5 months

Little man is 5 months old

• He started sitting up on his own at the beginning of this month, he hasn't fully mastered it but he's getting stronger.
• His little giggles are the cutest thing. He's started "talking" alot more, sounds like he's having a serious conversation with us. It even sounded like he said "da-da", I was really hoping "mama" would be his first word.
• He likes to be surprised, he will giggle like crazy when you "boo" and pop into his vision
• Liam got to see santa for the first time, I am so excited for his first Christmas.
• He has been such a good sleeper lately, we started only rocking him for a minute or 2 and then putting him down awake so he can learn to go to sleep on his own. He has done surprisingly great and hardly cries or fusses when we put him down. Whew, complete opposite of Avery.
• He started rolling over this month, on 12/11 he rolled from his tummy to back 3 times! of course when we pulled out the video camera he just fussed but wouldn't roll. But I did get a video on my phone. What would I do without my camera phone? :)
• Liam loves to look in the mirror, he smiles and coos
• He has started grabbing for things and is very interested when we eat, imagine that!
• He is wearing mostly 6-9 and 9 months clothes now, everything else is too small.
• He also wears size 4 diapers at night (the same size Avery wears during the day)
• Liam has gotten much better hand-eye coordination. He loves to hang onto things, especially a burp cloth or his octopus and bring it to his mouth.
• He has changed so much and is such a joy to our family. I just love this little guy more and more everyday.

Happy 5 month birthday Liam!

happy 5 months Liam

Today Liam is 5 months old. I can't tell you how fast these past few months have flown by. I wish this was his 5mo post but unfortunately I am in the hospital and unable to post his pics. I will get the post up soon after I get home. As to why I'm in the hospital; Last week 12/12 I had an outpatient surgery that I developed an infection from. Yesterday I was admitted in the hopes of another surgery that evening but it ended up being pushed to this morning. My doctor basically went in to take a look and flush the area. I did have an infected area and I'm praying that she was able to clean it and that all the swelling will go down. I've been on alot of antibiotics. Of course this is probably the worst time of year to be in the hospital. I haven't gotten to talk to my doctor since before surgery but she told my mom that "hopefully" I will be able to go home before the holidays. :( I'm trying not to get my hopes up. Kinda feels like when Liam was in the hospital, the unknown. I do thank God that its me in the hospital and not either of my kiddos. Our family has seen entirely too much of Baylor hospital this year. I will have to have one more surgery to re-stitch the area in the future once the infection is completely gone. Ugh, this has not been a fun week and a half. I can't wait to get back home with my babies, this week has been rough on my little Avery Jo. She's been asking about mommy and saying "is mommy getting better?". I know its hard on her that I can't pick her up, get down and play with her and overall be there like normal.
** update; I did get released on Christmas Eve and was able to spend Christmas with the Rhodes family and see Avery's face Christmas morning when Santa had arrived. She was very excited. I'm still working on trying to heal, it may be a long process, I'd appreciate your continued thoughts and prayers!**

Rolling rolling rolling.....

Yesterday Liam mastered rolling over from his tummy to back. He did it several times yesterday and today. Even at 6am this morning he decided to talk to himself and attempt his new trick. Hopefully this early waking won't last too long. Here is a video I captured of him rolling, this was his 2nd of 3 rolls that afternoon;

Love my little chunk! he's growing up too fast though

4 month check up

Liam had his 4 month well baby visit this past week. His doc says he looks great! He weighed in at 17.2lbs (93rd percentile) and was 25 inches long (70th percentile)! He's definitely getting enough to eat :). His doc said we'll keep him on his reflux meds while he's still spitting up alot, re-evaluate him around 6 months but he may need to stay on them for a year! He's getting so big.

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