Mitchell Mothership

On Dec 21 Little Mitchell Man turned 5 months old! He's about 18lbs. Time is definitely flying by between the holidays, work and life with him. Every month he becomes more and more fun! Every month he feels like he has been around and apart of our family forever. I can't imagine life without him! It's been a month filled with new developments, personality and joy!  First, he discovered his feet! He started by grabbing them every time we changed his diaper, which is really very helpful of him. Then he moved to bringing them up to his mouth and now he is sucking on his toes. It's the silliest thing I think he does. He's also become very aware of his surroundings. He will watch the dogs play around the house, and has even begun to reach for them. He's managed to pet both of them, which leaves them running in fear. Just they wait til he's mobile! He can also see Dustin & I from pretty far across the house and will watch us walk around or cooking in th...

So we now have a 4 and a half month old baby! It's crazy!! Time seems to be flying by now that I'm back into work but we are still soaking in every moment with our Little Mitchell Man. I LOVE picking him up from daycare every day. Just hugging and snuggling him all weekend is the best time spent. So in our last month we were in a honeymoon period with LMM. He was through his growth spurts and was sleeping well. We've now hit into teething which is a real bear. Poor baby, there's nothing worse knowing that he's hurting. But we've got a good bag of tricks in the form of teething toys and homeopathic meds to help sooth LMM.  This past month he has been charming us all with his big smiles (and beautiful dimples), sticking his tounge out and rolling around. He had a Thanksgiving performance at school for which he was a turkey. Turned out he was a sleeping turkey on stage. Cutest thing ever!!  The other children sang songs and danced around and he literally slept...