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.