5 months!

Apparently, I only keep up with thing enough to add a monthly update....I'll try to be better. Hopefully over the next few months our lives will become more exciting and there will be more to post about :)

Our little boy is 5 months old! Here are the highlights:

--You weight 17 lbs 8 oz
--You are 27 inches long
--You still wear size 2 diapers
--You wear mostly 6 month and 6-9 month clothes
--You still sleep great: 11-12 hours most nights
--This month you decided that you were done with your rock and play sleeper. You literally decided this overnight. One night, I went to lay you down in it like I always do, and you immediatly woke up. I tried this 3 times. Finally, I just went and layed you on your belly in your crib..and you slept all night. No more rock and play sleeper! Hooray! You seem to really like your crib, and you move all over the place in it. Its always interesting to see what position you end up in the morning.
--You roll both directions easily, but you prefer to only roll to your right side. Weird. You have rolled to your left a few times, but pretty sure it was always by accident. You LOVE to be on your belly...you can push way up and fully extend your arms. Some days you just roll back and forth, back and forth for 30-40 minutes..
--You are doing great at lying flat on your back to play. The reflux pain seems to be under control, which is AWESOME!
--You still spit up, but it is dramatically better than last month....another AWESOME!
--You still have a hard time eating and pooing. You welcomed in your 5th month by experiencing major constipation for the first time....no good. It was awful. Screaming and screaming while trying your hardest to go. I loaded you up with prune juice and it seemed to do the trick. Lets hope we dont have to experience that again!
--Your reflux pain is better when eating, its the poo issue that seems to be interfering, since you will only take a poo while you eat....really frusterating. You are still taking Prevacid once a day, as well as daily probiotics.
--You LOVE your jumper and have learned to bounce...it's the cutest thing to watch!
--You had your first church nursery experience...and you did great!
--You went through this really weird "Stranger Danger" phase. Every time someone other that me or your Dad would get close and talk to you or hold you, you would start screaming. People had to slowly approach while we held you, then after a few minutes you would warm up and we could pass you over. Then one day you seemed to be fine again. Weird.
--You are a horrible napper. I feel a great sense of accomplishment when I can get you to take 2 naps a day..and they are usually only an hour each. When the stars are in perfect alignment, you will take 3 naps...but that is a rare, rare occasion. As a result, you get pretty fussy in the evenings. 
--You are using a pacifier a lot more to get yourself to sleep for naps and at bedtime.
--You do much better in the carseat, so we are out and about a lot more.
--You ride in your big boy stroller for walks...you love the fact that you can see the world instead of just looking up at the sky all the time :)
--You love to stand! If I put you in front of the ottoman where you can hold on, you can stand there all by yourself for a minute or so. Big boy!

Now, for some 5 month pictures!