5 months old

Our sweet angel is 5 months old today! So hard to believe. . . I keep telling him to stop growing so fast, and he's already ignoring me-ha!

Treyson has now started on veggies from a jar. So far so good. . . as long as the jar doesn't have anything "green" inside (sweet peas, green beans, etc.). The foods he does like: squash, sweet potatoes, carrots. He eats cereal 2 x day, mixed with apple/prune juice and water--yummmm! (Not my first choice, but definitely Treyson's favorite!!) We've also started to introduce his little Avent bottles with a sippy cup handle added to it in the afternoons. He's not doing too much drinking out of it yet. We're just getting him used to the idea. We put water in it, and he is playing with it for the most part.

Treyson can roll over from back to belly, and belly to back. He doesn't do it very often, so it's extremely exciting when he does!

He is a much happier camper in the car now. He jabbers and plays (especially towards Anniston--he loves staring at her in the car). We are so grateful that he got over his "I love to scream in the car" phase!

Treyson is a bubble blower. He is constantly doing this. And he's a drooler on top of that. He will blow bubbles during mealtimes, when he's sleepy, when he's playing. . . basically whenever--I think he thinks he's funny! You know, I've really found myself shopping for him alot at Gymboree. Really cute outfits, with mix and match options. They also have matching bibs. Before Treyson, I never really understood the point in matching bibs. With Anniston, we took the bib out to feed her then put it away. Since having Treyson, I totally understand the point of matching bibs. He really should wear one ALL DAY LONG. So, long story short--I buy outfits with coordinating bibs now!!

Treyson has really taken to reading. He especially likes the books where you can feel fur or texture. It's been alot of fun getting to read to both he and Anniston.

Note from the Mommy: This outfit was not picked out by me. This was Anniston's choice for the afternoon. I would have definitely steered her another direction. But this was a day that our Fancy Nanny (jerry's mom) drove up to watch the kids so that we could go to a Razorback game. Long story short, Fancy Nanny didn't have the heart to tell Anniston she didn't match, and we didn't care because we were just grateful that she came up to babysit!!ha

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Treyson is an exersaucer champ! He can swirl and twirl in that thing like it's nobody's business. He pushes the buttons, grabs things to chew on, and dances too! He also sees some action in a jumparoo. It's upstairs with the Wii and Jerry's new shuffleboard table, so I'm going to assume that we'll head up there more often to play with our toys!

Treyson is napping without a swaddle. At the babysitters house, he lays down and clunks out without a fuss. When we're at home, he still fusses a bit. . . but I'm going to get a little toy to attach to the crib similar to the one at Ms. Ambers, and hopefully he'll do better here. He still sleeps at night in a swaddle. . .

. . . speaking of night time, he's still doing very well with his sleep. He sleeps for 11-13 hours. Usually more in the 11 range when it's a night that we've worked and he has to wake up early to go to the babysitters house. Because we wake him at 6:30, I just can't justify putting him to bed at 6:30 at night. That would mean I get a total of 1 hour with him, and Jerry might get 30 minutes. We try and hold him out until 7:30 (and he's very ready for bed by then).

Treyson is 90% formula baby now. I loved that I was able to nurse him for so long, yet I'm really enjoying my newfound freedom in bottle feeding with formula! He's taken to it very well, and we are thankful for that!

Treyson and Anniston are just the best of friends right now. She's such a helper when it comes to him. If he's crying in the car, she'll sing him a song and he immediately quits crying. Then she's so proud of herself for making her bubby happy. She's such a little mommy. When Treyson's eating, she helps spoon feed him, and if he starts spitting, she'll say, "Treyson, that's naughty. We don't spit our food. . . right Mommy?" It's kind of hard explaining how he can get away with it right now, and there's no way in heck she could (although we have definitely started saying "no-no" to the spitting while food is in his mouth...he doesn't care though. He just smiles and keeps on spitting--he knows he's too dang cute!)

Anniston's new thing is asking us daily if we are her friend (they must be discussing friends at school). So anyway, she told Treyson in the car yesterday that he was her baby friend. I thought that was so sweet. I hope she still thinks that in 5 more months when he's crawling into her room and touching her things!!

We are so blessed with the 2 wonderful children we have. I love my life! It still amazes me how much you can love your babies. Jerry and I were blessed to have eachother for so many years, and now we are in shock with how much more fulfilling our lives are with our kids. . . and definitely no dull moments these days!