Five months!!

Wow, is my baby really five months old today? I can't believe it!! Luke has change SO much in the past few weeks. It's really amazing!

Luke at 5 months:

~He can roll over--BOTH ways!! At four months he really wasn't rolling over at all. But once he got it, he couldn't stop! As soon as we put him on the floor, he rolls and rolls and rolls. I turned my head for a minute the other day, and he had rolled halfway across his nursery!

Rolling, rolling, rolling...

~Luke can hold his head up really well when he's on his belly--it looks like he's doing pushups.

~Luke is almost a "hip baby" meaning that I can almost prop him up on my hip and carry him around. He does it sometimes, but then he'll forget to hug my hips with his legs and he just slips down. We are REALLY close though.

~Luke is really reaching for things now. He likes to touch the remote, mommy's hair, and his rattle.

~Luke is trying SO hard to sit by himself!!! This is new this week! He can do it for a few seconds and then he just topples over. But he's learning to hold himself up with his arms. I guess it reminds me of how a gorilla sits!

You can see exactly what's about to happen here!!

~Right now, Luke isn't so sure that he likes other people holding him besides mommy and daddy.

~He's not a fan of his carseat in this hot summer heat. He lets us know when he ready to be out of it! And as soon as we take him out, he's the happiest baby and all is right in the world!

~Luke likes watching our dogs. He'll just stare at them when he's in his exersaucer, and he's even petted Yoda a few times. And I hate to admit it, but Yoda licked his face yesterday--Yoda only got one lick in before I could get to him. Believe me, I cleaned Luke's face afterwards and yelled at Yoda. But Luke didn't mind at all!

~Luke has the BIGGEST smiles! He loves smiling at mommy and daddy, his octopus, and other babies/kids. He thinks other babies are the funniest things he's ever seen. It's so cute.

~EVERYTHING goes in his mouth these days.

Going to town on his octopus!

~Luke can still wear most of his 3 month clothes, but we're slowly moving into his 6 month ones. He's still wearing size 2 diapers.

~Luke loves to laugh. Last night, we had a 5 minute laugh-fest where he just laughed and chuckled! It was one of those moments I never wanted to end!

~He 'baby talks' alot--another sweet sound I love to hear!

~Luke loves going to music class every week and to our weekly playdates--he loves being around other babies and kids!

~Luke is eating some rice cereal. He still doesn't really care about it. Some days he'll eat a little, some days alot. It all depends on his mood!

~Luke is learning to self-soothe and put himself to sleep. This is a biggie and very new. And still a work in progress. The first night he cried for an hour, the second night was 45 minutes, and the third night was 30 minutes--progress!

~Luke is the love of our lives and we feel truly blessed to have such a sweet healthy beautiful baby boy.