Frogs and Snails and Rayler Tales...

Sunday, January 1, 2012

One, Two, Three, Four, Five!

Five months old today!

Five months old today, 23 weeks tomorrow! So this is what he's up to now.

Likes: Raspberrying his food all over.

Messy face!

Making razzing noises. All the time.
Bath time and getting a lotion massage afterward.
(Oh! And he's graduated to the big bath due to his bath falling apart. Who knew baby oil was a glue solvent?)

♪ Rubber ducky, you're the one! You make bath time so much fun! ♪

Chewing on fingers/trying to fit whole fist in mouth.
Playing with Mr. Wiggles the Worm, er, Caterpillar.

Cousin Noah picked Mr. Wiggles out for me. I love him already!

Chewing on the hand Dadda got him for Christmas.

He stuck one of the fingers into his binky so he could chew on them at the same time.

Reading books and turning the page when Mommy is done reading.
Watching his robo-bug!

Standing. (With help of course)
Screaming/squealing happily

Dislikes: The terrible, horrible, no good nose sucker thing!
Going to bed too late.
Waking up to people in his face. This is a MAJOR dislike. He gets the serious grumps if he doesn't have personal space when he wakes up. Other than that he is very smiley when he wakes up.

Getting better at: Letting Mommy wipe his face after eating.
Sitting by himself.

Epic FAIL!

Rolling over, both ways.
Using his binky less.

We are binky free at naptime!

Holding his own bottle.

Here are some fun shots from this past month.

This is what happens when you try to get a starving baby to "pose".

This jolly guy visited the Fire Department and wanted his picture taken with me.

Sleepy morning.

*Awesome* hat Aunt Nette got me!

(darn flash) Very snuggly in my jammies from Uncle Leif and Aunt Holly.

I was sneaky and found my binky at nap time. But, it's all right, I just used it as a pillow. See the print on my cheek?

Firetruck slippers! Thanks Cassie!

Wresting with Mommy. I think she's a jungle gym.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

More Fun than a Barrel Full of Monkeys

Christmas Fun!

This has been a big month for Rayler! He's decided to try a whole bunch of new things all at once.
Thing One: He's decided that when he stands on our belly's he might as well walk right on up and try to stand on our face.

Carrot Lover! That makes Daddy so happy!

Thing Two: Rice cereal, squash, carrots and sweet potatoes are new favorites. He smacks his lips and reaches excitedly for the spoon when I try to feed him. He does a good job of getting most of it in his mouth and down to his tummy. Although one day he sneezed mid-bite and ended up with cereal all over his face. (And the couch) I laughed till I cried over his surprised expression.
Thing Three: One day I busted out the robo-bug and track that Grandma Bobbie got for him. He loved it! I decided to see if he would sit up on his own to watch it. He did! For the first time he sat without falling over for about ten minutes! Of course when I grabbed my phone to video it he got tired and fell over.

He's liking the sideways thing lately

Thing Four: He graduated from his bassinet in our room to the crib in his room! We finally got the window in his room wrapped so the cold air doesn't come in. Yay! And now that he has room to move around he moves all over his crib. I'll lay him down for his nap at one end of the crib and when I go to get him he's at the opposite end and turned sideways.
I've been looking back at old photos and I'm just floored by how much he's grown!