5 month update!

Nico has continued to bring such happiness in our lives! We have no recollection of what life was like before him! Here's the 5 month update...

The clothing: 6 mo. outfits... getting into some 9's too! Diapers: 2    
The appetite: Still going strong with just breastmilk. Boring for Nico but an accomplishment I am proud of. He'll eat anywhere in the range of 5-7 oz.. Has 3-4 hr intervals during the day and a little longer than that at night.
The schedule: Consistently wakes up around 8 or 9 for the day, takes only 2-3 naps that aren't as long as they were last month. He seems to spend a large majority of the day awake!
The sleeping: Bedtime around 8-9 more often than not. Luckily, when he does get up throughout the night (which is usually about twice), he eats and falls asleep immediately. I'm definitely lucky there.
Developmental milestones:

His 1st tooth!

Teething, teething, and more teething.

 

Rolling over.



Presses up to lift his chest off ground and wiggles around some when on his tummy.




Chews on his feet.

Sitting up briefly with minimal support! 
Has a forward protective reflex and will sit independently with hands on the ground in front of him, but will easily fall to the side and backwards without support.

Supports legs in standing.


Longer babbling that we pretend are words! He also will smile and laugh whenever we make faces or say something funny.

Improved fine motor skills.
Uses all fingers except thumb to grasp objects and passes objects between hands. He cracks me up when he stares at his hands like this.
 

 

Our Favorite Moments are: I probably will always have the same answer every time... whenever he smiles and laughs! I especially love the shitty grin he gets. David and I constantly are telling eachother "he's just SO cute" (as I'm sure every parent says about their child!)

What he's like:  He's so fun! He's generally a happy guy but has his cranky spells at times from teething. He's good at knowing what he wants and has different cries that aren't too difficult to figure out. He's tickelish and easily smiles and laughs, which is my favorite part about him. He cracks up every time I change his clothes and I can't help but laugh every single time too! He loves to be bounced on your lap and try to stand or sit up all by himself. He is so squirmy now and rarely likes to be held- it's been bittersweet and I already miss the days of just holding him for long periods.  

The fav toys: Anything that goes in his mouth, especially the water-filled toys.

 

David is such a good daddy. (He is actually just being a smartass here since he never will rub MY shoulders!)


 

 

He can't get enough of his thumb- and its always the left one! We chant "Find your thumb" when he's tired and cranky, because he easily passes out once it goes in.



 

 

Everything is going so great for us right now. This past month has been especially exciting for David because of a new change that will be taking place next Friday...... he will partially be a "stay at home dad!" He is done with the office day job and is going to just have his 12U baseball team and do hitting lessons. I'm really excited for him because he wasn't happy where he was at, and coaching baseball is definitely his calling. Now, we will have plenty of time together even during the chaos that summer baseball season brings. Neither of us will even work on Friday's- can't beat that! Don't ask me how each of us has figured out a way to work less at a job we love and still make a good living!