Caleb, 5 Months

At the start of the month

The month leading up to June 16th was a whirlwind- on May 16th we were still living in Milwaukee, preparing for the move, but hadn't quite wrapped our heads around it. Now it's our third week in Nashville. We've settled into a routine that will be reworked when I go back to work in July.

Hanging out in our empty bedroom in Milwaukee. 

This month was FULL of milestones. At his 4 month check-up our (former *sob*) pediatrician gave the green light to start Caleb on cereal. It was off to the races! As I mentioned before, Caleb LOVES cereal. We've tried rice cereal and oatmeal, both to great success. Now we're up to cereal twice a day, as we move towards a regular meal schedule, with bottles to supplement.

"Just chilling. Hey guys, didn't there used to be furniture here?"

Our first week in Nashville Caleb really started to work on rolling over. We were excited, but I was less excited than Brian. See, rolling means we needed to break Caleb of the swaddle. And with Brian at work all day, I needed to break Caleb of the swaddle. I decided to go cold turkey, instead of messing around with one arm out at a time. It was painful week to begin with. We were living among boxes, the stove wasn't working and now I had a baby that wouldn't nap. And by wouldn't, I mean he couldn't nap. He had no idea why we were messing with his sleep routine. I called it "practice sleeping." He would only sleep for 45 minutes or so at a time, then wake up and cry because he was still exhausted but couldn't get back to sleep. Finally toward the end of the week he really started rolling over and that's when he figured out sleeping on his tummy. It the worst possible timing, but we didn't have a choice: you're not supposed to swaddle babies who can roll over.

Feet up, relaxing. 

Now he rolls over all the time and he mostly sleeps on his tummy. This is only problematic when he flips over and ends up with an arm between the slats.

His new trick: Falling asleep in the car after running errands. 

Every. Single. Time. 

Caleb is so much fun at 5 months old. He makes all kind of noises: coos, "wah," razzes, shrieks and giggles. He decided to talk through the entire sermon this past Sunday at a church we were visiting. Cue me chilling in the lobby with him. Thankfully the church members were incredibly sweet about it.

Yum! Cereal! 

Caleb is still a happy, sociable baby. He charms friends and strangers and we just love him to pieces.

Some pictures from his 5 month "photo shoot." (Aka, we had a couple quiet minutes and a blanket. Which he's too big for. The dog is Kevin Bacon, a gift and cousin of my best friend's (real) dog, Francis Bacon.)