5 Months

Seriously Mom, more pictures?

Here's is my friend, Sophie

This sweet little bundle of lovin' turned 5 months old yesterday!  I seriously cannot handle his cuteness sometimes.  He's become more and more cuddly and gives big slobbery kisses.  He is very ticklish, especially his thighs.  His sweet, chunky thighs are getting larger by the day.  His new tricks are making very scary monster noises and spitting.

We used to have to work so hard to get a smile or laugh, but he gives us lots and lots of laughs throughout the day.  He loves banana baby food, isn't too crazy about carrots, and we can't even bring up the memory of rice cereal in his presence.  When he is eating something he likes, he grabs the spoon and tries to feed himself.  Mr. Independent. 

He rolls from his back to his stomach all the time, then panics because he hates to be on his stomach.  He goes to bed around 9pm and gets up for the day around 6:30am, but also wakes up a few times during the night because he has rolled to his stomach and needs us to turn him back over.  So usually starting about 3:30am he wakes up screaming, then we have to go in his room every hour or so to flip him to his back. 

He is still insane.  This child doesn't stop moving, even in his sleep.  He kicked the piano keys on his playmat so hard that he broke them.  They used to play music, now they just make a sad moaning sound.  He loves to jump on Sam's stomach and gets really annoyed when Sam quits bouncing him.  Everywhere I go, someone comments on how active he is.  And how cute of course, but mostly how active.  Cousin Will let his borrow a bouncy swing thing, and he will jump in that until he wears himself out.  BEST INVENTION EVER!

Henry isn't very interested in toys, he's more interested in things that he isn't supposed to get into.  He grabs the faucet and sprays us, sprays himself, puts it in his mouth, etc.  He knows how to work the lock on our back door, and tries so hard to unlock it.  He kicks the spices out of our spice rack, will grab food out of my hand mid-bite, and loves to play with my phone.  I love to watch him think about things and try to figure out how they work.  You can just see the wheels turning.  

I have only been home with him 2 days this summer, but have really enjoyed it so far.  It's nice to have our own schedule, and he has had a really good couple of days.  I can't believe my baby will be 6 months old soon!