A Whoppin' 5 Months Old!!!

Little Carter is now five months old as of the 8th of October. Where has the time gone?! He is becoming quite active and a little social bug! We spend some time looking back at videos from the first couple days of his life and he was SO little and had SO much dark hair. I couldn’t ask for a sweeter, more perfect child. We love him dearly.

**Carter can now offically roll from his belly to his back and his back to his belly. He is better at his back to his belly though.

**He does this adorable belly laugh when you nibble his arms - adorable!

**He is only waking up once at night now and sleeping in until 8:00 or so.

**He is so interested in everything around him now. He reaches for my water cup, pen, or whatever I am holding.

**He gets his feelings hurt if he is sitting somewhere or in his swing and I walk by without picking him up.

**He thinks Andrew is SO funny! I can't wait until they can play together more.

**He FINALLY tolerates his carseat a bit better. He used to have meltdowns all the time in the car, but he usually falls asleep now and if he does cry it is more of an irritated cry than a really sad cry.

**He loves his silky and his bug.

**He now sleeps in a big baby boy crib. (We found out our bassinett has a recall on it - I need to find out what that is all about...hmmm...not good to be not safe!)

**Still no pacifier and no bottle.

I found a new doctor thanks to a friend from church and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the office!!! Carter got two more shots. (I am spacing his shots out so he gets less at a time - I am a paranoid mommy) I convinced Bry to come with me since he had this week off from work and of course Carter did not cry at all with the shots!!! Just one little square mouth - one shot in the arm and another in the leg. What a brave little baby. I told the doc I was concerned about him being too chubby, but apparently the doc says he is petite which makes him look so chunky. Riiiight - he is still and chunk-a-lunk! Either way - his stats for 5 months are

Length: 25.25 inches (25-50%)

Weight: 15 lbs 9 oz (25-50%)

Head Circumference: 42.4 cm (25-50%)

Carter was a little grumpy the rest of the day following his shots so the only picture I got of him on his month-birthday was this one. Next time I won't be so mean and take him to the doc to get shots on his month-birthday!!