5 Months Old! (With pics)

Today, the bug is 5 months old.

He is currently sitting behind me playing with one of his favorite toys, a car simulation thingy that sings to him. He's obsessed with the freaking thing. Liam is a pretty happy baby, unless he is stuck lying down or on his tummy. He loves sitting up, and while he can still sit up by himself for like 10 seconds, he falls. Or, he will tripod himself (its quite funny to watch and see) and kind of try to sit like that for awhile.

God forbid the child has to lie down, he goes crazy. He has great abs that allow him to pull himself halfway up, but he can't quite figure out how to get his lower half to cooperate just yet.

Milestones:

Liam now eats cereal twice a day, and two ounces of pear juice. (Per ped)
He is fully formula fed.
He scoots when he wants a toy.
He can roll over from side to side.
When he is angry, he says Mom.
Okay, it's more like "MOMOMOMOMOMOMMMMM"
He can also sit himself up...sometimes...and if he really wants to.

He is approx 27 inches long and 18lbs. I say approx because my measurements are nothing near the drs normally.

Enjoy some pictures from his 5 month photo shoot!!

Please only repost pictures with permission from me, unless you are family.

Thanks! And that is the Life of a Leebug.

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Til the next milestone..

Oh the bug...

I don't have much of an update for Liam this week.

He will be five months old next week, and I will update then. But for the most part, Liam is doing great. He is laughing, talking (babytalk), trying to sit up and lighting every moment in our lives!

His milestone this week? He can drip from a sippy cup! We give him applejuice once a day to help him poop. TMI, I know, but I gotta help the poor kid and his toosh!

Until later in the week...

Photo Contest!

Liam is in a photo contest for his Christmas photos! Please vote for him via the link below. He is number 16 and the caption is "Santa Baby".

Please and Thank You! http://www.5minutesformom.com/48494/hello-canvas-holiday-photo-contest-enter-your-best-photo/

Can you say seereeuhl?

Thats right Liam had cereal today for the first time. And boy was he ready!!! I kind of let him tell me when he was ready, and since hes almost 5 months I just watched for his cues. Which were...moving his tongue around and reaching for everyones food. He can also hold himself up for 8 seconds! Eeeek!

Today he had 2 tablespoons mixed with breastmilk. His first spoonful he didnt know what to do with it, and he kind of got super excited and kicked his little feet all around. But after that first one he even tried to take the spoon from me and help put it in his mouth.

Sigh. My little boy is growing up so much...its heartbreaking. He is also on his last two days of breastmilk and he is handling the switch well. Maybe in two weeks we will start veggies!

Until then...thats the life of a Leebug.

Liam's First Christmas!

The day was pretty uneventful. David and I both had to work so Liam got to spend time with his cousin Cohen! And Aunt Becky and Uncle Markie. He had a blast! He was so tired he slept pretty much all night.

When I came home it was time to open the presents. Liam already had opened most of his presents from Aunt Ashley and everyone else. But he had presents from Santa and Aunt Dana and Grandpa Danny left that he hadn't opened. (The ones wrapped).

We sat him down in my lap and handed him some. He was way more interested in the paper unless the toy lit up or sang. He pretty much stroked every box and tried to eat it. It was quite the sight to see! In the end, he was so tired he passed out for three hours. Which I was completely okay with, I had blogging to do and other stuff.

Well, that's about as much as an update as I have time for. Liam is up and angry, and yelling at me to pick him up so we can finished eating and go to bed.

Night Ya'll.

PHOTO BOMB!!!

Liam is rocking Dad's shades...above. 

And Below he is obsessed with this toy from the Essarys! 

Below, still obsessed. 

I tried to steal some love...but he didn't get the memo. 

Above: Cousin Cohen and Liam! 

Below, Everyone

(David, liam, Lacey, Mark, Becky, Cohen, Carol, Wyatt)

Above: Liam and Cohen. 

Below: The insane amount of presents under our tree. 

  Opening his first present! 

He cared more about the wrapping paper...seriously. 

Below: "BUT MOM..WAITTT..": 

We gave him all the wrapping paper in the world. He wasn't too thrilled after that sensory overload.. 

:Below: A picture of the aftermath. 

Above we have a very angry child, minutes before bedtime.

4 Months Old

Our bug is 4 months old today! He weighs 16lbs, 5oz and is 26.25 inches long. He is on the growth curve in the 75th percentile for his weight, and the 91st for head and 90th for height.

He is growing so fast!

It's a fact..Liam is a weed.

At 17 weeks.. he keeps growing! (So, days shy of 4 months) Not quite four months old yet, he has to wait until Monday to receive that badge of honor. But, Liam is growing! This past Thursday, he graduated from Physical Therapy. His sweet therapists made him a diploma! We're going to miss seeing them so much, but not miss the copays!

Liam has started to grab at his feet, and pull onto things. He has convinced himself that he was sit up by himself, but his body has not yet received the memo. So it's a constant struggle these days with him because he gets soooo upset when you lie him down for tummy time and/or put him down in a way he doesn't want to be. He know notices things he wants and will throw himself towards them. It's not entirely a cool sight to see, but its funny to watch.

The other day he whined for a good ten minutes because he wanted this toy that his cousin had. And I must have tossed 20 toys in front of him trying to figure out what he wanted. When I have him the stupid walker chime thingy he was happy and pleased.

He's getting so big, its ridiculous. He has slowed down though since birth, for sure. He hasn't doubled his weight yet, but we won't find that out until Monday. He still fits in 3-6 months comfortably. Sometimes, 3 to 6 months is too big. But 0 to 3 is too small. It's hell trying to find clothes that will fit this baby perfectly.

Christmas is coming! And while Liam has a bunch of toys under the tree already, we're anticipating him eating the paper more. He seems to know what to do with wrapping paper. He scratches at it, pinches it, then...rips it off and eats it. It's a work in progress...

I'll update again with stats in a few more days. Happy Leebug Everybody!