5 Months Old!

Our sweet baby Colin is five months old!  I swear it goes faster and faster every day! Colin is 26 1/2 inches and weighs 16.8lbs! I am so happy he got his weight back up.  When he first got sick and we took him to pediatric office on the fourth he was 16.9lbs and then dropped to 15.8lbs on the tenth and was 15.4lbs Monday the fourteenth when they checked again!  The doc wasn't too concerned about weight on Monday because he at least held steady and he was breathing so much better, she knew he'd start eating better.  SOOO happy he is feeling better.  He also received his four-month shots on Monday and did really well!  Our boy is still very happy, sweet, and smiley.  He has also become VERY vocal some days! I LOVE it!  He is still drooling a ton but no teeth yet! He chews on everything! Colin has also officially been given title of worst sleeper.  I guess I jinxed everything when he was sleeping so much as a newborn and I called the pediatrician with worry.  He was sick the last couple weeks so I will give him the benefit of the doubt but he gets up every 1-2.5 hours.  He isn't necessarily hungry but can't seem to comfort himself back to sleep.  It's hard to believe he slept the night through on Thanksgiving!  He also screams at bedtime.  I will say the last couple nights have been hit or miss. Colin has a VERY narrow time frame of getting to bed.  If you start early enough you may avoid the screaming but if not he will scream for an 30 minutes to an hour before falling asleep.  Even though nights are EXTREMELY frustrating and rough we LOVE this boy so much!  Naps are difficult, too, basically because he will not fall asleep.  He doesn't scream just won't stay asleep.  I have been trying to get him on a schedule hoping it will get better soon.  When Colin sleeps he likes to kick both feet up in the air and then drop them down in his crib.  He has also been just holding his legs straight up in the air, usually when getting changed. There is a little video at the end of this post.

Sweet boy

Back side

Tummy time!  His hair is still crazy but there is just no way to comb it/part it and keep it calm in the back unless I gel it which I don't feel like doing yet.

My little peanut

Half smile

Trying to sit up.  He can sit up for seconds at a time before toppling over.  That is with assistance to a sitting position of course!

Check out his baby thighs.  They are chunky and rolly and I love it.  

His thighs actually are a tight squeeze for the bumbo!

Colin is also starting to laugh when tickled and it is awesome!

Chillin'

Five month old baby feet!

Colin likes to stand (with assistance) usually with us holding him with two hands so this photo was quite difficult to take by myself!

Colin loves the elephant in this video.  Sometimes we snuggle it next to him to get him comforted to sleep.

You can see how he holds his legs :)

Park Fun

I have been pretty bad at taking pictures and blogging lately.  January is just a blah month for me and I never seem to have it together.  I also have been thinking a lot about the fact that we really have moved.  For a while, I felt like I was on vacation and now that the holidays are over, I realize it is a reality.  I am having a hard time adjusting and feel guilty on a daily basis for moving my kids from a place with so much culture and activities.   We are still keeping busy, but it's just not quite the same, the good thing has been having our family closer. Anyway, this sweet little man is probably going to pop some teeth here in the near future.  He chews on EVERYTHING!

He's been getting tired of laying on his play mat so we tried setting him up in the bumbo and letting him play with his toys

Tuesday when Liam woke up from his nap, Colin and I were chilling on the couch.  He came out of his room and said "Boo" with a big smile, then cuddled with Colin and me. He even rested his head on Colin. It was the cutest!

We finally had a semi nice day on Thursday.  Thank goodness!  All that freezing cold weather was making me crazy!  When Liam woke up from his nap we went to the park.  Apparently, when you turn five months old mom lets you swing :)

Liam climbed in and out of the tunnels and had a blast.

We hung out for about 30 minutes but the wind started to pick up and made it feel a little colder.  Liam didn't care at all he was enjoying himself.  He sported his new sunglasses the whole time and doesn't complain of the sun being to bright anymore.

Going down the slide.

I was holding Colin and Liam came up to me and said "momma, baby in swing?"  He wanted me to put Colin in the swing so he could push him.  It was the best moment ever. I love when Liam shows interest in Colin, which he has done a lot lately.

Big bro pushing little bro

Here is a little video.

Colin didn't seem to mind one bit.  He turned five months old on Thursday and I will try and get his five-month post done tomorrow!

Bowling

The other day Liam was playing with his bro before we left the house.  He was trying to get Colin to hold his toy and kept telling him "hold this"  It was so cute and he was very pleased when Colin took the toy.

The other night Liam was dancing around the living room and Uncle Matt and Chris started busting up laughing, apparently Liam decided to take a bow once he finished his dance.  I completely missed it! I was so bummed.  Chris asked him where he learned that and he turned to him and said very proudly "Super Why".  He is such a cute guy!

Thursday night this was my entertainment for the evening.  Matt's dog LOVES to chase his own tail.  The video doesn't quite do it justice.  He literally will flip himself over trying to get his own tail.  It is hilarious!

Friday morning we started out sitting around like this....

...in our pajamas wondering what to do.  Then Matt and I came up with the idea of bowling.  I wasn't sure how Liam would do but when we arrived he was VERY excited about all the balls he saw.  They gave us the lightest bowling ball they had for him and off we went.

Here he is annoyed that I am taking a picture.  He really wanted to go grab a ball.

Colin chilled in his car seat while we all got our bowling shoes on.

Liam rolling the bowling ball down the lane.  We had the bumpers put up for him and Uncle Matt had to assist his ball a little to make sure it would make it all the way to the end.

Watching his ball go towards the pins

He really liked carrying his own ball.  

Liam set the buzzer off once for stepping over the line and he was a little confused by it.  I think he felt he should be able to walk where he wanted.  

Here is a little video of his bowling experience.  He only lasted 5 frames, but I thought that was pretty good!

Uncle Matt and I took turns holding Colin.  He was the star of the show when a couple of elderly folks showed up to play.  They thought he was super cute.  I have to say I agree with them ;)

Liam's first bowling score

Once we got home I got Liam down for a nap and Colin and I laid down in the bed to take a nap too.  When Colin woke up he was all smiles

Then Liam woke up and came to cuddle with us.

Eventually it turned into lazy/relaxation time with a little Curious George.

Dad even arrived home to join in on the cuddle time/George fest. It made for a lovely afternoon with our boys.

Saturday evening Aunt Sadie came over to play with Liam for a little bit at his request.  While she was here, Liam was doing his own thing so Sadie thought she would hold Colin.  I said it would probably be fine since he was not paying attention.  The minute Matt went to hand Colin to Sadie, Liam turned around and said "No Baby!"  He it very possessive of his Aunt Sadie and wants her all to himself even if he is not actively playing with her.

This weekend it has been freezing, literally! Today we woke up and our pipes were frozen!  No shower, sink, or water to do laundry.  So we all headed over to Grandma Snay's to take showers and do some laundry.  Once we got Liam down for a nap, Aunt Sadie hung out with him at our house and Colin stayed with Grandma so we could go buy some pipe insulation.  Hopefully, it will do the trick and the pipes won't be frozen in the morning!  I also can't wait for this little cold spell to make its exit! 

Road to Recovery?

Here is my sweet angel baby being so happy even though his lungs still sounded awful the other day and he couldn't breath.

Liam has still complained about the sun being too bright so he wore my sunglasses this time. 

Wednesday Liam had boot camp, and it was a nice day so they were able to go outside and run.  He did really well this particular day with no breakdowns and participated in pretty much everything.  Some days he refuses to participate the way he is suppose to and would much rather do his own thing, but Wednesday was AWESOME!

This boy had a crazy hair day with one little curl sticking straight up.

Thursday we went and watched Aunt Sadie's basketball game.  It's always an interesting form of entertainment and I don't mean the actual basketball playing itself.

Liam watched from the top of the bleachers, he had more fun going up and down them.

To follow up on my last post, Liam was pretty sick Monday morning but no fever just more tired and lazy than normal and he kept coming up to me and saying "hold you", meaning hold him.  I of course didn't have a problem with that at all.  My sweet boy has never been much of a cuddler so when he gives me the opportunity to hang out with him I take it!  He still has a little cough and runny nose but overall is much better.

Sweet Colin on the other hand had his four-month old appointment on Thursday.  Yes, it is very late because no one could get us in when we moved here.  Anyway,  it was treated more like a follow up from last week's appointment.  Colin still sounded awful and I had cut back on the albuterol treatments because he developed this nasty dry cough and would start coughing and it would last anywhere from 2-5 minutes before he could catch a break.  When we got to office they weighed him and he lost ONE pound in a week!  That had me pretty worried just from the start.  He has been eating, not as long but more frequently. When the doc came in she listened to him, I told her about the cough, and she decided to give him some saline inhalation to help loosen the mucus/snot so it can come up and out.  She also prescribed him an antibiotic since he developed some lovely green snot.  She is currently not too concerned with weight but we go back on Monday to have him checked out again.  When we got home I gave him a saline treatment and my poor baby coughed for a good 20-25 minutes and mucous and snot just drained from him!  I felt horrible especially since I kept using the nose sucker to make sure it was all coming out.  He was miserable but still smiled sweetly at me once it was all over.  He seems to be getting better and I really hope Monday goes much smoother and he gains some weight back!

Colin has also struggled with bedtime for a while now.  And even more so since we moved.  About four nights a week he screams himself to sleep and then wakes up about 20-30 minutes after we put him down screaming some more.  Chris and I don't know why he does this but has no problem during the day.  It is super frustrating.  I meant to discuss with the doc on Thursday but his breathing was more important at the time.  Anyone else had their kiddo scream at bedtime? If so I would love to hear about it and take any advice.

Sick Babies

Thursday, sweet Colin started to not feel so great.  He had a cough and a low-grade fever.  Here is my sweet boy sleeping in my arms.

By Friday morning he sounded pretty bad and I didn't want to attempt to get through the weekend without seeing a doc.  Even as miserable as my little man is, he is still smiling and happy for the most part.

The doc examined him and said he has bronchiolitis.  He received a breathing treatment in the office and it helped so we have been doing them at home.  They are definitely helping him out.

Friday night Liam decided to teach his daddy the names of the three choo-choo trains on his milk cup.  He wanted his daddy to get it wrong so he could tell him the correct one. He is a super cute guy.

Saturday morning this little one started his swim lessons.  He keeps telling us that the sun is too bright and closes his eyes and covers his face.  Daddy convinced him to wear his sunglasses.  Liam has some we just can't seem to locate them.  He thought he was pretty cool.

Liam loved his swim lessons!  There was no real instruction given was but maybe it will be better next weekend?  The instructor, which was a substitute, actually, and said there are only two kids in the class so it may end early.  I thought that sounded ridiculous because there is plenty to do with two two-year-old kids for a half hour in a pool.

Anyway, Liam LOVED swimming and that makes going completely worth it.  

Today, Colin stood with a little assistance from momma :)

This chunky peanut took a steamy shower today after his breathing treatment to help him out a little more with his breathing.

His daddy combed his hair up into a fluffy mohawk.  He's a cute little fella.

Liam and daddy played this game today.

Liam has been saying his age, but instead of two years he says "two months old', then when we tell him he is two years old he tells us "no, two months old" Ha!  Chris was leaving for the grocery store today and I said bye "thanks honey"  then Liam looked to his dad and said "thanks honey" and closed the front door.  He is our little parrot lately and it cracks me up!  

Liam woke up from his nap looking like this...

...rosy cheeks and a low grade temp.  My poor boys.  Liam is in good spirits just a little more clingy than normal.  I guess we will wait and see what tonight brings.  I am hoping both of them feel wonderful tomorrow