Our beautiful babe is getting so big.  He’s scooting around on the floor, just about crawling.  He can pull himself up to standing against just about anything.  He’s got one tooth poking through and another working it’s way up.  He’s eating like a champ.  Loves yogurt, especially vanilla yogurt.  And is the most wonderful little baby boy.

Okay, so I think my last blog was that John was napping on his own….yeah that happened like for a whole one day.  He’s sleeping right now solo, but I don’t know how long that will last so I’ll be quick.

John is 18 pounds now and 27 inches long!  We took tons of pictures of him the other day so I’ll see if I can get Dave to post some of them this week.

John is just doing so well and he’s such a precious little guy.  Just the sweetest thing ever to us.  He even gives kisses, albeit really slobbery wet kisses all over my cheeks.

John at 5 months

John is 5 Months old today!  And what an amazing and awesome little guy he is!  Right now he’s laying in his crib, tugging on his feet (trying to chew on them), all while squealing all sorts of different noises…oh, yeah and occasionally sneezing.  John got his first cold on the first day of the New Year.

He’s not really sleeping on his own for naps yet.  I had him close to doing that before the holidays, but with travel and different daily schedules, things got out of sync for him.  And then when I was ready to try getting him to nap on his own again, he got a cold and became slightly clingy for a few days.  So maybe next week we’ll try again.

You should hear the sounds this little man makes.  Everything from outright screams and yells to little squeaks and squeals.  It’s too funny listening to him.  We’ve got to get it on video.  He only really goes all out with the vocalizations when laying on the changing table or laying by himself in the crib.  He’s really pretty quiet sometimes.  And he has the cutest little giggle when you tickle him just right.

John also absolutely loves his Daddy!  He just gives him a huge smile when ever he sees him.  And if he hears his voice he is instantly trying to find him.

John will be baptized November 8th at our church.  My parents were able to make a trip here in November so we were able to set the date to coincide with their visit.  Pretty cool!  I’m still working on details like where to have a luncheon afterward, but it is good to at least have a date.

Dave and I can’t stand using the car seat as a carrier for John.  It’s bulky, heavy and horribly annoying so we carry John most places or I put him in a wrap “wearing him”.  At church though we always just carry him.  We’ve decided that because apparently most of the new parents put their new babies in car seats people never get to see them or hold them.  And because of that we have hypothesized that it is the reason John gets so much attention at church.

All the older gals that were so sweet while I was pregnant are now doting on John like crazy.  He gets so much attention from them.  They all ooh and ahhh and ask to hold him.  They cuddle him and love on him.  It is so sweet.

Yesterday I went back to Bible Study for the first time since about 5 weeks before I had John.  There is an old gal there that suffers greatly from physical degeneration and is kind of a sourpuss.  I brought John in and he was an instant hit.  He also was immediately taken from my arms to be held.  Someone gave John to the sour lady.  She totally monopolized him after that.  He fell asleep in her arms and she just hung on, even though I offered to take him so she could rest her arms.  I’ve never heard her say much of anything positive, but after holding John she talked about how cuddly he was and how good it felt to hold a baby.

He’s such a blessing to all these ladies and to others.  My hope and prayer is that he is forever a blessing to those he encounters.  He sure is our little blessing that’s for positive!!