Life at 5 months old (in which I roll, grab, and hang out with a wacky older kid)
Hi everyone! Well, technically I won’t be 5 months old until next Tuesday, but what the heck! This past week I have just really gotten the hang of this rolling thing, and it is my favorite thing to do! If you put me on the floor, I will roll and roll and roll until I either wedge myself really good under a piece of furniture, or get picked up by someone and placed back at my starting position all over again. It’s a great way to get around - if I spot something or someone I want to get to, I just roll on over until I hit my desired destination! Mommy says she wants to cover me in swiffer cloths, so I can help dust while I’m at it!
I have also pretty mastered those things called my hands - they are awesome! You can use hands to grab anything you can reach/pick up, and then unless a grownup curbs your style, you can then place said object in your mouth! Also great fun: when you within reach of a grownup’s face - you can reach out and tweak their nose and pull their hair! How cool is that? When nothing else is around to grab, I am also always very content to just grab my own ear and pull on that as well!
So, I live with my mommy, daddy and a WAY excellent big brother named Decker. Mom and Dad are nice and all, but I really only have eyes for my brother. He is super funny and plays with me all the time - and he was the first one to make me really and truly giggle out loud! (He was jumping on the bed and dancing, and I thought - understandably - that that was HILARIOUS). He brings me toys and pacifiers and tries to get me to talk to him and always wants to help - pretty sweet, huh? So the best part is that now, I have graduated from my bassinette in my folks’ room and am now sharing with Decker! Yup, I’m out of the ‘rents place and am now sharing a pad with my best friend! He seems psyched about the arrangement as well, which is good!
The sun has been out more and so we have been going outside (well, I hang out on my mom’s front in a snugli) so Decker can play. I like being outside, except lately there’s all this green dust flying around and it makes me sneeze and sniffle! So we have to keep it kinda short. But my dad says that’s a temporary thing and pretty soon we’ll get to stay out a lot longer. Yay!
Have a good weekend everyone! Hope you all get to grab a nose or two!