Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes!

I think Bennett is a good combo baby.  Some things look like me and then others are clearly from Jason.  Bennett has my eyes and forehead.  His ears and feet are definitely Jason- no questions about that!  I'm not sure whose nose he'll have or if he'll be big like Jason or small like me.  I'm not sure if his hair will be thick like Jason or thin like mine.  Those are things I look forward to as he grows and changes.  Of course, everything about him is beautiful and it doesn't matter who he looks like in the end.  I wouldn't want him to look any other way.  But it is fun along the way though.

His beautiful eyelashes

Sweet fingers

His feet have gotten so fat  :) 

I think he's going to have big hands like Jason

Cute, cute ears!

His spikey hair

This past weekend Bennett has been sick with bronchitis.  No fun for either one of us.  His cough sounds horrible and we have to keep his nose suctioned so he can breathe and he hates that.  Hopefully in a couple of days he'll be better.  We are giving him treatments with a nebulizer to help clear his lungs.  We've done that for 3 days now- I can't tell if it's helping but we'll continue with them.  But at the doctor's office he weighed in at 17 pounds 10 ounces!  I can't believe my baby is almost 18 pounds!! 

Getting one of his treatments

Even though he had that aggravating mask on, Daddy was able to make him laugh

I've noticed the past couple of days that Bennett loves hands.  I had him in his exersaucer and was showing him all the buttons and noises but he was more interested in my hands than all the stuff on his play saucer.  He has also been trying to pick up his paci and put it in his mouth.  He's got the concept but sometimes it's backwards and doesn't quite fit.  It won't be long before he figures it out!!  My little baby is growing and learning so fast!  Here are some recent pictures we took last week:

He couldn't figure out what was on his feet  :)

Supper Club

Once a month we get together with 2 friends of mine, Kathy and Kristy.  I have known them for a very long time and all 3 of us have little boys.  Kathy and Steven have Noah- he's 1 year and 3 months.  Kristy and Jay have Parker- he's 8 and half months.  And then we have Bennett who is 5 months.  It's crazy to think we are all 3 in this stage of life, but here we are!!  We started supper club about 3 months ago and it's a really good time to get our kids together and let them play.  Bennett and Parker aren't mobile yet but they love watching Noah run the show!  :)  Pretty soon they will be giving him a run for his money!!  :)  We take turns hosting each time.  Tonight we met at Kristy's house and I took the opportunity to snap some pictures.  We all have a great time and I hope to keep this up!!

Kathy and Bennett

Jay and Parker

Noah showing Bennett what to do with the toys

Little Parker!

Noah showing Jason what to do with the toys  :)

Having fun on the mat!

Parker loved the camera!!  He posed for it every time I went to take his picture  :)

Noah didn't like it when Mommy had another baby

Parker and Bennett

The best picture of me and Noah

Bennett blowing bubbles

Noah says "Weeeee"

Noah is so funny!!

So cute!  Noah wearing 3D glasses

Bennett and Daddy

Steven holding Bennett- I'm surprised he didn't have Bennett's ear in his hand :)

We host supper club next month- can't wait!!!

More of Bennett

Just a picture post, because I think he's so darn cute!!

 

Mmmm, mmmmm Good!!

So here is the video of him from the other night.  He wasn't too sure what to think about it.  We tried again tonight and he seemed a little more open to it.  After a few bites, it almost seemed like he opened his mouth in anticipation of food going in it.  It's really fun to feed him!!  I can't wait to see his reactions to each food and see what his favorites and not so favorites are! 

5 months ago today!

So Bennett is 5 months old today, which is so hard to believe.  He's almost half a year old.  To me, that just doesn't seem possible.  This coming month we have a lot to look forward to- his first trip to the zoo, the SC State Fair, and Halloween.  I've been putting off taking him to the zoo just because the weather has been so hot here, we'd all be miserable walking around.  The weather is finally starting to cool down some and I think next month we'll be able to go and enjoy ourselves.  I can't wait to take him and let him explore all the animals!!  The fair ought to be very interesting.  There won't be much he can do there, but at least Mommy and Daddy can walk around and eat some fair food.  He'll probably have fun people watching though.  And boy will there be tons of people to watch- tons of very different people to watch.  :)  And then there's Halloween.  We got his cow outfit in the mail yesterday and it's even cuter in person!  The hat is so adorable!  I can't wait to show off my cute cow! We'll probably just go visit some neighbors and maybe drive to Mrs. Bertha's house and spend the rest of the night handing out candy.  I can't wait for his first Halloween!!

In celebration of Bennett's 5 month birthday, we took his chair pictures.  It's really fun and I'm sure when he's older it will be so neat to look back and see how he has grown each month.  Here are some of Bennett's 5 month pictures (some were taken with his cute cow hat!):

Does he look any bigger since 3 month pictures?

Bennett ate cereal last night.  And when I say eat, I mean he actually ate it off a spoon and it went in his tummy rather than coming right back out!  He only took a few bites of it before he was done with it but it was a HUGE improvement from last time, when we tried at 4 months.  Just another sign that he's growing up.  We'll keep practicing with it and in another month we'll try fruit, which I'm sure he'll love.  I've held off giving him any type of food so far and, as you can see, he's not missing any milk meals.  :)  At his 4 month check up he was 15 pounds 7 ounces.  He started at 3rd percentile and at 4 months he was already up in the 60th percentile!  I would say I have a boy that loves to eat.  In his 6th month, I look forward to feeding him food and letting him explore that. 

He is now rolling over really well- from tummy to back AND back to tummy!  He does it every time we put him down now.  He's also started getting his little knees under his belly- I think it's the beginning of learning how to crawl!!  And we can tell he's trying to support himself more when we sit him up.  It won't be much longer before he's sitting up all by himself!!  He still loves to talk and we love to listen to him! He'll just go on and on like he's really talking about something serious.  :)  It's the sweetest sound!!  Maybe he'll be like his Daddy and be a talker.  :) 

So, he's doing really well.  Another month down and many, many more to go!!