Wow...where to begin.May be easier to just list the things that occurred.
Well, seen here in the video below, he grabbed my camera...and then licked it. :-)
He learned how to open his hands to grab/grasp for things. He grabs at everything he can, especially things that light up.
He gave me another hickey.
The nursing strike has ended!
He met his paternal grandparents, and his Aunt and cousin.
He met his third cousins, aka his godparents.
He finally got a pair of bitching sun glasses.
He stands, assisted, all the time.
He pulls for Chris's goat-tee all the time and yanks his glasses off.
He rolls and rolls and rolls....over and over and over, and cries when furniture gets in his way.
Everything he comes into contact with goes into his mouth.
He actively tries to grab for his bottle and hold it, even though he really can't do it well. When I take it away, he stares at it and cries, and reaches for it.
We can see and feel two bottom teeth on the verge of cutting through. We're giving him Hyland's Teething Tablets and he loves them. When he sees the tablet in my hand, he calms down and opens his mouth for me to insert!
He crawled! Well it was 'one' crawl, then he gave up and rolled the rest of the way.
He got a Bumbo but he's too young and weak for it. He can tolerate maybe 5 minutes a day in it, then he slouches over. But it's good practice and he'll enjoy it more later.
He saw his Dr a week ago, he weighed in at 12 lb 13 oz and is 26 inches long. He's in the 75% percentile in length, which is above average (For a 4 month old, not a 6 month old) but still in the 3rd percentile for weight for his real age, not adjusted. I'm sure he's 13 lb by now. He sees the Dr again in a week for vaccinations.
He uses the "big boy" stroller now, don't really put the car seat in the stroller anymore, it's too heavy for me to lift.
He kind of had a little cold, but not really. He never got a fever, but he had a cough and some sneezes. He felt kind of cruddy and napped on me for over 6 hours on Saturday, poor little sweet boy. He was a trooper though, he never really cried about it. LOL.
His hair is growing back like a weed! And it's BLOND, almost white in the sun! And, as of this week, his eyes are green!
He smiles all the time and laughs at least twice a day. He also reaches for the dogs, who now, kind of are interested in him.
He does his own tummy time, by rolling over and staying on his tummy for up to 10 minutes, lifting his head the entire time.
We noticed that when he's concentrating hard on something....he sticks his bottom lip out, and grunts. LOL...it's too funny. He did this when he discovered his feet over the weekend!
He snores....
He took his first shower! (Duh....not alone! LOL!)
Last but not least, he was baptized last weekend at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Franklin, Ohio. We had 26 carbon based life forms in our 1,000 sq ft house for the after-party. He did great during the ceremony, stared into the Priest's eyes and seemed mesmerized. He did great with the water dunk and the oil anointing, but cried when the oil seeped into his eyes.
Next week, my darling angel will be six months old....yikes!
Here the poor boy has a 'panty' on his head...
Bumbo!
What baby has quadriceps?
Farmer Willie!
Poor teething boy...
Haufbrauhaus with Grand-Pappy!
Skyline of Cincinnati, on the Ohio River
Hey there Grammy!
New blanket from his Great Aunt Hazel
Standing proud!
Feet? What are feet? Are they mine?
I'm too cool for words...
I love this book! To teethe on!
Wow....a pooch!
Cool satin Baptism Bib from Grandma!
My buddy Corinne
Me and Cal! He's still bigger than me!
Did NOT like the oil in his eye!
Dip!
Don and Cheryl, the godparents from PA
Grammy, Aunt Shanan and Cousin Raine
Homemade Red Velvet Cheesecake being cut, and dark chocolate cake with homemade butter cream.
Pat and Rich drove in from PA
The Storm Men
