5 months today

Wow our little baby boy is starting to grow up right before our eyes....

5 months old today - we have been enjoying lots of time outside these past couple of weeks. Walks in our stroller - and today we played outside on a blanket in our backyard. Gavin - you continue to bring so much joy into our lives. Your personality is definitely starting to show these days - lots of smiles and laughter (yes, we are ticklish under our arms and on the sides of tummy; and sometimes on the bottom of our feet too). Just last week - Scott and I literally said - you look so much bigger! More hair, we think your head looks bigger and we swear that you've gotten taller too. We are starting to enjoy sitting up with a "little help" - not fully doing in on our own yet. But, when he sits up - he LOVES looking out and playing with toys. Probably our biggest change right now is that we have moved to eating formula about 80% now. I started producing less milk right after our vacation in Hilton Head and we were planning to start supplementing in a month - however, we just started that process a little sooner than expected. SO - Gavin definitely went through a couple weeks of getting adjusted to eating formula vs. breastmilk - but it seems to be going well now. (A little harder on mommy at the start - but she is much better now too). You have become quite "aggressive" in playing with your toys - love hitting, grabbing (including mommy/daddy's lips, face, ears, hair....). In fact, the parrot on your bouncy seat has gone through quite a beating lately (we laugh at how "excited" you get when playing with things). You have started taking naps on a more regular basis - so that has been good too. All and all - you continue to brighten our days with you smiles, laughs and our favorite time with you is right before bed. We love going up to your room after tubby and you just laugh and laugh as we change your clothes, put on a new diaper and play in your room. That time is just precious.... we love you so much! Happy 5 months to you!