five months...

well, the little one is officially five months old today!! and what a sweetheart he is! he is growing so fast, i can't seem to keep up with the little guy. we are loving this little baby more and more every second, and he is getting to be so funny! he makes us laugh constantly! he is such a joy to have in our home, and we just can't get enough of him or those cute little cheeks or thighs!

newsies for month five:

-he has two new teeth. i know i said that in the last post but i need to put it on here for future record. they just started growing in last week. they are about half way through. i have inspected his mouth in the last couple days and i don't spot more than that.

-he has rolled over a couple of times, but that was while he was on the bed and i am pretty sure he just rolled into us because we were making the mattress move him towards us.

-he likes tummy time for about 3 minutes then hates it

-he can hold his head up like a pro now. that's the newest thing he does while he is doing tummy time. he will use his arms and elbows as support and lift his head to look around

-he loves having his back tickled. and his tummy too. and by tickling i mean when someone tickles your back and it gives you goosebumps. that kind of tickling. a week ago Dylan was doing tummy time and he started screaming and i started tickling his back to see if it would calm him down. worked like a charm! he layed there like a dead fish, and once i would stop he would start squirming again until either i tickled him or picked him up. i have been tickling him a lot since then to calm him down whenever he is fussy.

-he is a little chatterbox. just a couple hours ago i was trying to rock him to sleep, and of course he couldn't be laying in my arms, he had to be sitting upright in my lap wrapped in his blanket so he could look around in the dark. but i was rocking him and as I was dozing off, i heard him start chatting away. it was hilarious. he did that for about 10 minutes then konked out.

-he is really good at grabbing whatever is in front of him. we don't really have to try and put his hand on something if it is in reach, he will just go for it..

-he loves the color red. if he sees anything red he will either stare at it, or if it is in reaching distance he will go for it.

-he holds his bottle 99% of the time

-he no longer has the sweet 'newborn' cry (i really miss that sweet little cry). no, he has gotten used to screaming and crying super loud. so fun for us!

-he is eating baby food! we have tried rice cereal a couple of times and he hated it! so his doctor said to try baby food that was age appropriate. we found some at Walmart and have been trying every so often for a few weeks to get him to eat it. yesterday i was feeding it to him and he finally let me feed him more than a couple of bites. it was adorable. i took a video, i will have to post it soon. and, after he was done (7 spoonfuls later) i ended up eating the rest. that stuff is TASTY! it was banana's. my fave.

-he is 34th percentile for weight and 90th percentile for height for his age. (apparently for his height babies are a lot fatter, but he seems pretty chubby to us)

-he loves to be held. we need to break him of always getting his way on that (it's hard because i love holding him)

-he is happiest in the mornings, just like his momma. i am the biggest morning person. Brett hates waking up. Dylan is super happy from the time he wakes up to his first nap. that is when i get all the cleaning done because he doesn't mind being in his bouncer because he is so happy.

-he loves to stand. he is constantly standing on our legs or anywhere that we will let him (and help him of course). he is so funny, once you pull him up to a standing position, he gets the cutest look on his face like he is so proud of what he is accomplishing. adorable.

i think i got everything this time, at least the big things. we love that little guy so much. he has made our lives better than we ever thought possible. he is amazing and has taught us so much. we love you Dylan!