Five Months

We're almost halfway to a year! Who can believe it?! This month seems to have flown by a bit faster than the others. Our little guy is growing before our eyes.


This month's highlights:

**We have been experimenting with cereal. Most of the time he does really well with it, sometimes he isn't in the mood and gets a digusted look on his face and doesn't want to open his mouth.


**Owen loves his Bumbo. He loves "helping" with the dishes or laundry in it and sitting with us at the table while we eat. We have also been using it as a high chair. He can sit in his regular chair, but slumps over a bit, and the Bumbo has been working well for now.

**He loves when Jacob comes home from work (I do too!) He smiles and grins and watches him put his things away. His eyes are glued on him after he walks in the door. It could have something to do with the fun they have together!


**He also loves books, magazines, and anything with pictures. He'll even help you turn the pages!



**Over the past few weeks he has really gotten into reaching and grabbing for objects. When you put something in front of him he gets really excited!

**He loves to be mobile. I bet we make hundreds of laps around the island in the kitchen admiring everything from the refrigerator to the food in the pantry. He would love us to carry him around to look at things all day! A few days ago we got this walker out so we can roll him around. He loves it!


**He has really become attached to his mom and dad. He'll let strangers hold him long enough to look at them, realize they aren't his parents, and then he'll scream and cry. Let's hope he gets over this phase quickly, or the poor babysitter will be pulling her hair out in a few weeks!

**Speaking of the babysitter, today was technically my last day of maternity leave. When school resumes in January, Owen's life as he knows it will be much different. I have been lucky to get to spend so much time with him, but am also ready to go back and see my kiddos at school. We took Owen over to meet the babysitter last week, we really like her and think it will be a good experience for him, but it will take a lot of adjustment!