5 Months Old!

Little boy in the big chair!

Dear Owen,

You are now 5 months! It's amazing how fast time is zipping by! Not a day goes by that we don't discover something new about you. Here are a few of our favorite things:

• You like to hear yourself talk. It's all one long, monotonous tone but it's over and over again. You are very expressive when you are making that noise- like it means something special.
• You have discovered your feet. We put you in your new footie pj's from the Ross family and ever since you saw the dogs, you've been grabbing on and playing with those feet. They have even found their way to your mouth.
• We started feeding you rice cereal once a day. You are not such a huge fan, but you are a trooper. You are beginning to get the whole mouth movement down and I think you might actually be swallowing more than you end up wearing.
• You roll over from your belly to your back and then from your back to your belly. One night I woke up to hear giggling on the monitor. I pushed on the video and there you were rolling all over the place. It was funny to us- even though it was 3:30 am. We are also trying to relax when we wake up and you are on your belly sleeping. I know you can pick your head up if you need to, but it still makes me nervous.
• You and Carter are becoming buddies. You follow him around with your eyes and you even reach out for him. You've honked his nose a couple times. He wants to play with you, too. Too bad Mommy and Daddy always step in because we are nervous nellies.
• You like your exersaucer a lot. You are getting good at pushing off with your feet. You are so good at it because you practice a lot with Daddy.

You are such a good baby! We can't wait to see all the new things you learn this month!

Love,

Mommy and Daddy