1 Chronicles 16:34
"Give Thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
3 Year Anniversary
1 Chronicles 16:34
"Give Thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever."
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Ryan has two teeth!!
Well, after all that chewing and drooling, Ryan finally cut his first two teeth. They are both on the bottom front. His left came first 8/16, and right came second 8/18. I have attempted to photograph these cute little pearly whites, but have yet to be successful. He is happy to have you stick your hand in and touch them, but try to open his mouth or pull down the lower lip to show them off "NO THANKS!!"
This past weekend, he also said "dada" for the first time. He happened to be looking right at Mike at the time (which I know he didn't necessarily associate it, but how cute!!) He has since repeated dadas, babas, and a few gagas, but still no mama yet :( Hopefully soon!!
Minus one night, the past two weeks we are finally back to our sleeping from 8pm-3:30 or 4am, then nursing and back to sleep till around 7:30am. Knock on wood!! I'll take it though! Much better than the 12:30-1:30am THEN 4:30-5am that we were stuck with for almost a month. My little guy is also being a big boy napper and most mornings is up for 2 hrs and then naps for 2 hrs first thing, followed by 2 more naps during the day of appx an hour each. If we're out running errands then they are much shorter and typically on Mondays I only get two naps and they are both about two hours. Not sure why he always seems more tired on Mondays. I'm fine with it!
New foods lately, green beans-loves, plums-dislikes. Going to have pears and squash next. I think that's it for now! Just sharing a brief update on our little cutie pie :)
This past weekend, he also said "dada" for the first time. He happened to be looking right at Mike at the time (which I know he didn't necessarily associate it, but how cute!!) He has since repeated dadas, babas, and a few gagas, but still no mama yet :( Hopefully soon!!
Minus one night, the past two weeks we are finally back to our sleeping from 8pm-3:30 or 4am, then nursing and back to sleep till around 7:30am. Knock on wood!! I'll take it though! Much better than the 12:30-1:30am THEN 4:30-5am that we were stuck with for almost a month. My little guy is also being a big boy napper and most mornings is up for 2 hrs and then naps for 2 hrs first thing, followed by 2 more naps during the day of appx an hour each. If we're out running errands then they are much shorter and typically on Mondays I only get two naps and they are both about two hours. Not sure why he always seems more tired on Mondays. I'm fine with it!
New foods lately, green beans-loves, plums-dislikes. Going to have pears and squash next. I think that's it for now! Just sharing a brief update on our little cutie pie :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Road trip- San Antonio, TX
Well, this past weekend Ryan experienced his first long road trip to San Antonio, TX. He did wonderfully!! We kept him very busy and it was very hot, but he was a trooper and although he had his tired times in the evenings he did about as well as we could've hoped for.
Day 1: Friday, Mike took a vacation day from work and we left our home around 8:30am. Ryan had woken up that morning at 7:45. I fed him, got him dressed, let him play for about 10 minutes, then loaded him up in the car seat to go. He played with toys in his car seat for the first half hour or so then was out and slept for two hours! (YAY!) When he woke up it was about time for him to eat, but he was happy after I climbed back in the back next to him and played with a few toys and gave him some juice. We stopped just north of San Antonio before Loop 1604 so I could feed him about 12:15pm then continued on to our destination at La Cantera, where we arrived at 1:15pm. We met up with our friends the Turners for lunch at Grimaldis pizzeria. It was delicious! They had just built it before we left last year, but had limited hours and we never were able to try it out before we moved. The Turners have a little girl, Emma, who just turned 1 at the beginning of the summer. She is such a cutie and has grown so much since we saw her last! We went back to the Turner's house after lunch to play for a couple hours so Ryan could stretch and be out of his car seat. It was also just too hot to be outside. The little ones enjoyed playing for about an hour then Emma went down for a nap and Ryan ate and we left. Following our visit with the Turners we went to see a former sorority sister, Jenna Rose, and her two new twin girls- Katelynn and Leah. SO CUTE!! They are one month old and soooo tiny! I think one of the girls is about 5 lbs an the other is a little over 7 lbs at one month. It was nice to see Jenna and meet her precious little angels. After this visit we finally went to the Wood's home where we were staying for the weekend to get all our stuff unpacked and set up for the night. Unfortunately, Ryan didn't get any other naps other than the first long one and a couple 10 minutes between places that afternoon so he was pretty tired. He ate and then we headed out to one of our fav Mexican food restaurants in San Antonio, La Fogata! It was just as good as we remembered (minus being over 100 degrees and sitting outside). While we were there Ryan had a little bit of a meltdown which I think was a mixture of the heat and the fact that he was TIRED!! So, we took turns walking him around, ate then headed home for the night. Ryan had his first big boy bath sitting up in a tub at the Wood's house that night and then went straight to sleep about 9:30pm. The adults stayed up and watched a movie, Bounty Hunter, then turned in for the night around midnight. (long day!) Ryan did great sleeping in his pack 'n play for the first time and slept until 5am, woke up to nurse, then went back to sleep until about 8am.
Day 2: Began after Ryan was up for the morning at 8am. John had gone out and bought various pastries for breakfast from Broadway bakery (yummy!). We had kolaches, muffins, and scones- all delicious. After taking it easy in the morning and letting Ryan play and get in his long morning nap, we got ready for the day and Kristy went to a baby shower while John, Mike, Ryan and I went to Pam's Patio for lunch. I enjoyed their Spinach, strawberry and chicken salad and a strawberry lemonade! After lunch we met back up with Kristy at the house and let Ryan get in a nap. Then, we went to the Shops at La Cantera for a little shopping and Piccomolo gelato. To get out of the heat we headed back to the house and cleaned up, fed Ryan then went to Paesano's for dinner. We had planned to go to the River walk, but figured with the heat and tourists, since it is the end of the summer, we'd rather steer clear. Ryan will have to get his picture with the Alamo and River walk on our next trip. After dinner, bath and bed for Ryan- the adults enjoyed a friendly game of Yahtzee that EMILY won!! (finally!! Mike always wins!) It was lots of fun, then we all turned in for the night since we were pretty tired.
Day 3: Sunday morning we got up around 7:30am after Ryan woke to nurse (he was also up at 4am). We let him play on a blanket downstairs while we ate breakfast and then he napped while we got ready for church. We went to Crossbridge Community Bible Church, which was where Mike and I attended for a little over a year while we lived in San Antonio. We saw a few familiar faces, but many new ones. It was neat to go back and see the service. A few things have changed and they have built a Community Center on their land that they were paying off when we attended. Also, in April 2011 they are going to start meeting in a new sanctuary on their property. (They currently meet at Ronald Reagan HS) It is neat to see the growth of the church and Ryan got to go to BZ-A during service, which is where I used to serve on the 1st Sundays of the month. He had fun for the first half hour or so, then I got a page over the screen which I knew I would because we were past a feeding and I was hoping to enjoy some of the service. However, since he ate during service, we were able to go straight to lunch from church. We went to lunch at Perico's where everyone else had breakfast tacos and I got their enchiladas verdes. Yum! I miss fresh homemade flour tortillas everywhere you go in San Antonio and sooo good! After lunch we went back to the Wood's and packed up our stuff and loaded up the car for the trip home. I'll just give a brief summary on the long trip that we had going home because it's tiring just to think about. Left Woods home @ 1:15pm I-10/DeZavala. Accident/traffic 1604 to get onto I-35N (45min). Nursed Ryan in San Marcos, shopped Ann Taylor store (30min), crazy traffic to leave outlets- 45 min (just to get out of parking lot onto freeway!!), stand-still traffic just north of SM to Buda (1hr+), Another slow-up Lorena, Waco for Subway dinner and nurse Ryan, slow-down in Hillsboro, finally home @ a little after 8pm... Whew! Definitely don't miss the traffic on I-35 and I remember why we always traveled 281 when we lived in SA.
We hated that the trip ended on such a sour note, because it really was a great trip and Ryan did so well. He was pretty fussy by the end of the day Sunday, but can you blame him?!? We were too!! Also, we realized the next day when Ryan had his first tooth come through (8/16) that some of the fussing could've been related to that, but I do think he was bored/tired of being in his car seat. I think that's the summary of our trip! It was great to go back and we hope to go again when it is cooler and show Ryan some of the "historic/touristy" side of San Antonio. You'll see most of our trip revolved around friends and food! That's the way it should be, right? :) Hope you enjoy some of our photos below. I tried to take a few, but didn't get any with the other babies. I hope to steal some the Turners took eventually of Ryan and Emma. Enjoy!
Playtime in the morning on his tweety blanket
Ryan loves his hosts- Kristy and John Wood
Our other gracious hostesses- Ida and Deja
Thanks for opening your home to us!! We miss you two
Naked baby hanging out with Dad before bath time- Deja checking out baby
Our fav- La Fogata, margaritas and tacos al pastor
Tasty food, great company- but HOT HOT HOT outside!
Ryan enjoys ice and water during dinner to keep him cool
Excited about his first day in San Antonio
Day 1: Friday, Mike took a vacation day from work and we left our home around 8:30am. Ryan had woken up that morning at 7:45. I fed him, got him dressed, let him play for about 10 minutes, then loaded him up in the car seat to go. He played with toys in his car seat for the first half hour or so then was out and slept for two hours! (YAY!) When he woke up it was about time for him to eat, but he was happy after I climbed back in the back next to him and played with a few toys and gave him some juice. We stopped just north of San Antonio before Loop 1604 so I could feed him about 12:15pm then continued on to our destination at La Cantera, where we arrived at 1:15pm. We met up with our friends the Turners for lunch at Grimaldis pizzeria. It was delicious! They had just built it before we left last year, but had limited hours and we never were able to try it out before we moved. The Turners have a little girl, Emma, who just turned 1 at the beginning of the summer. She is such a cutie and has grown so much since we saw her last! We went back to the Turner's house after lunch to play for a couple hours so Ryan could stretch and be out of his car seat. It was also just too hot to be outside. The little ones enjoyed playing for about an hour then Emma went down for a nap and Ryan ate and we left. Following our visit with the Turners we went to see a former sorority sister, Jenna Rose, and her two new twin girls- Katelynn and Leah. SO CUTE!! They are one month old and soooo tiny! I think one of the girls is about 5 lbs an the other is a little over 7 lbs at one month. It was nice to see Jenna and meet her precious little angels. After this visit we finally went to the Wood's home where we were staying for the weekend to get all our stuff unpacked and set up for the night. Unfortunately, Ryan didn't get any other naps other than the first long one and a couple 10 minutes between places that afternoon so he was pretty tired. He ate and then we headed out to one of our fav Mexican food restaurants in San Antonio, La Fogata! It was just as good as we remembered (minus being over 100 degrees and sitting outside). While we were there Ryan had a little bit of a meltdown which I think was a mixture of the heat and the fact that he was TIRED!! So, we took turns walking him around, ate then headed home for the night. Ryan had his first big boy bath sitting up in a tub at the Wood's house that night and then went straight to sleep about 9:30pm. The adults stayed up and watched a movie, Bounty Hunter, then turned in for the night around midnight. (long day!) Ryan did great sleeping in his pack 'n play for the first time and slept until 5am, woke up to nurse, then went back to sleep until about 8am.
Day 2: Began after Ryan was up for the morning at 8am. John had gone out and bought various pastries for breakfast from Broadway bakery (yummy!). We had kolaches, muffins, and scones- all delicious. After taking it easy in the morning and letting Ryan play and get in his long morning nap, we got ready for the day and Kristy went to a baby shower while John, Mike, Ryan and I went to Pam's Patio for lunch. I enjoyed their Spinach, strawberry and chicken salad and a strawberry lemonade! After lunch we met back up with Kristy at the house and let Ryan get in a nap. Then, we went to the Shops at La Cantera for a little shopping and Piccomolo gelato. To get out of the heat we headed back to the house and cleaned up, fed Ryan then went to Paesano's for dinner. We had planned to go to the River walk, but figured with the heat and tourists, since it is the end of the summer, we'd rather steer clear. Ryan will have to get his picture with the Alamo and River walk on our next trip. After dinner, bath and bed for Ryan- the adults enjoyed a friendly game of Yahtzee that EMILY won!! (finally!! Mike always wins!) It was lots of fun, then we all turned in for the night since we were pretty tired.
Day 3: Sunday morning we got up around 7:30am after Ryan woke to nurse (he was also up at 4am). We let him play on a blanket downstairs while we ate breakfast and then he napped while we got ready for church. We went to Crossbridge Community Bible Church, which was where Mike and I attended for a little over a year while we lived in San Antonio. We saw a few familiar faces, but many new ones. It was neat to go back and see the service. A few things have changed and they have built a Community Center on their land that they were paying off when we attended. Also, in April 2011 they are going to start meeting in a new sanctuary on their property. (They currently meet at Ronald Reagan HS) It is neat to see the growth of the church and Ryan got to go to BZ-A during service, which is where I used to serve on the 1st Sundays of the month. He had fun for the first half hour or so, then I got a page over the screen which I knew I would because we were past a feeding and I was hoping to enjoy some of the service. However, since he ate during service, we were able to go straight to lunch from church. We went to lunch at Perico's where everyone else had breakfast tacos and I got their enchiladas verdes. Yum! I miss fresh homemade flour tortillas everywhere you go in San Antonio and sooo good! After lunch we went back to the Wood's and packed up our stuff and loaded up the car for the trip home. I'll just give a brief summary on the long trip that we had going home because it's tiring just to think about. Left Woods home @ 1:15pm I-10/DeZavala. Accident/traffic 1604 to get onto I-35N (45min). Nursed Ryan in San Marcos, shopped Ann Taylor store (30min), crazy traffic to leave outlets- 45 min (just to get out of parking lot onto freeway!!), stand-still traffic just north of SM to Buda (1hr+), Another slow-up Lorena, Waco for Subway dinner and nurse Ryan, slow-down in Hillsboro, finally home @ a little after 8pm... Whew! Definitely don't miss the traffic on I-35 and I remember why we always traveled 281 when we lived in SA.
We hated that the trip ended on such a sour note, because it really was a great trip and Ryan did so well. He was pretty fussy by the end of the day Sunday, but can you blame him?!? We were too!! Also, we realized the next day when Ryan had his first tooth come through (8/16) that some of the fussing could've been related to that, but I do think he was bored/tired of being in his car seat. I think that's the summary of our trip! It was great to go back and we hope to go again when it is cooler and show Ryan some of the "historic/touristy" side of San Antonio. You'll see most of our trip revolved around friends and food! That's the way it should be, right? :) Hope you enjoy some of our photos below. I tried to take a few, but didn't get any with the other babies. I hope to steal some the Turners took eventually of Ryan and Emma. Enjoy!
Playtime in the morning on his tweety blanket
Ryan loves his hosts- Kristy and John Wood
Our other gracious hostesses- Ida and Deja
Thanks for opening your home to us!! We miss you two
Naked baby hanging out with Dad before bath time- Deja checking out baby
Our fav- La Fogata, margaritas and tacos al pastor
Tasty food, great company- but HOT HOT HOT outside!
Ryan enjoys ice and water during dinner to keep him cool
Excited about his first day in San AntonioTuesday, August 10, 2010
Ryan is 6 months!
Our little boy is now six months old! He is such a sweetie and growing fast! It is amazing that he's already halfway to a year. Where has the time gone? We have a busy August ahead of us and really most of the Fall months ahead as well so I'll try to be better about blogging to keep you up to speed with what's going on with the Campbells.
Here's Ryan's 6 month update:
-We're on to size 3 diapers and hopefully stick with this size through the rest of the year
-He wears 6-9 month clothing, but 9 month for one piece outfits
-At his 6 month checkup he weighed 18lbs. 15oz 75th% and was 28 inches long 90th%
-He can now sit up on his own for long periods of time to play although we still supervise b/c he will look up or get excited and lose his balance and fall backwards or sideways occasionally. (he's bonked his head a couple times which surprises him and makes him 'and Mom' sad)
-He's not technically on all 4's and crawling yet, but he's certainly getting around. He "creeps" all over the place especially to get a toy out of reach
-He is laughing more and more at funny things Mike and I do or say and we enjoy making him laugh
-He splashes like crazy during bathtime and sometimes you would think that I had taken a bath with him for how soaked I get
-He does get mad and throw a small tantrum when I take a toy he's not done playing with
-He has many favorite toys, but during car rides it's his lovey bear or his blue bear
-He doesn't have much to say with vowel-consonant combinations (mama, dada, etc), it's still mostly vowel sounds, but all his "talks" and vocalizations are so funny and we love hearing what he has to say
-He enjoys playing with/touching his ears and head. The pediatrician says this is because he is learning about "object permanence"- anyways it's cute to watch!
-He seems to recognize his grandparents pretty well now and responds positively to them
-He is not as startled or scared of the Campbells dogs barking when we go to visit which is good!
-He is now starting to have solids twice a day instead of just once as advised by our pediatrician. Current favorites are sweet potatoes, carrots, and apples (I'm sure he still loves peaches and bananas, he just hasn't had them in awhile)
-He was nursing 6-7 times a day depending on night time, but we are now cutting back to 5-6 as we are working hard to break him of the night feeding he's become so dependent on the past month or so. (this is still a work in progress)
-He has gotten much better at napping and has one two hour nap a day (if we're at home) and generally two other appx 1 hr naps which is great!! If we are out and about it's usually just the to and from in the car (so 30 minutes each way from FW)
I think that's about it for now. Hope you enjoy his 6 month picture posts below. It is becoming more and more of a challenge to pose him with that sign. It gets destroyed by the end of each session now. We have a very busy little guy on our hands!
Love, Emily
I am 6 months old!
Look! There's my sign! Let me grab that Mom
Sweet happy smiling boy! We love you so much! :)
Here's Ryan's 6 month update:
-We're on to size 3 diapers and hopefully stick with this size through the rest of the year
-He wears 6-9 month clothing, but 9 month for one piece outfits
-At his 6 month checkup he weighed 18lbs. 15oz 75th% and was 28 inches long 90th%
-He can now sit up on his own for long periods of time to play although we still supervise b/c he will look up or get excited and lose his balance and fall backwards or sideways occasionally. (he's bonked his head a couple times which surprises him and makes him 'and Mom' sad)
-He's not technically on all 4's and crawling yet, but he's certainly getting around. He "creeps" all over the place especially to get a toy out of reach
-He is laughing more and more at funny things Mike and I do or say and we enjoy making him laugh
-He splashes like crazy during bathtime and sometimes you would think that I had taken a bath with him for how soaked I get
-He does get mad and throw a small tantrum when I take a toy he's not done playing with
-He has many favorite toys, but during car rides it's his lovey bear or his blue bear
-He doesn't have much to say with vowel-consonant combinations (mama, dada, etc), it's still mostly vowel sounds, but all his "talks" and vocalizations are so funny and we love hearing what he has to say
-He enjoys playing with/touching his ears and head. The pediatrician says this is because he is learning about "object permanence"- anyways it's cute to watch!
-He seems to recognize his grandparents pretty well now and responds positively to them
-He is not as startled or scared of the Campbells dogs barking when we go to visit which is good!
-He is now starting to have solids twice a day instead of just once as advised by our pediatrician. Current favorites are sweet potatoes, carrots, and apples (I'm sure he still loves peaches and bananas, he just hasn't had them in awhile)
-He was nursing 6-7 times a day depending on night time, but we are now cutting back to 5-6 as we are working hard to break him of the night feeding he's become so dependent on the past month or so. (this is still a work in progress)
-He has gotten much better at napping and has one two hour nap a day (if we're at home) and generally two other appx 1 hr naps which is great!! If we are out and about it's usually just the to and from in the car (so 30 minutes each way from FW)
I think that's about it for now. Hope you enjoy his 6 month picture posts below. It is becoming more and more of a challenge to pose him with that sign. It gets destroyed by the end of each session now. We have a very busy little guy on our hands!
Love, Emily
I am 6 months old!
Look! There's my sign! Let me grab that Mom
Sweet happy smiling boy! We love you so much! :)Friday, July 30, 2010
Summertime
Here are a few updated July photos of our precious little boy. He looks so good in blue and I really like finding cute blue outfits! Only one week until he will be 6 months old. Below are a few photos of playtime with his cousin, Naomi and his grandmother, Melodye. This summer is hot hot hot so we enjoy mostly playing indoors. Earlier this week we had some cooler (high 70's) weather due to rain and we enjoyed family walks around the neighborhood. One night Ryan rode in his front carrier, the other night in his big-boy stroller. He really seemed to enjoy our time out walking and Mike and I enjoyed the exercise and nice breeze. That's all for now :)
~Emily
Cutie pie hanging out in the Boppy
Precious blue eyes
Cousins playtime
Ryan hanging out with GrammyTuesday, July 20, 2010
Ryan's latest fascinations
Sorry I've been so bad at updating lately. It's been a busy few weeks and going to continue to be that way for a little while. Also, I recently got Mike's old iPhone since he got the iPhone 4 and so I check everyone else's blogs and all other Internet related things that way. I tried to start a blog post from the phone, but it just wasn't working out so now that Ryan is happily napping I thought I'd provide a quick update.
Lately, one of our favorite things to watch is Ryan's fascination with the 'waving/turning' of his hands. He discovered his hands quite awhile ago, but just recently has I guess noticed that he can rotate his wrist so at various times during the day I will see him intently studying his hand as he turns it each direction (think pageant beauty wave ladies). It is really adorable and I always ask him if he's waving to me and when I mimic the movement with my hand he watches and will reach out to grab my hand or smile. Perhaps our little guy is going to be a music conductor like his great-grandaddy Bob.
Another recent fun thing for him is loud grunting/growling or otherwise what I call his "man noises". He will be so loud sometimes practicing all his different noises and you get some high pitched mixed in there as well. It is really funny and we can't help but laugh at his growling, etc. He seems so pleased with himself as he tries out these new vocalizations.
In the world of solid foods, he's had avocados, bananas & peaches. He liked the avocados pretty good the first time, but wasn't as thrilled the next two. Doesn't seem to care much for bananas, but generally likes peaches pretty well. I've tried mixing with cereal to get him to like cereal, but still no success quite yet. I have tried that stuff and I can see why he wouldn't be a big fan. He's had rice and oatmeal baby cereals and I just switch back and forth every couple of days now. So, we'll just keep trying- I believe peas are on the menu this week.
Other news, I enjoyed visiting with some old college friends last weekend at Elizabeth's bridal shower and luncheon in Dallas. Mike got to stay home with Ryan for over 3 hours (so far the longest I've been away from him). We also enjoyed entertaining our friend Kristy Wood from San Antonio and look forward to visiting she and her husband John in San Antonio in August. Lastly, I am excited for Vivian's baby shower that is coming up this weekend and happy for some more girl-time. I think that's it for now, hopefully I'll update again soon with pictures! :)
~Emily
Lately, one of our favorite things to watch is Ryan's fascination with the 'waving/turning' of his hands. He discovered his hands quite awhile ago, but just recently has I guess noticed that he can rotate his wrist so at various times during the day I will see him intently studying his hand as he turns it each direction (think pageant beauty wave ladies). It is really adorable and I always ask him if he's waving to me and when I mimic the movement with my hand he watches and will reach out to grab my hand or smile. Perhaps our little guy is going to be a music conductor like his great-grandaddy Bob.
Another recent fun thing for him is loud grunting/growling or otherwise what I call his "man noises". He will be so loud sometimes practicing all his different noises and you get some high pitched mixed in there as well. It is really funny and we can't help but laugh at his growling, etc. He seems so pleased with himself as he tries out these new vocalizations.
In the world of solid foods, he's had avocados, bananas & peaches. He liked the avocados pretty good the first time, but wasn't as thrilled the next two. Doesn't seem to care much for bananas, but generally likes peaches pretty well. I've tried mixing with cereal to get him to like cereal, but still no success quite yet. I have tried that stuff and I can see why he wouldn't be a big fan. He's had rice and oatmeal baby cereals and I just switch back and forth every couple of days now. So, we'll just keep trying- I believe peas are on the menu this week.
Other news, I enjoyed visiting with some old college friends last weekend at Elizabeth's bridal shower and luncheon in Dallas. Mike got to stay home with Ryan for over 3 hours (so far the longest I've been away from him). We also enjoyed entertaining our friend Kristy Wood from San Antonio and look forward to visiting she and her husband John in San Antonio in August. Lastly, I am excited for Vivian's baby shower that is coming up this weekend and happy for some more girl-time. I think that's it for now, hopefully I'll update again soon with pictures! :)
~Emily
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Ryan is 5 months old!
The only picture I got before he saw the sign
Hmmm... what is this??
It sure looks tasty!!
Picture- post sign crumpling (couldn't get him to smile for this)
Where did my sign go??Our little precious boy is growing with each day and is now 5 months old! I am amazed at the changes and growth he's made just from month 4 to 5. Here are some of the highlights:
- He is now in size 2 diapers and will quickly be moving to size 3
- He weighs about 17 lbs now and is almost 27 inches long
- He is wearing mostly 6-9 mo clothing now, although some 3-6 outfits still fit- particularly the two piece ones. His footed sleepers now are 9 months though b/c he's so long!
- He is now scooting to get to toys on a blanket. I have to watch him constantly b/c he goes from one side of the blanket to off the blanket across the room quickly if he wants something (aka the cat)
- He rolls both ways- esp loves rolling from his back onto his tummy so he can move around better
- Turns in circles on his tummy especially in the direction of a voice or the TV
- Loves to grab at our faces especially nose, mouth, and ears. He giggles when you pretend to "munch/eat" on his fingers
- He has the most precious laugh I can't get enough of it
- He likes when we blow on his belly or kiss his belly and giggles when we tickle him- he is sooo ticklish!!
- Sometimes he will giggle or smile after he sneezes when I say "Bless you"
- He is trying out new higher pitched sounds that make US laugh b/c they sound so funny
- He has a new smile that he does sometimes with his lips pursed that we call his "grandpa" smile- I'll try to get it on film to show you it's too funny
- He is still having some 1am feedings to add to his 4:30-5am feeding, but we're slowly seeing more days where he is back to going down around 8:30pm at night and sleeping until around 5am which I obviously like much better! When he wakes up he just eats and goes back to sleep and is up for the day between 8-8:30am
- Ryan is still breastfeeding every three hours during the day, 4 hours in the morning due to his long nap, but last month I let him start trying rice cereal and oatmeal a handful of times. I plan to gradually start a few fruits and veggies during his 5th month to be ready to eat solids a little more regularly when he turns 6 months old. This is something I keep going back and forth on b/c the pediatrician recommended starting him on solids at his 4 month visit, but the AAP recommends no solids until 6 months. However, at 6 months babies iron stores start depleting so I figured starting a little cereal and teaching him how to take something other than nursing wouldn't be too bad. I plan to make his foods because I think it will be fun and it is a cost effective and nutritious choice for him. So, for this month I am planning apples, peaches, avocados and sweet potatoes. One new thing each week.
Ryan is such a joy and we love him so much. We feel so blessed to have such a happy, energetic and busy little boy! He has his fussy moments and definitely seems to have an idea about what he wants and the way things should be (Can we say type A personality shining through already??!) I know he'll keep us running after him in no time at all. We love you, Ryan!!
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