So, what have we been up to? Oh boy... well before this new nap system began, Jamie would nap for anywhere between 30 minutes and an hour. Three times a day. That was it. OMG you guys, I was losing my mind, that's what we were up to! Through all of that though, we've just been chasing the clock, trying to get it to slow the eff down. My baby is over five months old. How did that happen!?!?
We've been quite busy the past couple months with the holidays. Rough times (huge drop in my supply, IL drama, etc etc) but lots of great times too. Jamie is an active little baby now, and he blows my mind every day with new accomplishments. He rolled tummy to back around 12 weeks, then got bored with that and only does it once in a blue moon now. He is super close to rolling back to belly, and while I can't wait for him to do it so I can explode with pride once more, I also am fine waiting a bit longer. I know once he does that it will all be over - he'll be rolling over and over across the room.
He stands like you would not believe. My mom tells me at least once a day 'he's going to walk early, you're in trouble!' Who knows if he will, or if she's just a proud grandmother, but the fact is that this kid has got some great standing skills. We have to hold his hands, of course, but he can stand himself up from a squat while holding our fingers. We can also hold him by the thighs while he balances himself standing. It's crazy.
He also sits great, and has recently discovered that this is a great way to play! At 4 months he started tripoding, and within two weeks he had moved on to sitting with no hands. Here's an early attempt at transitioning from the tripod to no hands (during his 4 month monkey shoot!)
He's finally getting some chubby legs, though you can't see as much in that picture. That was the number one difference I noticed from his pictures between 4 and 5 months - chubby baby thighs! I love to tickle them. Along with his belly, armpits, chin, back, etc. We have one super ticklish baby! And we get the best belly laughs out of him when we're tickling him. There is no better sound in the world than hearing my baby laugh. He's also laughing more and more just at us, whether we be talking to him, singing goofy songs, or making faces, he reacts to those with laughter now too!
Remember that tiny little hand in mine? Look how much bigger it has gotten! It's so bittersweet, watching your baby grow. On the one hand, look at my amazing baby grow! On the other, I miss that teeny tiny newborn. But with everything I miss, each day gives me twice as much to love about my growing baby.
We've also had Jamie's first holidays, and they were so much fun! Poor J got sick over Thanksgiving, but luckily we were able to celebrate Christmas as a family, whole and healthy. We got Jamie his first Christmas tree, and on it we placed his first ornament...
And the ornaments. That is something else that kept me crazy busy - my etsy shop! I love doing that, and hope that soon I will be able to focus more on that and cut back my hours on my regular job.
I will have to leave you there, because all of this bragging about my napping baby has gotten me a 'short' nap this afternoon - an hour and a half. Still a good nap for him though, so I'll take it!
