way home, and then we snuggle for your last nap of the day. I've been playing around with your nap time in the afternoon, trying to figure out the code for your sleep. If I let you, I genuinely think you'd sleep from 3:00pm - 10:00pm. You sleep so soundly for that last nap, however because it's so late, I try not to let you sleep longer than 1.5 hours. Your daddy and I have tried every possible bedtime imaginable from 6:00pm - 8:30pm to try and get you to sleep through the night. We've been hesitant to let you cry it out lately, because you've been so pitiful and sick. However, all of that changes tonight. After this round of antibiotics, your cough is getting better. My plan is to close your bedroom door at 7:00pm, and not walk in until I wake you up in the morning. That's my plan. That could all change at 3:00am when I'm struggling to go back to sleep :) We still swaddle you, but leave your arms out, and you still act all flappy bird on us with those arms of yours, which wakes you up. We'll get you sleeping through the night soon enough, sweet boy.
we love visits with our great grandparents
You are teething something crazy right now. You don't have any teeth poking through yet, but you've drooled enough drool to fill a small pond. You go through at least 5 bibs a day, and if you don't have a bib on, we usually just leave you naked. You love chewing on your mama's hand. Or anyone's hand, for that matter. You still can't roll over, no matter how hard you try. You can get to your side, and then as you try rolling, you just spin your body around like a little break dancer. You're a pro at sitting up though - you love it! You've started moving from a slightly elevated position to sitting up on your own - obviously your ab muscles are way stronger than your mama's. :) You're still a fan of sitting in your bumbo - you could do that for hours. You only last a few minutes in your high chair before you get bored. You've started to interact with Cooper more this month - you love reaching for him, and he's getting more and more curious about you! I can't wait to see what this friendship has in store. Bath time may be your favorite thing. Ever. You laugh and splash and play, and just look so incredibly cute. We've changed up our Pandora station a little bit. We used to listen to the Garth Brooks station, but I think we've listened to every song on that station. We now listen to Trisha Yearwood's station. I think I love it a little more than you, but you don't seem to mind! One of your favorite things to look at is yourself :) You love the camera on the iPhone, and you're the selfie king. Put you in front of a mirror? You're set for a while. Talking is one of your favorite things to do. You make so many fun noises. My absolute favorite thing you do right now is this funny little whimper as you're falling asleep. I don't know how to explain it, but that's how I know you're out - you just murmur to yourself as you're falling asleep, then BOOM - it's over and you're out.
we're laughing at you, bright eyes. not with you.
he get it from his mama.
you used a sippy cup for the first time this month. you're good at it...if you can keep it up.
you want to do it allllllll yourself.
I call this one "we don't need no stinkin' mama"
you gotta take the lid off, buddy boy.
meal times are so messy, but so much fun.
bath time. your favorite - so incredibly relaxed.
This month, we celebrated your first Easter. We had so much fun at Mema and Poppa's. It was a gorgeous weekend, so we spent a good part of it outside. That same weekend, we tried feeding you rice cereal for the first time. You didn't love it, but you didn't hate it either. The Easter bunny brought you the sweetest book called "If I Could Keep You Little". Grant, I boo hoo every time I read it to you. So sweet.
headed to daycare and all smiles. a far cry from your first week at daycare.
your Easter egg "hunt" at school. mama made sure you got allllllll the good eggs.
working on your 3 point stance with daddy.
first time trying rice cereal
dying eggs, but you just wanted the spoon
Easter morning
baby selfie with your mama
my whole heart in one picture.
loving on your new bear
we had to, buddy. I'm sorry.
worn out on the way home from the weekend's festivities.
Other than Easter, we've sort of laid low this month. You've been sick, so we've stayed home trying to get you well. Because of insurance, we had to switch doctors for your 4 month well visit. I hated them. At that appointment, you weighed 20 lbs 7 oz, and were 25.5 inches long. They put you on amoxicillin for a "sinus infection" (babies don't even have sinuses). The amoxicillin KILLED your stomach and made you uber gassy - to the point you were waking up screaming for 2 hours straight in the middle of the night. We made the executive decision to stop that! The next week, we took you back to your normal doc and just didn't file insurance (that's how much we love that practice). They put you on a non-penicillin drug, and you seem to be doing much better on that. It does tear up your belly, though. Luckily, it doesn't seem to phase you too much. **Disclaimer, I'm about to tell a quick bodily function (grant's, not mine) story, so if that grosses you out, skip to the next paragraph. I don't blame you - if it wasn't my kid, I'd do the same thing. Like I mentioned, this medicine gives you big poops. Saturday morning, your daddy put you in your exersaucer after breakfast, and mommy took a little cat nap. He woke me up before he went to work to pass you off, and I noticed you smelled just like you do after you take a bath. Why? Because he had to give you a bath. Why? Because bless your heart, you pooped all over yourself. and your exersaucer. and the carpet. And your sweet daddy cleaned it up and gave you a bath all by himself so I could sleep. Have I mentioned how much we love that man?
I cleaned all of the newborn - 6 month clothes out of your closet that you don't fit in anymore. these are the empty hangers. you can't see the tears that were shed all over them :(
you and coop have a hard time waking up in the mornings before school
chewing on errythang
hanging with your cousins
you loooooove daddy
eat or sleep? why not do both?
heavens, I love a naked baby.
On April 19th, we had your baby dedication at church. Oh sweet boy, I know what a privilege it is to raise you. I know that you are not mine. I know what a responsibility it is that God has entrusted your daddy and I to raise you up in a Christian home. These ideas aren't new to me. But heavens, the weight of that trust, honor, and privilege hit me like a ton of bricks as Dr. Cox was speaking to us on Sunday night. You are so, so loved, sweet boy. Your grandparents were there, as were your Uncle Coco & Aunt Katie. I am so thankful that you have so many Christian friends and family surrounding you. You'll grow up in a family that loves the Lord and loves you. You'll grow up in a church who loves the Lord and loves you. I can only pray that your daddy and I are filled with Jesus each and every day so that we can love you like He does, and one day lead your sweet little heart to Him as well.
You are my favorite thing about this life. Well, you and your daddy :) We are loving every minute with you. I sometimes feel so incredibly inadequate to be your mama, but then I remember that God CHOSE me to be that person to you. How awesome is that? It doesn't make me any less exhausted, but it does remind me that I have a purpose, and that purpose is to lead you to be the sweet gentleman that God's called you to be. I love you, bright eyes. Here's to another month!
mmmhmm - your shirt does in fact say "momma's little nugget". my pleasure. :)
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