5 months

Boy what an active little guy we have! He is turning himself around while on his stomach. He can roll back over onto his back now so we really never know what direction we will find him in. I don't think it'll be long before he is crawling. He can push himself up pretty well and get on his knees for a short amount of time.

He is still enjoying his cereal and is mostly only waking once during the night. We had to do a little training for that last time he was waking but not getting himself back to sleep. It only took 2 nights before he got it and even better, we found a non cry it out method that worked well for us.

He is a very happy baby and we love that. There is nothing better than having this amazing, innocent little guy smile at us all the time. He has noticed the cats more and more so that has been fun. Now that we have all our things, he has gotten to play in the exersaucer and he loves it - lots of things to chew on with those teeth coming in.

Middle of the night meal

Jingles got hungry in the middle of the night and fixed himself a meal...spaghetti with marshmallows and fruit snacks.

Guess who was so.not.impressed?!

Macen sat down at the table to drink his chocolate milk, glanced up at Jingles when I mentioned it and then went right back to drinking his milk. Not a care in the world, not even a double take. When I pressed on he stated elves don't eat.

Guess Jingles is going to have to step up his game!

Sugar Angel

Jingles played in the sugar last night making angels.

Tree decorating

Macen loves Christmas time and loves decorating the tree. He even said he wanted to add candy canes this year. As we finished hanging the stockings he exclaimed "This is going to be the best Christmas ever". We have to agree with him. Maddox is here with us and James is not deployed. We are so excited to wake up Christmas morning in our own home and all together finally.

Jingles has arrived!

We were out of town for the weekend and when we returned home, Jingles was hanging out in the Christmas tree. He put it up for us while we were gone since we had been concentrating on unpacking so much. He left a note for the boys and let them know they have to be really good so Santa will find them on Christmas.

God Bless Rice Cereal

Maddox has been waking 3 times a night but only eating once. So in effort to curb those other 2 wakings, I started him on rice cereal. I wanted to wait until he was 6 months but he has been showing alot of interest when we are eating and with everything we have going on, I need sleep. Haha! It has eliminated one of his wakings so it has helped and he enjoys it so much.

Sorry for the blurriness - taking them one handed while he was eating.

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