5 months!

The teething continues and still no teeth!! Everything Tank sees he puts in his mouth! Over the Christmas holiday Tank found his toes!! Even his big toe reaches in his mouth as he pulls both his legs up! I love that! He enjoys me lifting him over my head and blowing raspberries on his tummy. Its great to see and hear him laugh and smile! Another milestone that happened the week of Christmas was Tank started sleeping on his tummy all night. This made me a bit nervous. He would get stuck at time and cry and I would find his leg and arm dangling out of the crib. I would place him back in the middle of the crib on his back and he would turn every which way and end up on his stomach. Nearing 6 mo. now, I am ok with this position.

He has made great strides turning all the way around in his exersaucer, figuring out how to play with each of the toys and grab and reach out really well. Its really fun to watch he evolve so rapidly. He continues to roll and roll. At times I catch him rocking on his knees but he doesn't have the upper body strength quite yet to go anywhere.

1/7/11- he is just about sitting up on his own! He sits in his high chair in this new year while Chip and I eat dinner. We have quite the conversations! He is very comfortable in the high chair and is on his third day of cereal! He loves it more and more! I was getting dressed this morning and laid Tank in my bed surrounded by pillows, put the tv on and he was in heaven!! He was so intrigued he didn't even flail his arms about. Of course I didn't take my eyes off him for a second!

The naps are still kinda sporadic. I try to put him down but he isn't always ready when mommy is ready. Now that the traveling has ceased for a couple months we are settling back at home and focusing on our family. The past two nights he has been up a lot. The night of 1/5/11 he was up a record amount of times, 5x! Mommy was exhausted and Tank didn't nap the next day. I must have caught a second wind and have been getting my gym time in after he goes to bed at 7 pm. That has been working out nicely.

We spent the week between Christmas and New Years in Chicago, celebrating with my side of the family. Tank was blessed with two white Christmases in 2010! We visited with lots of family and friends and those we missed this time, we'll definitely catch next time.

Tank's first Christmas with Santa

Tank's first Christmas was so special! The Babers have a family tradition to see Santa at the Children's Museum in Richmond Christmas Eve morning. I sewed an outfit for him to celebrate in! We had a lot of fun meeting more extended family and celebrating Christmas in Cartersville. After Santa we enjoy a breakfast buffet at the Omni in Richmond. The drive back to Cartersville took two hours because Tank had his first blow out in the car seat. Mommy had ONE wipe in the diaper bag so we stopped at CVS to buy wipes and clean Tank up from his ears to his toes. It was a three man job: me, daddy, and Grammie to get back on the road again. We all found humor in this event! Now that Tank cleaned out his system, not 20 minutes later we stopped and he nursed. We finally arrived at Grammie and Paw Paw's two hours later! We had fun waking up Christmas morning to do stockings and Santa gifts for Tank before heading to Maria's for breakfast. Everyone really made Tank's first Christmas special!

Four months!

Four months has been my favorite month so far! Tank has grown and changed so much! Thanksgiving he started rolling back to tummy. He has loved the exersaucer and grabs at the toys on it very well. We came home and I spent a day setting our up for him. It only took him one day at home to have more core control in the seat! He enjoys exploring the rainforest toys on it and loves the music. Chip and I go around the house with the tunes replaying in our head!! I have loved him smiling back at me this month! He also sees farther distances. He recognizes Alvin and has pulled his ears a few times:) Alvin is a good sport and has shown nothing but LOVE! Tank's rolling has progressed and he is much quicker at it each time. We came home from IL saying "time to get the gates up!" Tank rolled all across the room! Its been fun watching him interact with people and pick up his toys with his own hands all by himself! He has been sleeping really well at night and getting into a bedtime routine. He'll go to bed at 7 pm and wake up to nurse about 2-3 ish am. The naps are just kinda getting implemented. He seems tired about 10 am so I read to him and nurse him before putting him down. He doesn't sleep long but at least its something. We had a great holiday photo session with Gwen. Tank had a lot of fun posing in his red cordory overalls and Santa suit. Alvin was even included in the shoot. We are preparing for his first Christmas with lots of traveling ahead. He did great in the car ride to Chicago over Thanksgiving and hope Christmas will go just as well.