Five Months!?! You Gotta Be Kidding!!!

I can hardly believe my sweet little baby turned five months old on Monday! He's changing so much every day and is such a joy to us. In his fifth month of life, he received the holy sacrament of baptism, celebrated his first Halloween and Thanksgiving, and even participated in his first 5k! Baby William sure gets around!

All about William's fifth month:

• He's wearing size 3 diapers and 12 month clothes 
• I need to weigh him to see how that's going, but my guess is he's around 20 lbs. now
• He moved out of his infant carrier and into his big boy car seat and is sitting in the big boy stroller seat. He loves it!
• He really likes riding in the seat in the cart at Target and Market Street. He's still working on his sitting skills, so sometimes he'll slowly start falling over and it's funny!
• He has the best smile and laugh. 
• He loves to practice sitting and is always trying to sit up if he's laying flat.
• He's starting to discover his feet and he finds them VERY interesting! 
• He drools like a crazy man, but no teeth yet! He's always in a bib though to keep his shirts dry. 
• He loves to be outside and we take walks around the neighborhood. 
• He is starting to notice the dogs, and smiles at them and tries to touch them. Sammy and Chewie don't seem to mind!
• He LOVES textures and is always feeling things. 
• When he gets upset, a good way to calm him down is to let him look at and feel the crosses by our front door. 

We just adore little William and can't wait to see what his sixth month brings. A post on his baptism and first Thanksgiving is in the works!

William lately

He likes swinging and sleeping!

He likes sleeping on Daddy!

He loves his Spider-Man ball from Aunt De Anne!

He's been sitting in his high chair while Mommy makes dinner! He loves the toy bar on it, it's tons of fun!

The exersaucer is tons of fun and it's helping with our head control.

That's about it in the world of William! He's at such a fun age right now and is so precious!

Happy Halloween!

We celebrated William's first Halloween in fairly low-key fashion. We met Mimi at the Cantina Laredo by her house after school (Grandaddy was away on business) and ate an early dinner.

Then, we went to Mimi's house and handed out candy to the last of the trick-or-treaters and William put on his puppy costume for some pictures. It lasted about ten minutes! Our little puppy kept pulling his ears, making the head piece fall in his eyes and that made him cry. Poor guy! We did get a couple good pictures before we turned the puppy back into our sweet baby boy and took him home for the night.

We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! I think I'll get one more year of getting to dress William in something cute for my favorite holiday. Then I'm sure it will be ninjas, superheroes, and monsters with no input from Mommy! ;)

Happy Halloween from Lauren, David, and William!

Four Months Old!

William turned four months old on October 26th; David and I cannot BELIEVE how much our sweet little guy has grown! This month, William started going to daycare while Mommy and Daddy work, and he LOVES Ms. Karen's house. She takes wonderful care of our little boy and he is the darling of the group. She keeps three other little kids, the youngest of which is one and the oldest is three. They LOVE William, he's their little baby and help Mrs. Karen keep him happy and entertained!

William has also started teething. No actual teeth yet, but he drools like a crazy man and had a week of some serious diarrhea, making me think he had a stomach bug.  He was a little fussy at night that week, but overall (and so far) the teething hasn't changed our boy's sweet disposition. He loves to chew on an Elmo teething toy we got him and Rocky, a little raccoon blanket his Mimi got him. So far, he's really not interested in teething rings or any other teething toys. He does LOVE to gum Mommy's hand though!
We saw Dr. T on October 17th, and here are his four month stats!

• Height:  27 inches, which puts him in the 99.61 %
• Weight: 18.58 lbs, which puts him in the 97.275
• Head circumference: 16.5 inches, which puts him in the 70.84%

At four months, William:

•  Is still in 9 month sizes and size 3 pampers swaddlers. I just finished washing his 12 month stuff though, the 9 month pjs are getting a little tight!
• Goes to bed for the night around 10pm, when he has his last bottle. He is falling asleep around 8:30 but needs that last bottle to sleep through the night. 
• He will sleep until 8am, or during the work week until we wake him up at 6am. He rarely wakes up in the middle of the night and starting teething doesn't seem to have affected his sleep so far! 
• We have retired his bouncy seat, but he still loves his jungle gym. His swing might be getting retired soon too. 
• We brought out the exersaucer and he loves it too! It's really helping him keeping his head up and practicing putting some weight on his legs. 
• His favorite toys are Rocky, his raccoon blankie thing, Elmo, his teething toy, and a Spider-Man ball thing.
• He is starting to notice Sammy and Chewie more and watches them!
• He laughs, babbles, smiles, and squeals now. Daddy is the BEST at getting him to laugh!
• When he wants to sleep, Mommy can get him to fall asleep in about five seconds. 
• He still loves to cuddle!
• He tries to put EVERYTHING in his mouth right now, I know this is just the beginning too! 
• He still loves bath time but he is getting so big that he gets water everywhere! I think his days on the kitchen counter in the whale tub are numbered. 
• His days in the infant car seat are also numbered, he's about an inch away from being too tall and both his parents are TIRED of lugging the big guy around!

 David and I are so blessed to have such a happy, healthy baby boy! We love him more and more everyday and thank God that he has given us such a wonderful gift.

Mommy and William go to the pumpkin patch

On Monday September 24, William and I had a Mommy-son date to the Big Orange Pumpkin Farm in Celina. We had a blast! For $8 we got feed for the cows, goats, and sheep, a pumpkin out of the patch, hay rides and a hay maze! And to add to the fun, William and I were the ONLY people there and we had the farm to ourselves! We had a great time looking at the animals, playing in the hay maze, and strolling through the pumpkin patch.

We enjoyed a bottle under the picnic area and laughed at the silly goats that kept head-butting each other. It was a great visit to the pumpkin farm! I can't wait until next fall when William can run around and play and choose his own pumpkin. :)

William was sad to leave! We're going to try to go back with Daddy before the farm closes for the year.

I might be biased....

But I think I might have the cutest baby ever. Or at least one of the cutest!

Annnnd here's one more, W in his baptism bonnet. Notice he's not nearly as excited about the bonnet as he is the aviator hat. Such a boy!

Can you tell he went shopping with Mommy and Mimi today? Poor little fella! ;)

Our little three month old!

I cannot BELIEVE that my sweet baby is three months old! The time sure has flown by and I think David would agree that we love William more and more every day. His little personality is really starting to come through. He babbles to the animals on his play mat, the birds on his swing, the fan, and his parents!

He is sleeping from about 10pm to 8am, which is AMAZING and I am so thankful that he is a good sleeper! He loves to eat and pretty much the only time he fusses is when he's hungry and when he's trying to settle himself to go to sleep. Other than that, he is just full of smiles and coos and does a great job playing and interacting with his world.

Three Month Stats & Skills:

• Weight: 17.5 pounds (We don't go back to Dr. T until the end of the month for his four month checkup but I did weigh him!)
• Diaper size: 3! Swaddlers in a size 3 are hard to find, y'all! 
• Clothes: He's moved into 9 month sizes in Carter's and can still wear some Gap  and Gymboree 3-6 months.
• He's holding his head up pretty well but is still floppy from time to time
• He hasn't rolled over yet! I think his tummy might be in the way. :) 
• He tries to sit up a lot!
• He has found his hands and sometimes tries to bring his mouth to his hand instead of the other way around. It's pretty funny! 
• He drools like crazy but I think we missed the dreaded spit up! I'll take drool any day. 
• He loves to lick my shoulder and hands. I'm not sure what that's about? :)
• He tracks sounds, people, and objects with his eyes and looks for me and David if he can hear us but can't see us. 
• He can lift himself up to a 45 degree angle on his tummy, but he is not the biggest fan of tummy time!
• He LOVES his jungle gym and swing. The bouncy seat is not so great anymore and it might be about to get put up in the attic. 
• I've tried to put him in the excersaucer but he's just not quite there. Soon though! 

That's about it in my little William's world! Here he is falling over after sitting up and taking Mr. Elephant down with him! :)