My Poor Baby

Yes that's my baby boy.

That's him sleeping on our bathroom floor.

That's where I realized I should leave him rest after he got sick in our bed and after he got sick all over me in our rocking chair and after he woke up in his crib and started getting sick again.

Yes, my baby had the stomach flu on Friday. I've never had a baby get the stomach flu. I didn't really know what to do.

His pattern was eat, sleep, wake, get sick, look up at me with a pitiful look, then repeat. It was hard. I was so sad for him.

That is my baby on our bathroom floor with his leg in a splint.

That was the morning after our six hour stint in the ER.

My poor baby.

5 months old

Little J is five months old! It's crazy how fast this time is going. Here's a few things about him right now...

-he loves his hands and has found his feet too

-he loves sitting in his bouncy seat and kicks his leg back and forth making him bounce. When he's on the floor he kicks both legs together

-he makes lots of noise, grunts, coos and goos. He's a lot louder than both the girls.

-he still gets up about once a night, usually around 4 a.m.

-when he wakes in the morning he is very happy and does most of his talking

-he's a great car sleeper and has adapted well to sometimes busy schedule

-he's had his first trip to the ER (more about that later)

he has two bottom teeth

-he has rolled over from tummy to back and from his back to his tummy (with adult witnesses this time)

-when he sleeps he rolls to his side and holds his hands together like he's praying. It's really very sweet.

-he nearly always laughs or smiles when he sees his big sisters, and usually smiles at everyone he sees

-he's grabbing at toys and loves to put them in his mouth

-he still loves his pacifer

-tummy time is more fun for him now

-he's the sweetest baby and we love him to pieces

Emma's dress

Well I finally sat down one afternoon and whipped out Emma's dress. Again, sew, I mean so easy. Just a seam up the back and a hem. I used fabric to make her straps. The hardest part was turning the straps rightside out! She went outside to model for me. She saw all the Angus heifers and kept saying, "Angus, cows mooooooooo!"

Catching up

I've just been playing catch up on the blog. I still have several more posts to get up before we leave to go see my family this week. If I don't get to them, I'll be even more behind when I return! I found this awesome way to turn your blog into a printed book and it includes photos too. You can check it out here. So, I decided that since I'm behind on scrapbooking and this blog is my way of journaling what's happening in our lives right now, I can put each year into a book until I can get all caught up with my albums. Hopefully that won't be too long though. I really miss traditional scrapbooking sometimes.

J loves his exersaucer

Ballet, anyone?

When we got home from McCall a couple weekends ago, Emma went downstairs and came back up in this little get-up. She kept saying, "Ballet, I go, ballet!" Funny girl!