five and one-half months

so much has changed in the last two weeks and i never want to forget it.

here is what five and a half months looks like for you, our little finn:

you roll like a mad man. from one end of your nursery to the other. the other day i left you in there for thirty seconds and you had rolled yourself right under the dresser. it was a moment of panic for me not to find you right where i had left you and then when i found you in a bit of a pickle, it was pretty funny. you didn't know what to do and you just kept bobbing your head up and down. and it was hilarious. two hours later, you rolled under the drying rack and i came in to find you attempting pull ups.

you eat rice cereal like a champion! from your very first bite, it was as if you had been eating from a spoon for years. it is sooooo fun.

the rice cereal really threw your little digestive tract for a loop. in fact you went twelve days without a you-know-what. at day nine, the doc wasn't too concerned being that you normally only you-know-what every five to six days anyway. but by day twelve, i was worried and called the nurse. as she was doing triage...you had a you know what. a big one. pretty funny timing.

you and i had a laugh fest the other night. all i did was making a slurping noise over and over. you found it so funny. and it was probably the highlight of my existence so far.

yesterday you napped for 2.5 hours. it was the longest nap of your life!

for some reason, you went from sleeping through the night to waking up twice and sometimes three times a night. i now know what everyone means when they talk about sleep deprivation...sheesh. its rough!

i think you are starting to form an attachment to your white fluffy blanket. or at least you are starting to associate it with sleep. you get sleepy, and you rub the silky edge against your face. and then when you are ready to go to sleep you pull it over your head. it is so cute.

you had your first experience with stranger anxiety last week. for the first time, there have been a couple of moments when i can tell that i am the only thing you want. i am not gonna lie. i love it.

lately, you do this thing where you stare at us and then gently touch our faces. it feels like affection. you cup my cheeks, and hang onto daddy's beard. sometimes you are really rough, but sometimes you are really gentle. and it is so tender.

oh yah, and you swing now! crazy...and oh-so fun.