My baby is 5 (1/2) months!

I can't believe time has gone so quickly. I promised myself to be more aware of the everyday little things that Wylie does. Sometimes, I think I'm really good because we just sit together and connect. I read somewhere that the best way to do that is by using all the senses...smelling him, (hopefully it's good), touching him (his cheeks are so soft and spongy), seeing him (his beautiful eyes), hearing him talk (yep, does that lots), and tasting (yep, when I kiss his cheeks :). He continues to be a good baby and we are enjoying him lots. We still don't have a great schedule, although I can count on atleast three good blow-out diapers every morning, but here are a few of things that have been going on lately! Enjoy!

Toys

He has a menagerie of toys, but likes his saucer most, I think because he can sit upright and it has lots of stuff for his mouth and like all babies, he likes to look at himself in the mirror. Heather, you'll have to tell your girls that the real baby likes it too!

Amazing!

He is definitely at this age where everything goes in his mouth. I don't know if he is teething or not, but he likes chewing on things. You know, fingers, pacifiers, spoons, rattles....and toes! Yep, Wylie also found his foot lately and LOVES to chew on it! So cute!

Wylie Eating

We started Wy on some cereal a couple weeks ago...I have never had a baby eat so good! It took him a while (naturally), but he devours it and tries to eat the bowl too. And if you're wondering, no, it hasn't made him sleep through the night...although maybe it has helped a little. We can now go a whopping 4-5 hours!

Video of Wylie

Wylie is so funny. He has learned to roll from his back to his belly, but can't get back over to his back! He gets so mad. But in the process, he is getting strong and almost trying to crawl. He gets his arms out in front of his, straightens them, and then goes up on his toes in the back. It looks like he is doing boy push-ups!In this video, it kinda shows how he is trying. Really though, I think he just gets high centered on his fat little belly! Aaggh! He CAN NOT crawl yet! Mom is not ready!

He continues to be such a happy, happy, boy. When he gets excited, his little legs move so fast, sometimes he looks like he having a seizure! This video is pretty cute, it shows him getting excited.

Skiing Fun

Last Saturday was a beautiful day and we went skiing. Mom walked around with Wylie in the pack (she's such a good sport) and let Adam, Katie, and I go skiing with the kids. We took Remy up to the top for the first time. He loved the "big lift" and kept saying, "This is totally awesome!" (Imagine that with his lisp :) He made it down in far better shape than I, all that snowplowing left my thighs were burning by the time we were done. It might have been a bad idea though, because all Remy wanted to do after that was go on the "big lift that goes fast!" (Again..with the lisp...)

We even took the edgie-wedgie off Remy and he does just fine...now to find a helmet for the little terror....

Kinley has absolutely grown by leaps and bounds in skiing this year. Last year, she was in a comfortable wedge, but she is pretty much paralleling now. Maybe it was because I finally gave in and got her some poles (I was worried about her riding the chair with them...guess I should just lighten up). Plus, she has been skiing with the boys for winter sports and they have given her a little incentive (hmm, do I see a little competetive spirit?).

In fact, when we were skiing, Kinley was following Adam on DreamCatcher, but he didn't know it and bailed off the ridge down the headwall. Well, guess who followed him? Kinley did. Apparently she stopped, looked, and just kept going (I didn't get to go, I was on the bunny hill with Remy). Although she did wreck, she made it down and out and just kept going. She made a couple more runs on the big hill, down Waterfall, and even a run on Sacajawea. She was so proud of herself too. Me, I'm not sure I'm ready for this confidence, but maybe now I'll have a ski buddy.

Toothless

Seems like everyone out there is loosing their teeth! Kinley is no exception. She lost her bottom three last fall, and filled the space with two more teeth (Yep, the orthodontist has already promised lots of work) The top four have been loose for months! Finally, she has lost three of them is the last week and is quite toothless. (She lost the third one after this picture). She laughs at herself because she can't make some of the right sounds. The first one hung by a thread for a couple of days, but the last one she was finally ready to pull out by herself. She was so excited. She is a little bummed at the toothfairy, however, as it seems to take her 2-3 days to find our house! Oops!