5 months...

I can't believe that Alex is already 5 1/2 months old. Time is flying by and I am doing a HORRIBLE job of documenting all of his mile stones.

Let me see if I can capture some of them...

About a week into being 4 months old we tried cereal for the first time. He liked it for a few days and then started playing with it or refusing it all together. We have been 'practicing' for the last 4-5 weeks so he doesn't totally get away from having a spoon in his mouth...but he isn't too thrilled with it.

He still LOVES his bath time. Kicks and splashes water everywhere.

His favorite thing to do is lay in his crib and 'talk' to the airplanes hanging above. He is so cute when he takes a deep breath and makes his 'airplane' noise. I keep trying to catch it on video, but he gets camera shy and stops every time I try.

He also loves his exersaucer. He will also sits in that making noises back to the animals on the buttons. I think he is going to be a talker. :)

He is still working on sitting up. He is so 'roly poly oly' that he just tends to roll to one side.

Speaking of, rolling...he still can't roll over on his own yet. Just not motivated enough to get anything out of his reach. LOL

Eli is still in love with his brother and Alex with E. They just light up when they are around each other. Eli always wants to hold brother before and after school. He stands in the doorway of Alex's class when I pick them up dying to give his brother a kiss. E is such a great brother!

Alex is addicted to the Cowboys. No matter what we are doing, if football is on he is looking at the TV. Doesn't particularly do that for anything else except football. Maybe we have a line backer on our hands??

Alex also loves his one on one time with mommy or daddy and loves to play "SO BIG". He just chuckles and laughs a hearty little laugh when we play. He is such a joy!!

He has created his own schedule...not approved by me, but because I am too sleepy to get up and change it, we just deal with it. he sleeps from 8:30 - 12:30. Wakes up to nurse and then sleeps with us for the rest of the night most nights. Then he wakes up for another short feeding around 2:30 - 3:30 and again at 5:30 - 6:00. It's tough for me to sleep, but it's only temporary and I do love waking up with him next to me. It will be nice to get a full nights sleep again someday though. ;) Maybe when we start solids he will sleep for longer periods of time.

Granny watched Alex for us last week so we could take Al's Uncle & daughter to Six Flags. We had a great time. Eli rode the Shock Wave for the first time - because "he's 42" as he told everyone. (That's 42 inches tall - LOL) He is addicted to roller coasters. :) I guess we need to budget for season passes once Alex gets old enough. ;)

We have the Annual MEND Walk to Remember this weekend for AJ. It will be nice. I am really looking forward to it. We miss him so much. :)

Life is all around busy, but good. Sorry I've been away for so long! I'm sure all of my readers have left me...LOL. :)

Alex is 3 months!!

Well, Alex is now 3 months old. He is a cutie and a flirt.

I returned to work after 14 weeks off with the boys...SO HARD! I did better than I expected, but it was so hard to leave them. I REALLY enjoyed being a stay at home mom for that period of time. It's so hard to get anything done in the evenings now that I've gotten back to work. We pretty much get home, dinner, wash bottles and prep for tomorrow, baths, read and then it's time for bed. :( No fun!

Eli is in his new room at school. He has had a few bumps along the way this week - testing the waters - but overall doing good. He continues to amaze me with his art skills. He is SO creative and can conceptualize things in paper like I've never seen. He loves to sit and make paper airplanes with Pockie and Daddy. They challenge each other to who can make the coolest one. He is ALL BOY which is nothing new, but I'm learning how to respond to ALL BOY - ALL THE TIME! Alex should have it much easier as I will be better trained by then. :)

Alex is already about 16 lbs. He is a smilie baby and is mostly content all the time. Before I went back to work he was sleeping from about 9:00pm to 4:00am. Not so much now. Maybe it's just a phase as we adjust.