Great Kay

We lost a wonderful woman yesterday. Boh, you got to meet her when we went down to Florida in '08. I'm sorry you didn't get the chance, Mer. But know that she will always be a part of both of you.

Giggles

Scrambled Eggs

I thought we maybe wouldn't have to purchase kitchen-related toys until the girl got bigger. I should have known better when daddy does all the cooking.

Roll baby, roll!

This is from the night before she actually did it. We have yet to capture a full fledged roll on videotape.

Grrrr!

Pickles!

This is how Boh talks all the time now. And he's always listing things off:

We're going to the stooore. To get some eggs, some cheese, cereal, drops, apple juice...

In fact, one day he sat down at the table, grabbed the notepad and a pen and started making a grocery list!

When we ask what he did at school?

Running, played ball, ate lunch...

Month Five

Meridian,

Today, you turned five months old!

It's been a big month for you! You rolled over for the first time a couple weeks ago! And you totally did it backwards. Don't you know you're supposed to roll from tummy to back first? Not back to tummy like you did?! Once you learned it, you spent the whole week perfecting it. We weren't able to keep you on your back for any length of time. And then you got sick and stopped. I don't know if it was the sickness or if you just grew bored of this new skill.

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The Sickness. Ugh. Actually, UGH for the rest of us. It didn't seem to faze you too much! You had a bit of a fever and a teensy bit of wheezing, but other than that, it wasn't much different than a cold to you. You slept a lot the first couple days you were ill and after that, you were back to your puking self. Because when you get a cold you puke. A lot. I think it's the pleghm. You get all icky and cough and gag on it and next thing, I'm getting doused with your last meal. Thankfully, you got better pretty quick!

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Which is a GREAT thing, because I was terrified you would get sick enough to land you in the hospital. Because you were only four months old. And I know of 2 kids that ended up there - one was in your class (he was 3 months old) and the other is a neighbor who is 19 months old. I feel like we dodged a bullet. I was vigilant with you - steamy baths, making sure you were eating anytime it seemed like you might, helping you take it easy - like a baby doesn't have it easy already, right? We took you in to see the doctor the first day I heard you making a wheezing sound and the doc rambled on and on about how she was so sure you didn't have it because babies that have RSV are just so miserable! And from what she could tell, you were not. Of course, you are such a good little baby that your misery was this: on Saturday, by your standards, you were inconsolable. What that means is you fussed when you were awake. No full-fledged crying or screaming or anything. You just weren't happy unless you were attached to the boob or sleeping. But you also weren't extremely unhappy. No excessive crying. No screaming. Very little shedding of tears. And this from a baby with RSV and an ear infection.

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In fact, the compliment you receive the most at the daycare - second to your beautiful blue eyes - is just HOW GOOD you are! And questions about whether you are as good for us at home as you are for them at daycare. And the answer is 'yes'. You are a good baby! If I was guaranteed to have babies like you all the time, I wouldn't be against having several more. In fact, if everyone was guaranteed to have babies like you, everyone would have 19 children.

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While your behavior is impeccable, there are a couple areas where you still will not budge. Specifically, anything food-related. Like the lack of taking a bottle. Still. Or that we have tried to start feeding you solids with very little success. Because the instant we put you in your seat and strap a bib on, you clamp your gums together and we are unable to wedge even a speck of food into your mouth. So we spend mealtime doing whatever we can to trick you into opening your mouth so we can shove just a tiny amount of food into your mouth and hope you don't gag on it. We certainly aren't making much progress on that front.

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Now that you're five months, we are supposed to up the feedings from twice a day to three times a day. And I don't know how that is going to happen when someone is staging an all out protest.

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Why it is particularly bothersome is because you will shove everything into your mouth! You are constantly chewing on something. The instant you are able to wrap your chubby little fingers around anything, you pull it to your gaping pie hole. However, try and give you some yummy applesauce? That mouth is shut tighter than Fort Knox.

You are getting to be more fun with every day that goes by! You smile quite a bit and we are able to get you to laugh more often. You're still a pretty tough audience though.

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You love to watch your brother and don't ever want to miss out on anything that's going on around you. You are dying to be able to sit up on your own so you can watch the world around you. Whenever we try to lay you back for whatever reason, you tighten up your stomach muscles and try your best to get yourself into a sitting position.

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You are doing quite well on the sleep front - for the most part. Some nights, you are up every three hours, but that has only happened a couple times in the last month. Typically, you are sleeping until 4 a.m. Then you eat a little and are out again until 6 or 7. I'll take it!

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You are quite the little growler right now. Instead of babbling like the typical baby, you sit around and gnaw on a toy and growl. And you give us a big grin when we growl back at you! It's pretty darn cute!

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You are just so sweet and cute and such a great baby and we are having so much fun watching you grow and change and it seems like it's happening way too fast!

Love,
momma

Spending some time with Grandma

Everyone on Mommy's Lap

Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day

Had to post this in response to Creamer's blurb about Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day. I just wanted to let him know we celebrate in style around here: