5 months old

Holy smokes, my baby is growing up.  Today he is 5 months old and I can't believe how fast the time has gone by.  Being pregnant dragged on like I was living in a slow-motion world, then my boy makes his appearance and life is now pushing the fast-forward button!  Slow down!!  I am loving every stage....  he is sitting up with help, eating rice cereal, rolling from his tummy to his back, and starting to giggle when we tickle him.  He has the sweetest giggle... man. 

 He loves to eat his hands and his toes and loves to chew and suck on anything that he can grab hold of to put in his mouth.    No teeth yet (thankfully)!    

Gabe and I take Sadie on a walk almost every day, and he smiles at me till he eventually falls asleep.  And his funny little quirk right now... constantly twirling his left foot or kicking with his left leg, even when he is eating.  It's pretty cute.  oh... and he LOVES his bottle.  When he sees one his entire body wiggles, kicks, squirms and shakes with excitement, and if he doesn't get it fast enough then he is angry and cries at you till you give it to him. 

And this past sunday he had his first hand-hold with a girl... Ainslee Schmidt.  Her mom Stephanie and I laid them on the floor next to each other during Relief Society to see how they would interact... it was so sweet.  Most of the time they just looked at each other, till Ainslee decided that rolling was more fun.  True love?  We'll see.  :)

(We didn't try to make them hold hands... they did it all themselves!)

I can't wait to see what else is in store for us.

Gabriel Joshua,  your Daddy and I love you so much.