5 months old

Nathaniel loves to do the following things:

Nathaniel is now totally obsessed with Checkers. He just stares and laughs a whole lot!

Here is the big boy pushing up and wanting to move! He is so funny!

Look what I can do!

Aren't I so silly?

He is practicing sitting up here. I'm sure in a few weeks he'll have it down!

I'm so behind with my blogging! I have recently hurt my back so I have been behind in everything, house cleaning, laundry, blogging and much more! I have had back issues on and off for several years, but this time around I have experienced pain much longer so I have sought out the help of a chiropracter and I thank God for mine. He has helped me a great deal! I'm just now getting to the point where it doesn't hurt to sit or stand. It has been about 2 weeks since I hurt my back. I pretty much ice it every hour for 2o minutes and that has helped the inflammation. I have a swollen disk so you can imagine how painful that is.

So for the fun part of this blog- Nathaniel is over 5 months old and will be 6 months old in just a few weeks. 5 month pictures of my big boy!

So everyone in the beginning said he looked like Lesh, but right here he totally looks like me in one of my baby pictures. :)

27 inches long

over 17 lbs I'm guessing

I always put Nathaniel down on his back, but this day he flipped himself over and we found him on his tummy. He just loves to flip back and forth in his crib and spin around in it too!

Things Nathaniel does now:

- he eats every 4 hours pretty consistently

- he eats cereal 3 times a day along with 4 milk feedings

-rolls both ways often, the other day he rolled across the whole living room floor

- laughs more often now

- jumps up and down in his exersaucer

-loves touching and watching Checkers

- stands really well when you hold his hands

- when I carry him he always grabs my hair with his right arm and just holds it

-reaches out for things he wants

- sitting up with little support and a few seconds on his own

-sleeps 11-12 hours at night!!! Love it!

- takes 2 naps a day

- and poor baby he is teething so he is a little fussy during the day and not napping well these last few days.

- he wears 6-9 month clothing

- he spins around in his crib rolling around

- he pushes up on his arms and when his chest is down his legs go up in the back! I think he may crawl soon! Watch out!