5 months old

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Joshua and Saray are 5 months old…crazy how that happens.  All of a sudden the long nights and countless feedings start to become more of just a memory…it’s all a little bittersweet… but this season that we are headed into is going to be so much fun!

Saray and Joshua are doing amazing at night; most nights they sleep 9-10hours, they wake up and feed at 5am and go back down until 8:00 or 8:30am.  Totally do-able!  (Thanks to the Baby Wise method…)

Last week we started them on cereal; Saray loves it and opens wide.  Joshua on the other hand is still trying to decide what he thinks about cereal.  5 minutes into it he’ll start to talk, which is when I notice he has NOT swallowed the last few spoonfuls of cereal, which in end means he’s done.   Saray loves the sippy cup (I find that funny as she doesn't like the bottle) yet Joshua just gums the sippy cup nipple and happily declines. 

Oh!  Joshua cut his first tooth last week on the 21st!  That just blew me away; he wasn’t fussy or drooling much at all.  He has managed to bite me a few times – no fun - but he’s learning that is unacceptable.

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Happy and Content

 

Joshua and Saray are such happy and content babies, and when I say this I don’t mean that they are happy and content only when being held.  They love to pla  y with their toys by themselves yet they enjoy hanging out together or with us.  They are such amazing babies, I couldn’t have asked for better babies.  The Lord knew that I needed happy babies; I think I would lose my mind if I had 2 colicky babies, even if I had one that was colic. 

Their little personalities are really starting to show.  Joshua all of a sudden has become a real ball of fire.  He constantly moves when he is nursing (which is hard to handle sometimes when you just want him to just focus and eat).  He’s little arms & legs go all over the place when he is happy and excited.  Oh and he loves his thumb, he is officially our little thumb sucker, no doubt about it.  And he will only suck his left thumb…maybe he be a lefty like his mommy!  Saray has to keep an eye on everyone and everything.  She will strain to see what’s happening behind her or to the right or to the left…even when nursing.  She’ll arch her to see where the music is coming from.  She is finally starting to giggle for me (she has giggled for Daddy, Grandpa and Auntie Alesha)….what fun that is!  She is bound and determined to grow up fast, you can just see it her eyes. 

 

19 weeks old!  (1-9-09)