How can this be possible? 5 months old, sitting alone, and so much more... It seems like just yesterday he was barely filling out his newborn outfits, and now most 3 month outfits are out the door. Just yesterday we were so excited to see him with his eyes open, and now we are so excited to see him with them shut. Haha. Seriously though, Murray and I were talking the other night about how much he was changing and how fun each new thing was, but also about how bittersweet it is in a way. He will never be this small again! We are definitely trying to enjoy each stage while we have it, but so much has changed in this past month!
As you can see, Cole is sitting up now. I'm still not brave enough to move more than about a foot from him, but he is doing great. We started rice cereal this past month, and he eats like a champ! I mean, sometimes we feel like we fix way too much accidentally, but he eats every last drop. Unfortunately he thinks it's really funny spit his food everywhere. I keep telling him "No, No." but so far he's not getting the meaning! =) He also thinks that anything I eat now, he should be eating. If I'm eating cereal, a sandwich, drinking from a cup, whatever, he stares at it intensely, reaches for it, and grunts. Haha.
He is trying to crawl but has really only figured out how to scoot backwards. As you can imagine, this causes him great frustration when he is moving farther and farther from that toy he wants in his mouth SO badly! He is so much more coordinated with his hands though. We have to watch out when we sit with him at the table because those little hands are finding everything! And everything that he gets in his hands, goes straight to his mouth!
He still absolutely adores Duke. When he is in his Bumbo seat, he is right at Duke's level. He gets so excited when Duke comes up to sniff him, and you should see the smile if Duke kisses his hand! Duke has to watch out too though because Cole has learned to grab onto Duke's hair. Luckily Duke has been well broken in with our nephew Easton so he is really great with Cole.
He talks all the time now and loves it when his Daddy "gets him." Those are some of his best laughs! He still really likes to look at books and to be outside (if the wind isn't blowing!). He has been sucking his fingers for a while now... the pacifier is a thing of the past. He chews on all of his fingers, but, when it's time to sleep, you can bet he will be sucking on the first 2 fingers of his left hand. It's so sweet!
Mean old mom & dad have gotten tougher on him so now he goes to sleep on his own in his bed for naps and sleeps from about 11pm to 7am without needing to eat. He really is a much more rested and happier baby for it, but it was rough on all 3 of us at the start! =)
I am so glad that he is becoming much more of a cuddlebug too! It's still not very often, but I treasure those moments! I know y'all will think I'm crazy, but I promise he gave me his first kiss today. I was hugging on him, and he snuggled his head into my neck (hugging me back- haha), then he raised back up, looked at me, opened his mouth, put it on my cheek for a second, leaned back, and gave me the biggest smile like he knew exactly what he had just done! You may say he didn't mean it as a kiss, but you will never convince his momma of that! =)
Like all proud moms, I could go on and on about my sweet boy. I'll stop here for now though. I'm sure you guys are tired of reading my novel. Haha.
