Broc sat in a high chair for the first time. He did really well and didn't need help staying upright. He also developed a new trick where he rolls over in his bouncer and crawls out of it backwards. I'm thinking about moving his playpen into the living room so I can keep a better eye on him while he plays because he also likes to roll around the floor and he's hit his noggin a couple times on our hardwood. Not super hard, but enough to give mommy a heart attack and make a squeak sound as he does it. He also wears 12 month old size socks. Seriously child?
June 13, 206
This past month has been so interesting! It seems like nothing really happened in terms of milestones and then the last 2 weeks BAM! He's eating pureed food, and can sit up by himself if you hold his little legs down. He loves squash, corn, red potatoes, carrots, prunes, guacamole, and green beans. He is not a huge fan of rice cereal. He's eating about half the time and has bottles about half the time. It depends on the day, but most of his meals are food during the day and at night he still only drinks bottles. It will be this way for a little while so we can let his body adapt to new tastes and nutritional compositions. He already holds the spoon once in a while, and sometimes if you're not feeding him fast enough he will grab the spoon and plunge it toward his face. He almost always misses though :)
Fun things from this month
Broc's Auntie Em graduated from High School this past weekend! It was so wonderful to celebrate her accomplishment. We are so happy for her. Lots of family came into town and Broc was able to meet a lot of new people. He's in this fun stage where he loves people. He loves to smile at anyone and everyone. He'll even laugh for some people. Our bishop and my sister Rachael's fiance Atticus are two of those people who he will always laugh and smile for every time he sees them. He was so good for those 3 hours too! My Uncle Chris kept saying "you're so lucky. He's such a good baby." And it's true! He's amazing. Here's some pictures from our fun weekend.
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| My sweet sister. I'm so proud of her. She's never really had the opportunity to be celebrated, or just to have her own day. I'm so glad she finally got it. She deserves it after all the hard work she's put forth. |
For memorial day, daddy had the day off. So we went to Oxbow Park here in Gresham. We sat in the sand by the Sandy River. Daddy flew a kite and Mommy and Daddy blew bubbles. Broc adored it all. He laughed at the bubbles and watched the kite in awe. Mommy got a little sunburnt and heat exhaustion, but it was still so much fun to go out and do something like that together as a family. Hopefully we get the chance to do fun things like that more often.
Mommy and Broc went to one of Uncle Ben's soccer games too. It was rainy, but Grandma and Grandpa were so nice and held an umbrella for us through pretty much all of it. Broc was in his little carrier the whole time. He was very happy to see Uncle Ben, and kept his eyes on him pretty much the whole time.
All three of us also went to Auntie Em's final choir concert. It was so fun. Broc was so so good, and we found out that he loves Nirvana. Who knew??
There were also lots of fun little drives together around town, and visits to Grandma and Grandpa's house. We were able to make it to church every Sunday but one this month. Broc is usually pretty good at church. But there's lots of babies, and when I don't let him play he gets fussy.
Next month he goes to the doctor, so I will post official stats then. I'll try to get his current stats sometime this week so we can do more comparing. But for now, we will end with this...
Newborn - 5 months
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Look at my little boy grow!!! I love doing these pictures every month. I think you see more and more of his personality as the month progresses. It's so cool to see his personality and physical changes each time.
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