Month 5

Dear Evan,

Your fifth month has been so eventful! And sick, but I digress.

At your four month appointment, your doctor told us to start you on cereal. So we did. Oh, how exciting that has been. At first you were iffy about it, dripping more into your neck folds than in your belly. You've really warmed up to it though and now you get upset if I'm not getting the spoon back to you quick enough. After four weeks, we started veggies-- peas. So far, no dice with the peas but we'll keep trying. At least for a couple days and then we'll move on to green beans, which should be equally appetizing to you. Sorry buddy, you need to try a bunch of veggies before you get to fruits. This is the first of many hard life lessons.

Each month, you become more and more vocal. We love it. You wake up in the morning and lay in your bed and talk to yourself (the mobile? the walls? the animals on your sheet?). You talk to us all the way to daycare in the morning and all the way home in the evening. In the past couple weeks, you've started doing crazy things with your voice-- changing pitches and making lots of new sounds. You've also started whining, but we won't talk about that. We wonder if all the talking now means that you'll be a chatty kid. We also wonder if you constantly chatter because you think we do and you're just trying to be part of the conversation. Do we really talk that much?

You love to stand on legs and sit on butt. It will be very exciting when you can do them on your own. You're getting noticeably better at sitting, but it probably won't be happening anytime soon. You learned how to roll over from back to belly this month. You've rolled from belly to back about three times, but I'm pretty sure they were all on accident. When we're home with you, we're constantly flipping you over because you get yourself on your belly and then get super cranky about it.

You're a very independent baby. You like being held and played with, but 15 minutes is just about your limit. You enjoy laying or sitting (assisted, of course) and inspecting your toys. The ladies at daycare commented that you're one of the easiest babies to take care of because you love the independent play. One of their most difficult jobs is to get the babies to play independently before they move into the toddler room. You're so advanced. Ha!

We celebrated Christmas this month. You got to spend time with many people who love you a lot. And you scored a lot of toys that I know you'll enjoy and annoy me and your dad with for years to come. I guess that's what grandparents, aunts and uncles are for-- to buy you gifts that will drive us crazy. It's okay. We love them anyway.

It's so fun to watch you grow, Buddy. I can't wait to see what the next month holds!

Love,
Mom