5 Month Update

Wow! 5 whole months. Zach is becoming more and more of a little person every day. Adam and I can hardly believe how different he is from just 3 months ago. His personality is beaming through and I must say that we have been blessed with such a happy little guy. Gone are the days of hours of crying, pooing, eating. On to laughing, playing, and exploring. Although he is quick to voice excitement when he is happy, and grunts when he is bored/mad, Zach is mostly a quiet and content little guy (for the time being). He has not yet started to babble, and can go most of the day without making much of a peep.

Zach loves his mom and dad and smiles each time we give him a grin. His latest fascination has been with Abby. He will watch her walk around the room and laugh at her when she puts a stuffed animal in his face. Abby tolerates it for the most part and has been a wonderful big sister.

Milestones:

And we thought he would ALWAYS hate tummy time. WRONG! Zachary is rolling both ways with confidence. He voluntarily rolls to his tummy and props himself up on his elbows checking out the world around him. He still has some reflux problems, so he tends to spit up when he is on his belly, but he's a happy spitter and doesn't seem bothered by it in the least.

As you can see from the picture, he found his feet this month....and boy are they tasty! He also happened to find his man parts and goes for them the second we put him in the bath. Toys do not deter!

We are working on sitting up without assistance, but he has only managed to master this for about 15 seconds. He tends to prop himself up with his arms before falling to one side.

Zach LOVES his Jumperoo and has mastered his exersaucer. He is still too short for the jumper, but we put a big thick book underneath and he goes to town, laughing all the way!

YAY! We are no longer slaves to the Bjorn (although he still loves it)! We purchased a stroller this month and the little man has taken to it quite well. He hates his car seat so he always complained in the snap 'n' go. The stroller has lumbar support and fits him just right. We took him for a 2 hour stroll through C-Ville and we hardly heard a peep of complaint.

Little man eats solids once a day. We have tried rice cereal, oatmeal, pears, bananas, peas, and sweet potatoes. He only eats about two teaspoons of food, but has started to enjoy it, and the mess it makes!

Looking to the Future:

He hasn't started teething yet and we are hopeful that it doesn't start on vacation! We got his little passport in the mail and are off to Turks and Caicos in just three short weeks. This will be our first vacation and we are SO excited. We can't wait to share pictures.