5 1/2

Xavier is 5 and 1/2 months old now. He's been quit the chatter box, he sounds like an owl sometimes when he coo's(my favorite sound he makes). He likes to grab the back of my hair when he's excited, "OUCH!". Most of the time it's the little hairs at the base of my neck which hurts the most. Now I just wear my hair in a pony tail and anticipate his excitement.

He still doesn't like to be on his tummy for too long, long being 5 min. He started last week with pushing off with his legs while on his belly, so even though he's not on his stomach for long he still is progressing well.

The zantac he's been taken for his reflux has helped him alot during meal times. It's funny when I give him his medication, he see's the syringe he gets so excited. He'll have his little arms and legs going like he's going to take off and fly. But when I bring the syringe to his mouth he makes a "yucky face". He takes it all down though and doesn't spit out a drop. So he's eating very well, he likes all of his fruits and veggies, but I think possibly the pears he might be allergic too.

I have to mention, Xavier reminded me that he has his moments when HE wants to roll over. Yesterday I put him down in his crib after feeding him. Usually I put him in our bed for naps because he seems to be able to sleep better. So after waking up from his nap which seemed like it only lasted about 15min. I brought him to bed and tried to get him to go back to sleep. All he wanted to do was just keep laughing at me and making his "I'm excited!"noise. Over and over he'd just laugh and I tried not to break out of my "I'm sleepy, your sleepy too" face.
Anyway, after awhile he started to roll onto his tummy himself with out me encouraging him. When he starts rolling he just kept rolling over and over again. Then eventually he fell asleep.

I have so much fun with him, sometimes we'll just lay in bed and just play without any toys. Just blankets. He loves to put his blanket in his mouth and chew on it. We'll play peek-a-boo with his blanket and go under them and laugh. We babble to each other and kanoodle. I call it my "kanoodle with doodle". This is when we smile, sigh, I give him kisses and I tell him I love him. We'll also play "if your happy and you know it..." and practice sitting up and standing. I could go on and on. I'm absolutely loving our time together. That's why Valentine's Day is just like any other day for us!