Five Months and still growing...

Can you believe it? I am five months old now. 24 inches (finally grew 1/2 inch) and 19 lbs!! Mommy and Daddy say I am a "chunky monkey".

My High Chair

Granny and Papaw Stewart bought me my high chair. I am just starting to use it because I am just now big enough to like sitting in it. Mommy still has to pile pillows in there to help me. Scout and I are having fun just hanging out here. I haven't eaten in my high chair yet. I am mainly still on just breast milk but about once a week Mommy gives me cereal. For now, she uses my papasan seat because I still can't sit on my own yet. But, I'm working on it!

Here's Papaw Stewart and me. He's proud of the high chair and the work he did on it. They bought it unfinished and he stained, sanded, etc, it for me. I think it looks great!

Scout

Ok, so I went online looking for an educational toy to buy Max. I found this dog on LeapFrog. I loved it. The boy dog is green, named Scout. The girl dog is purple, named Violet. You can hook the dog to your USB port on your computer and program it to see your child's favorite color, food, animal, etc. You can customize which songs you like from the list of songs that the company has online. Coolest thing ever though is it can be customized to say your child's name. It says "Hello Max" and "Max wanna play?" It also sings songs that involve "Max", even one song spelling his name "M...A...X...that spells Max". He loves this dog. His eyes light up everytime he hears his name. Well worth the money, it will grow with him for quite awhile. Here he is checking Scout out for the first time
Ok, he's happy!! Success, bought him a toy he likes!!

Cute Pics

Hey, check me out!! I'm cute and I know it.
Our neighbors here in FL - the Iwanoffs got him this outfit. I thought that it was adorable so I had to take a pic of him in it. They are like parents to Chris and I when they are here in FL. So, we like to say that they are Max's NJ grandparents!!

I loved him in this outfit too! I guess I can't help it, I think my son looks good in anything :)

Me and My Aunt Lori

Here is Aunt Lori reading me a bedtime story. She came over Sat night and helped me get ready for bed. I loved it! It was lots of fun spending quality time with her and I enjoyed her helping Mommy get me ready for bed.
Aunt Lori loves me even in a WVU outfit. I don't own a Marshall outfit (where Aunt Lori graduated from) and even if I did I don't think Mommy and Daddy would let me wear it.

I love you Aunt Lori!

Exhaustion

He loves his jumper. More than any toy he has. It's the only time Chris and I can actually set him down for awhile and he's happy. He LOVES boncing. So much so that now when you hold him, he bounces on your lap. So, here he is - exhausted. He bounced for around 1 hr and then just fell out.

Max's battery finally wore out!

Here I am, exhausted as well. Sadly, I often fall asleep with Max in his rocker at night. When he wakes up in the middle of the night to be fed, I often find myself in this position come morning.

My neck hurt after this a lot. I actually walked around work for 24hrs leaned over because I had such a stiff neck.

Only my neck hurts!!

Four Months and a Flashback

Thought that everyone would enjoy seeing the difference in how he has grown without having to backtrack into the older posts4 Months - 16lbs, 23.5 inches
3 Months - 13lbs 13.5oz, 23.5 inches


2 Months - 11lbs, 23.5 inches


1 Month - 9 lbs, 21 inches


As a reminder, he was 6lbs 11oz and 19.5 inches at birth. Not sure why he hasn't grown in length since 2 months but the doctor wasn't worried about it. He is in the 10th percentile for length right now and the 75th for is weight. Looks like he is just expanding width wise. The doctor thinks he is doing great, says I have "high octane breast milk". Max really is a chunky monkey. He has rolled over once from his stomach to his back. We haven't had a repeat performance yet. He has found his hands and everything he touches goes into his mouth. He laughs out loud, makes vowel and consonant sounds and squeals at things he likes. We can't believe how much he has changed.