Josiah 5 Months!

Our sweet boy turned 5 months on Monday! He is rolling all over the place now, can sit up without support for about 30 seconds or so, is getting really antsy to be crawling...he gets so frustrated when he can't get to a toy, he initiates peek-a-boo by holding something over his face until we say "where's josiah?" and then he pulls it down cackles when we say "peek-a-boo!" He is still a drool machine and constantly gumming whatever he can get into his mouth but no visible sign of any teeth yet. He is such a joy and when we don't think it's possible to love him anymore than we already do...he captures our hearts by surprise and we are completely overwhelmed with an even deeper love for him!

We have been taking advantage of the beautiful weather this week and going for lots of walks and spending time outdoors...he LOVES being outside!

Note the look on his face...

"enough pictures mom put me down and let me play!"And so I did...

"Look mommy's not holding me up!"Jay misses Josiah so much during the week, as soon as he gets home he takes over for a while so I can have a break and he can have a little time with him before he goes to bed at 7. Josiah lights up when his daddy walks through the door! This is tonight after Jay gave him his bath. Doesn't Josiah look so proud to be sitting on his daddy's shoulder?! Love it!


We love our little man!

The Sweetest Sound!

Saturday night I was feeding Josiah before bed and when I stopped to burp him and switch sides he started fussing...and amidst the fuss I heard the sweetest sound to a mother's ear..."mamamama!" I couldn't believe it...but my mom was my witness...she heard it too! Since then he has said it a few other times and Jay has heard it now also...all when fussing, he is one smart boy...he has figured out how to melt my heart and get his way...at least a few times anyways! I am surprised it came before "dada" since I hear that usually comes first. He can make the "d" sound but has never said "dada." It has been a few weeks coming that I was thinking he was trying to say "mama"...all when crying, and he finally did it. I was just reading the other day that between 4-6 months you may hear those precious syllables but that the baby can't actually connect us with them yet...maybe that's true. But I find it interesting that he only says it when fussing like he is pulling out all the tricks to get his way?! Whether he knows he is saying my name yet or not...I don't care...I am so excited he can say it, I can't wait till he says it when he is happy to see me, like when I go get him out of bed in the morning...that will be the best! I think it won't be long before Jay gets to hear "dada" either...he's so close!

Another sound we've been hearing from him lately that is sad rather than sweet is an aweful cough! =( Poor baby! At the beginning of last week he was just feeling rotten, he was coughing, clingy, fussy, and sleepless. But towards the end of the week after a few days of a humidifier, steamy bathroom treatments and baby tylenol he started acting himself again, his cough is lingering though...along with old sleep habits of waking up ALL NIGHT LONG! Super bummed about that...we had been making such headway, before he got sick he gave us one 9 hr and one 7 hr night admist many 5 1/2 to 6 hr stretches with minimal crying. Last night he was awake crying on and off from 1:30 to 4am...we are tired today.

On a more fun note...my birthday was Friday and Jay's is this Thursday so we have been having lots of fun birthday celebrations! Friday my sweet in-laws sent me a really pretty arrangement of pink, green, and white flowers. Then a few hours later I heard another knock on the door and it was another delivery of beautiful roses from my precious husband...2 fire and ice and 8 red = 28 yrs old! I felt so loved. Friday night Jay cooked dinner for me and rented a movie for us to watch. Saturday we went out to my parents house and my mom took me shopping while the guys watched sports all afternoon and kept Josiah. Then my parents made Jay and I an awesome steak dinner for our birthdays and gave us gifts, we sat around the table talking until late...it was great! We will be celebrating our birthdays with Jay's family this weekend...I will have to write about that later as some plans are still in the works.

Well...much more is going on in the life of the Blackburn family but that is a brief snapshot for ya!

Speaking of snapshots...here are some from the past few weeks!

He loves this!

Grandma Freckles and Old DudeUncle B and Aunt BrittAt Jay's parents lakehouse last weekend...

Today...this was too cute I had to capture it on camera...he loves to play with his feet!

Have a good one!