Gavin-5 Months

Gavin is 5 months old!  Time is once again flying by!  Here are some things he is up to these days.

•  He loves to be rough housed.  He likes to go up and down in the air and be tickled like crazy.  Patrick also loves this and they have tons of fun playing.

• This is Gavin's new favorite spot to sit.  He likes to be up, but can't sit up on his own.  He fits so perfectly.  January 5, 2013

• Very observant.  He will turn and reach to get whatever he is looking at.  He loves to grab Ellie's and my hair.  Jan 21 Ellie was running by him and quick as can be he reached up and grabbed a hold of her hair.  It stopped her in her tracks and, luckily, she laughed.  She is so good and will play along with him.

• Ellie loves him so much and he lights up when she comes into the room.  He always stares at her and whatever she is doing and smiles like crazy.  She also is a great little comforter.  When Gavin cries she will come and softly say, 'its alright Gavi' or 'whats wrong Gavi'  I love that she calls him Gavi or boy or baby brother.

• Ellie can also get him laughing like crazy and not being able to breath because he's laughing so hard.

• Gavin has been spitting up so much less the last few weeks and it is awesome!  He still does every now and then, but not near as much.  It used to be every time he ate and multiple times in between.  I have even stopped having him wear a bib all the time.  Now we can see his cute little outfits:)
• He loves to chew on everything, especially his binky.  He thinks it's hilarious to shove as much of his binky in his mouth as possible.  January 17, 2013.

• Gavin and Ellie have both been sick for a couple weeks in Jan and it was miserable.  We took both into the Dr and nothing but a bad cold, but they are both so congested and coughing and fevers.  Gavin hasn't been sleeping well at all and up crying a lot.  He has been super fussy and hard to deal with, but also just a smiley little guy.  January 28, 2013
  
  

• 1st time letting Gavin cry himself to sleep and it took about 15 min before he zonked.  I didn't want to do it this early, but he wouldn't stop crying even being held.  I know that it will get better, but it is always hard to do!

• He tried his first real food.  He had rice cereal on Jan 1 and loved it.  This boy is going to be an eater!  Gavin tried peas on the 20th and carrots on the 23rd.  He was not a huge fan of peas, but really liked carrots.

Ellie really likes to feed his too.  January 21, 2013

• Gavin has started sucking on his tongue and making a clicking noise.  He is fascinated with little new things and I love watching him learn.  He likes to hear himself make noise and will grunt a lot too.  On Jan 27th he found his scream.  He will scream when he gets really mad and believe me, he has a little temper.

• He is rolling over and I found him on Jan 3rd rolled over in the middle of the night.  He didn't  quite know how to roll back over so he woke up screaming at 2:30am.  It always freaks me out when babies are on there tummy in the night.  By the end of January he is rolling like a pro.  He will even roll multiple times to get to a toy across the room.
  
  
  January 31, 2013
  
   January 28, 2013
  
   I am so glad that Gavin is part of our family.  He is so fun and even though he's been a bit more ornery due to having a cold this month, he still brings so much joy and smiles to our family!