Happy 5 months!

Happy 5 months to our precious baby boy!! (well, one day late)

Time sure has flown by!!! Yet, I can't remember or imagine our lives without him.

Right now, he is anxious to be going on to the next stages and gets very determined and/or frustrated when he wants to do something he isn't quite ready for yet.

He wants to be able to sit up so badly and it constantly straining to sit up if you have him laying down or in a leaning position.

He wants to be able to hold his bottle, but doesn't have the control yet to put it in his mouth or hold it for a length of time.

He gets so determined to put his pacifier in his mouth.  He'll get it in there, but doesn't let go of it when he pulls his hands away, so he pull it right back on out.

He does this scoot thing where he pushes with his legs and he looks like an inch worm if you lay him on his tummy.  You just have to be sure to put him on a blanket so that he doesn't get carpet burn.

He is wearing anywhere from 6 months to 12 months clothes right now.  Anything new I buy, I'm buying 12 months.

He has the cutest little laugh that is so infectious.  You can't help but laugh right along with him.

He is one little happy baby!!  He is always smiling and hardly ever cries (as long as you keep him fed)!!

The other night, we were at Becky and Shawn's and Emma was there too.  I was trying to feed Cace some green beans and Michael was playing with Emma.  He was across the room chasing after her, and saying "I'm going to get you", and Cace could hear him, so he would start smiling and laughing.  So, Michael would have to come over and "get him" too.  It was too cute!!

Here are some pictures from last weekend.  We were at the McGinnis' house an the girls had just had their pictures taken in some Cobras gear.  So, we got a chance to take some football pictures of him.

My tough football face

Much sweeter! Mom's favorite!

We also made an appearance at the fair.  He got all "cowboyed" up for the occasion, but fell asleep while we were there, so didn't get to enjoy it much.  I'll have to post the picture later.  It's saved on my external hard drive which I don't have at the moment.

This weekend, Chita and Matt (Michael's aunt and cousin from Alabama) came to visit.  So, he got all sorts of love.  His Aunt Chita couldn't get over how strong he is and how much he laughs out loud at only 5 months!!

I am so excited about fall!! We have our first cold front tonight. Time to bust out my cardigans (truthfully, I've been trying to get by with wearing them for a while now)!!  It also means that I probably need to do some more shopping for Cace too!! Definitely need some leg warmers and some more long sleeve onesies!!

Random Pics

Here are some random pics mostly from my iphone to share with everyone... most are pretty self explanatory.  And Rocco finally gets to make it to blog!!! Poor thing!!

 

You are the apple of my eye

Check out this deliciousness!!  I just love these pictures.  He is so stinkin' adorable!!

Getting the last one with him sitting up was interesting.  He can sit up a little bit, but usually leaning forward over his legs, which is not a very good pose for pictures.  So, he tried propping apples, the basket, etc. around him so we could get a couple of shots.  Well, as you might have guessed, this is what happened...

We had a very busy week last week and poor Cace ended up falling asleep in the car and having to go straight to bed once we got home.  Michael is working nights this week, so we should be able to just chill out at home this week.

Saturday we all went to the Cody Ellison Memorial Fishing tournament.  Cace got to meet a lot of new people and gave everyone his cute little smile.  It was so great so see everyone, especially all of the new babies.  Michael didn't weight anything in, but everyone had a great time supporting a great cause in honor of a great person.  I've got pictures coming that should be posted on the Tournament facebook page soon!

We also had a baby shower to go to in Austin on Sunday.  Cace slept almost the entire time in the car.  We stopped to eat/stretch at the Whataburger in Lockhart.  It was his first time to sit in a hair chair and he was a champ.  He loved being able to look around at everyone and get the attention of all of the old ladies :)

Lessons learned for the week:
- Cace doesn't like to eat in restaurants... he is too busy looking around at everybody!!  I thought we would make a stop on the way home Sunday so he could move around a bit and go ahead and take his bottle, but he was too busy to notice he should have been hungry.
- This is a future lesson for Cace: Never ever drink after T-Pa.... no batter how pretty his drink looks, you never know what's in there :)