Moss Rock

I had a friend take some family pictures at Moss Rock. I wanted to use them for our Christmas Cards. I also took some of just Owen around the house. The pictures at Moss Rock turned out good, it's just Owen was amazed by my friends 11 month old daughter and he wouldn't smile and wouldn't look at the camera a lot of the time...they still turned out cute! The photos I took around the house didn't turn out like I wanted, but it was absolutely freezing the week I had to do it so that I could have some pictures for our Christmas card. We were literally out there for 5 minutes and came right back in. It was way too cold for O. Poor baby is so PALE! Thanks to his mom and dad!

5 MONTHS

We haven't been back to the doctor since your 4 month visit when you weighed 15 pounds and were 25 3/4 inchs long, but you are growing like a weed...no doubt you are 26+ inches long and weigh around 18-19 pounds. You are STILL in a size 2 diaper...even though you are growing like a weed, size 3 diapers are still big on you. You are wearing size 6-9 months now. The pants that are that size are just a BIT too long, but not with shoes on. We have expanded your winter wardrobe a bit...thanks to family!

You are now eatinga from 6-7oz every 4 hours. (Side note - you ate that when you were exactly 5 months old and for a little while after. You are 2 weeks from being 6 months old and you are eating more like 7-8oz every 4 hours). Still on SOY. Now we are putting 1 TBS of rice per every 2oz of milke in your bottle instead of 1 TBS per oz. You DEFINITELY know what your bottle is and still get SOOOO excited when its time to eat...I LOVE it!!! You can hold your bottle too! BIG BOY! I have come to a conclusion that I think is pretty accurate...I don't think you ever fought eating. You fight sleep and it just so happens to be that every time you eat you end up/ended up getting sleepy at the same time and so it was really you just being tired! You ae a SUPER SLOW eater. You are eating baby food. You started when you were about 5 1/2 months old. I absolutely can NOT get you to like cereal so I am gonna add fruit and see what that does. You have only tried carrots and squash. You LOVE both. I do think you are gonna love the food! You could eat lots more than what I give you. You are such a little piglet when it comes to the food. You know what the spoon is and it is THE most adorable thing. You have your mouth open and ready before I can even dip the food out!

You are still talking ALL the time. You still can go on and on and on. You really are making all your vowel sounds now. You laugh for real now and daddy LOVES to find ways to make you laugh. It makes him so happy that he is the one that can make you laugh the hardest! You sometimes say mamamamamamama but only every once in a while. You love it when I say "mama" to you! You are learnig about things around you! You have started this thing where you will just stare at your hands while you look turn them from front to back. You grasp onto your toys. You pull your paci in and out and know what it is too. You want to scoot/crawl SOOO bad. Its funny cause you get so frustrated when you want to and can't...you look like a little fish! Also, I think you might be teething...you chew on EVERYTHING...you always try to find a way to get your socks off of your feet and chew on those. Anyway,you have a little bump o the bottom right side (your side) and I think it might be you teething.

As far as sleeping goes, you are sleeping through the night. The nights have come where you just all of a sudden wake up and won't go back to sleep, but I am pretty sure you had your reasons. Growth spurt, teething, or something. It's just one of those things that's gonna happen.

You're bedtime is between 8:00 and 9:00. You STILL won't fall asleep without your paci and I have to rock you to sleep. You still fight sleep so bad...you are aweful at that! You wake up between 7:00 and 8:00. Usually 7 but I don't have to get you up until 8 cause you just talk and talk and talk. I still LOVE morning times with you. You have become a better napper. You are on somewhat of a schedule...you are up for about 2-3 hours and you are ready for a nap. You have started taking 1 or longer naps, but some still only last about 30 minutes.

from 4 months to now this part is exactly the same: You love holding on to things! You still like watching t.v. but it still doesn't hold your attention. Nothing holds your attention very long. You are just learning about your surroundings so you are very easily distracted. Like I said before, you like to hold onto something. You can't hold on to it for very long because you don't have full control yet and you get so frustrated when you see something and you can't get it. You also get frustrated when you can't get stuff in your mouth just the way you want it. You suck on your fingers a lot more now. Not a thumb, but your pointe finger and middle finger are the ones you like. You are still spitting all the time. You just won't swallow it.

Zantac: 3 times a day
Mylicon: 4 times a day

You still enjoy bath time! You are in the big bath now! I just can't wait until you sit up so you can enjoy it even more!

You roll and roll and roll and roll. We have taken out the coffee table so you don't hit it. The other day I found you in the hallway. My days of findin you in the spot where I layed you are LONG gone!

You know who I am and you reach for me! It's probably my favorite thing you do!

We love you sweet angel and we wouldn't know what we would be doing if you had not come along! We love EVERY minute we have with you and are so excited to continue watching you grow!