Waiting for Baby Peanut: May 2012

You are FIVE MONTHS OLD! You are growing by leaps and bounds both physically and mentally every day. Your “babyness” is fading more and more, and I told your Daddy it’s going by too fast, so we might just have to have another one (to which he firmly objected :-) ). So you stop all this growing and stay my teeny baby for just a little bit longer, okay? Okay. You are the world’s happiest baby. Even when you don’t feel good, you give smiles to anyone who looks at you. Just a tiny little tickle gives you the belly laughs. It is quite impossible for me to have a bad day when you’re around. You are STRONG and inquisitive and in perpetual motion. I love watching you watch the world around you. You are constantly figuring things out and have such and intense determination when there is something you want. I hope you keep every one of these qualities into adulthood. We love you to pieces and even though I wish you could stay teeny forever, I’m so proud of all the growing you’ve done and will continue to do.

Some facts about YOU:

- - You are in size 3 diapers, size 9 month – 12 month clothing, and size 2 shoes. You have meaty thighs and they are the cutest things in the world.

- - You still have barely any hair. It’s turning strawberry blonde, which means you will definitely be a blondie like your sister eventually. I just wish some more would pop up!!

- - You got your first tooth!! It is the bottom left one, and I’m sure it will be quickly followed by the right one. You handled it like a champ. There were a few nights of restlessness, but as soon as it popped up, you were able to sleep again.

- - You are a champion roller. If you see an object you want that’s out of your reach, you manage to roll to it. Which means I need to be baby proofing sooner than I thought! You can almost sit by yourself, but still need something around you just in case. It will probably happen within a couple weeks. You are thisclose to pushing up on your hands and knees too. Your upper body is strong enough, you just need a little more coordination in your legs.

- - You squeal. It’s baby cooing, but at a high pitched loud volume.

- - You discovered your tongue and stick it out at us a lot.

- - You found your thumb, but instead of sucking on it you like to chew on it.

- - You moved into your sister’s room!! However, you only spend a couple hours a night in there. Then it’s into Mommy and Daddy’s bed because Mommy is just too tired to wake up several times a night. (You still wake hungry A LOT)

- - There was about a week where you pooped in your clothes as soon as you got to school. Every day. I would come in at lunch to feed you and you would already be in a different outfit. You are your father’s son.

- - You are obsessed with the TV. Obviously, we don’t let you watch it, but if it’s on when you’re in the same room you can’t keep your eyes off of it. I can’t even nurse you any more if the TV is on. That’s something else you inherited from your Daddy.

- - You and your sister love each other so much. Every morning she wakes you up and gives you kisses and you give her your biggest and best smiles. Any time you are crying in the car, I say “Peanut, make your brother feel better”, and she sings you a song. Lately, it is the ABC’s and Twinkle Twinkle.

- - You had your first beach day! You loved it! You smiled and basked in the breeze. Then you let me rock you to sleep and slept for a good bit on the beach towel. That’s my boy!

- - You still love your teachers at school and give them big smiles when we get there in the mornings.

We love you so much Stinker and can’t believe it’s been five months since you arrived. We are blessed to have you as a son and can’t wait to see what God has in store for you.

Oh my word the shoes. Kills me.