Grady: 5 months!

5 months old and fun!  This boy is so much fun.  His noises, his giggles, the way he smiles at night when taking his last bottle, the new big accomplishments of rolling and eating food, I am loving every second with him and maybe cherishing every second a little more since going back to work. 

Grady Tid Bits at 5 months:

• The unofficial Johnson scale has this guy weighing in at at a little over 15 pounds.
• Chris says he loves Grady's "fat pockets", the chub around his hands.  There and his cheeks appear to be the only places that this kids stores his fat.  I hope that Chris has the same love for my post-pregnancy fat pockets :)
• He can roll both front to back and back to front, but by no means is the rolling type of baby. He rolls maybe a couple times a day max.
• He can roll over while in his double swaddle straight jacket (swaddle blanket with sleep sak on top) without the help of his arms, which I am not even sure I could do. Cue the parents to stop dependency on swaddling for sleeping because he did get stuck face down once this week.
• He has tried oatmeal cereal, rice cereal, and sweet potatoes.  Whether he likes any one of those three just depends on the day.  Sweet potatoes were definitely the favorite so far. 
• He started "playing" with toys just in time for Christmas.  His favorites are probably his blocks and his shape construction truck that does not have an on/off button for sounds - something that I now know to look for. 
• He still loves every part of his baths from sucking on his washcloth, to concentrating very intensely to pick up his little ducks, to kicking his feet in the water.  He has also moved to the "big boy" side of the infant tub. 
• He sticks his tongue out often and sucks on his fingers all.the.time.
• He notices Bella and touches her fur when she lies close enough to him that he can reach.
• It is pretty easy to get a laugh now when you surprise him by hiding and then popping up. 
• He squirms when being changed, why did I not appreciate the just lay there days? 
• He still loves to stand.  He can stand with very little support, just holding on to our hands or leaning up against something. Given that he still doesn't love being on his tummy, I often joke that he will walk before even thinking about crawling. 
• Every month I say that his hair is starting to come in and then he looks just as bald the next month, but I think his hair really is starting to come in - don't quote me on it.  We just cannot tell if he is a towhead blondie or a strawberry blondie.  It usually looks whitish in color to me but lately his hair definitely takes on a strawberry hue in some lights. 
• He's back to his old sleeping habits (woo hoo) and pretty much always wakes up happy.
• He did fantastically with Mrs. Rachel this month and we are so grateful for her! I can honestly say that I don't worry one bit about him while I am at work.  I still miss him like crazy every day, but I know that he is in awesome, loving hands.  

Here are a few day in the life of photos of our sweet five month old. 

Playtime

Stretching when released from his swaddle. Looking pretty muscly here I might add :)

Fingers in the mouth, his trademark move

squirmy wormy

I feel the need to show that his hair appears to be growing, but I'm pretty sure he will still be pretty bald by one year.

First taste of sweet potatoes

Fingers in the mouth, makes feeding seamless :)

Fingers in the mouth at bath time, surprise surprise

So fresh and so clean and ready for bed.