Dear Brody, 5 months...

Dear Brody,

You are 5 months old today. I can't believe it. And I'll probably say that each and every month as you grow. We have some semblance of a schedule at this point, although we are still working out the kinks.

You like to get up between 6-6:30 and Mommy likes to try to make you go back to sleep until at least 7. You usually win.

You are starting to eat more and more solids. Last night you polished off a whole container of carrots and were still looking for more. You did the same with pears this morning. I think you are trying to catch up since you started out so small. You are certainly getting heavy.

You have a serious aversion to sleep. You hate to nap for more than 20 minutes at a time. Not cool. But we battled today and Mommy won. You slept for two hours (with only two pacifier retrievals). You still wake up at least once a night, but not to eat, only to see Mommy and get your paci back. Silly boy.

And speaking of paci's, you are just like you sister in that you only like the soothie paci's. The green ones that they have at the hospital. I managed to find another type of paci that has the same nipple that comes in containers of 6 (b/c you can never have enough paci's) in hopes that we could trick you into that kind. The jury is still out on those.

You are chewing on your hands like crazy lately, which makes me think you are getting close to getting a tooth.

You are still a carbon copy of your Daddy.

You love to jump in your jumper and you adore your sister. And she adores you. She's the only one who can ALWAYS get a smile out of you. I hope you two are always close and always support each other.

We love you so much! And though you may test our patience often, we couldn't imagine our lives without you. Happy 5 months!

Hello!

This will be my first post, obviously.  I don't know when I will share it but I figured I'd better write it while I have the time.  And I really don't have the time considering there is a baby crying right next to me, but anymore, thats all he does so i'll deal with it for a little while.

I thought about starting a blog many times.  I never thought that I would actually keep up with one so I never actually sat down and did it.  Several friends of mine have blogs.  And they started them when their first babies were born as a way to remember everything and have something to show their kids later on.  I probably should have started one then.  But with work, and trying to learn how to be a Mom, I just didn't think it would work.  Now, I am not working, and I think I know how to be a Mom, just a little bit better than before.  Although, I am just letting the baby cry next to me while I type this.  But he was crying while I was holding him too and squirming to get out of my arms anyway.  He may or may not be spoiled.  Oops.  Anyway, that's not the point of this post.

I have written a little bit (and I mean a little bit) about me, and the stories of Brenna and Brody's pregnancies and births and you can get to them from the buttons on the top of this page.  I warn you, they are long.  But there is a cute picture at the end of each!  So it's worth it.  Until next time....whenever that may be ;)