Saturday, November 6, 2010

5 Months!

Wow!  The bird is 5 months old.  So cliche, but time is FLYING by!  Here are some current stats:

  • Height & Weight - hasn't been measured since 4 month appt, but I'm guessing somewhere in the 17-18lb range
  • Experienced some sleep regression for several weeks - bedtime between 7-8pm, waking up several times @ night = made for some sleepy parents.  Finally, we turned off the monitor, turned on a sound machine in our room and let him cry.  Who knows how long he cried, but he hasn't woken up @ night since!
  • Now sleeping a pretty solid 3-4hrs during the day, and 12 hrs at night
  • No set nap schedule just yet, but hoping to get there soon
  • Still eating 5 times a day - exclusively breastfed
  • Just tried rice cereal for the first time today - see pic above
  • SO much personality!!
  • Loves to jump jump jump! Either on your lap, in his "office", in the johnny jump up, etc, etc
  • Loves his Office (or the circle of neglect as Valerie endearingly calls it!)
  • Rolling over both ways, especially in his crib @ night
  • Can sit up by himself for about 5 seconds before he face plants
  • Loves an iphone (what kid doesn't?!)
  • Starting to grab your face and put his mouth wherever he can
  • Everything goes straight from hands to mouth
  • Got his first stomach flu - 103 fever, vomit...no fun.  Mom & Dad overdosed him on Tylenol and had to call poison control.  Good times
  • Then mom & dad got the stomach flu...and both grandmothers...it was rough...
  • But we're all better now!
  • Still going to "school" Mondays & Wednesdays and the occasional Friday when Mom has a meeting, etc.
  • Smiling, laughing & talking all the time and it's AWESOME
We are just loving every minute with our little guy and marvel at how much he's learning & growing!

Halloween 2010






TR was a Lobster for Halloween.  Kind of random I know.  We were the chefs.  Some might think it was a little morbid for us to be the chefs, cooking up our child.  For some reason this didn't cross our minds when we put the costumes together, we just thought it was cute.  Either way, TR was definitely getting cooked seeing as how his costume is meant for sub 50 degree weather, not the usual Texas 85.  He was a good sport. :-)

Obligatory Pumpkin Patch Pics