5 Months Old

I can't believe 5 months have come and gone. Ben and I used to think we were busy before Sam, but now we know a whole new meaning of busy. Samuel is at the point where he wants to be entertained all the time, and always do different things. His favorite thing right now is just having air blown on him from a straw, he squeals and laughs and seems shocked each time it happens. He never likes to sit still and we think if he had it his way he would stand all day every day. He seems like he really wants to crawl now too, he is putting his butt in the air and pushes down and he moves his arms but not all at the same time. I think it will be a while before he figures out the right combination. We are still trying to get him to sit on his own, he can do it for a while but then falls over, or as the parents as teacher lady tells us he is at the weable wobble stage. She told us to do the lay down, to sit, to stand, to help him get used to the different positions, and when we do it he pops right up and locks his legs so he doesn't have to sit down again, it is too cute but definitely not helping us practice sitting much. Here he is sitting playing with his duck.
Samuel has also found some new friends Mylar balloons. I bought Ben some balloons to congratulate him on his new job, but they quickly became toys for Sam. He loves looking at them, grabbing them and having them brought up close to his face. I think he could stare at them all day! Both Ben's mom and my mom got him more balloons and he just can't seem to get enough.
And as a progress update, we still have no teeth, but you wouldn't know it by all of the symptoms he has and the love for chewing cold things, or really anything. His gum line is so hard, and ridgity that I think it must be close, but who knows at this rate.