5 Months Old!

This precious little love of ours is FIVE months old today!

This little guy is smiling like crazy now, but of course I couldn't get him to show off that precious gummy smile for his 5 month picture! (it didn't help that I had like 2.2 seconds to take the pic today!)

Sweet little Millsy-bear, what are you up to this month???

-You have become SO MUCH FUN!!! Your personality is starting to really develop and it is absolutely the best thing in the whole wide world to watch!

-Your talking had lessened at the beginning of the month, but after our trip to the beach, it really escalated. Now you are squealing and in the past few days you have let out some little screams...it's so funny because it startles you that that BIG noise came from YOU! :)

-You are a drooling machine and you've starting blowing bubbles...and your spit (I think they call that "blowing raspberries"). You make a mess but it's so stinkin' cute.

-You are LAUGHING so much now and we LOVE it. Big time. You're very ticklish and laugh when I tickle you, and then just the other day your daddy looked at you and you cracked up. He would look away and then look back and you thought it was hilarious! He would make a funny noise and it was startle you, but then you would chuckle away. So that's our new trick, and I could do it allllll day long. No, seriously, I totally could. :)

-You are a roly-poly-oly. When you're laying on your activity mat, you roll over to your stomach every 30 seconds...and then after a while you want someone to flip you back over...asap. You are loving your exersaucer and the Johnny Jump Up. You want to bounce all the time!

-You're a great sleeper, and you now fall asleep in your crib on your own (95% of the time) and it makes it so much easier for us. We've finally stopped swaddling you b/c you're the Great Houdini and figured out how to get out of it every single time. But now, even though we tuck your blanket in, you pull it out and sometimes cover your face with it - we have the video monitor (LOVE it) and also check on you all the time b/c we know "they" say not to let you have a loose blanket, but you love to cuddle with it and pull it close and we just try to keep a good eye on you. You also like to cuddle with the giraffe noise maker...you scoot all the way into the corner of the crib to cuddle up to that thing, haha. You sleep about 9 or 10 hours a night, wake up to eat around 6:30 or 7am, then usually go back to sleep for 2-3 hours. I lay you next to me after I feed you and it's the bestest. (yes, I know that's not a word but it's necessary for me to describe how much I love your morning cuddles!) Did I mention how stinkin' cute you are???

-You moved up to size 2 diapers last week, weigh 16lbs 4oz, and are wearing mostly 3-6 month clothing, although you can still wear a good bit of the 0-3 month outfits, too. 

-This past month you've been to the beach and felt the sand in your toes and ocean waves on your feet! You also got in the swimming pool for the first time.

Each day is more fun with you than the last and we feel so blessed to be your parents!

OH how we love you, our sweet 5 month old baby!