5 Months

Ronan James, you are 5 months old! You are definitely not Mom's little baby anymore! You are a big baby!! You have changed so much this month. You have grown a lot. You are about 18-18.5 lbs and 27-28 inches long. That is 100% in height and about 90% in weight. You are growing so fast that it seems like Mom is constantly putting you in new clothes (which is fun).

You love to play with your Lily and Leap dolls (see above). You also love to play with anything that you can stick in your mouth. You still don't have any teeth yet, but you are teething, we just know it. (Lots of drooling and chewing!) You also love to be in your exersaucer, swing (Mom purchased for $15), and you like sitting on the floor between Mom or Dad's legs and playing with toys. You can't sit up by yourself yet, but you are working on it. You also love to watch tv. Dad was trying to take a picture of you and Mom. Mom had to block your face so you wouldn't keep getting distracted by the tv.

You are wearing size 3 diapers and 6-9 month clothes. You have even fit in some 9-12 month clothes! You also have been wearing lots of hats. You leave them on your head and everyone at church comments on how cute they are.
You smile so easily now. All Mom or Dad has to do is look at you and you smile right back. You are happiest in the morning. I don't know where you get that from, not from your parents. You helped Dad put away all his underwear in the picture below. (And you wear your babylegs, which are so cute. Mom loves them)

Dad went back to work this month, which was good, but sad for him. You missed spending all day with him, but you got to spend 2 weeks with Grandpa Staat, which was fun for you. He only had to change your dirty diaper twice! You were so good for him.

You started eating rice cereal this month (about Dec 17). You loved it! You sucked it right down. You have been eating as much as Mom makes for you without a complaint. You are also still breastfeeding. Mom feeds you about 3-4 times per day and you eat 3-4 bottles (4 oz. each) besides that.

You also tried your first veggies (sweet potatoes) on Christmas. You loved those too! They turned your little snoot nose red the next day. All 4 grandparents got to watch you eat them.

Christmas time was fun for you. Mom will post more Christmas pictures, but this one, when you were wearing Dad's hat, was so cute.

Sister Nugget Marie is getting to like you a bit more. She even sat next to you for more than 5 seconds.

You went to daycare after Grandma and Grandpa Staat went to Florida. Your first day was Dec. 28. Your head teachers name is Ms. Robin. After your first day the ladies wrote me a note. It said, "Ronan had a great first day! He had some tummy-time, made some new friends. He definitely lets you know when he is hungry!"

This is a picture of you after your first day of daycare.
You were so tired after daycare that you kept randomly falling asleep after playing for a little bit.

Mom and Dad are having so much fun taking care of you. They can hardly remember what it was like before they had you. We love you Peanut Butter!