The Mama Adventures of Kijjet: Your Fifth Month

Hi Nugget,
I can NOT believe you are 5 months old today. I can only imagine how floored I will be when you hit the 6 month mark. It is cliche, but it is true when mamas say they can't imagine what life was like before you came along. Because yep, that's me. I'm in that boat. It is 90 degrees right now and we don't have our AC set up yet. In fact, we only have one fan going. And yet here I am thinking about you sleeping in the other room and wanting to cuddle you more. My baby boy. Ok, enough gushy-gushy stuff. Let's get down to business. This month!

This is my beautiful baby boy.

You had a lot of fun this month. Mostly because you are just a happy little nugget. People are always commenting on what a happy boy you are. And you are. Your smiles brighten up the dreariest days. Mother's Day was this month and I had a great day. Zippo made me sticky buns for breakfast. Then I got to have some me time to make some homemade lotion. We went for a nice walk, Zippo, Mr. K, me and you. We even got to explore the mystery shop by the tracks that is only open for a few random hours here and there. Then we took care of my mom's cats and left her a little Mother's Day lotion and then we went PURSE SHOPPING! It was a great Mother's Day treat and I found the cutest purse ever that was large enough that I now use it for my everyday diaper bag! Then we went to Grandpa's house and he made us chicken on the grill - YUM! This is where it gets exciting for you, Nugget! When we were inside, hanging out on the living room floor, you 'scooted' for the first time. It was the Cutest.Thing.Ever! You would get up on your arms, chest way in the air, then dive down, push your face on the floor, push with your arms and scoot forward. We were all very excited by this!

Practicing those smiles!

We played it fairly low key for Memorial Day weekend. It was REALLY hot, so we went over to Nana's house and Zippo and Burst set up Nana's slip-n-slide while you partied in your own inflatable tub! You had a fun time being able to play in the water as long as you wanted and it was nice to cool off under Nana's gazebo. It was a great day with laughter and smiles floating through all the memories.

Things you learned this month... how to scoot. How to make an M sound, so now we get to here your baby babble start to sound like MA-MAs and MOM! How to stick out your tongue. How to make silly monotone sounds when you are in the car. How to rock a faux-hawk. How to handle two, count them TWO, teeth coming in! We could feel your tooth starting to come through on June 4th and you were kind of cranky, but not too bad. Then on June 7th, we could feel them out!

It was hard to get a picture where your awesome faux-hawk was visible.

At the beginning of June, we had a fun weekend out of town. We drove for two hours and then had lunch with our friends L, J, D and Ro. Ro loved hanging out with you! And his older sister, D, wanted to keep you mighty entertained. We though we might have to dig you out of the toys she was piling up in front of you! Then we went over to Auntie J's to hang out with little M. and Iz, while Mr. K. went to a YouTube gathering. And you got a LOT of little M's hand-me-downs! Then the next day, we went to Iz' baptism and you were very well behaved during the service. And you would think that was enough fun for one weekend, but oh no... there's more. After Iz' baptism party, we went and hung out with Uncle J. We went over to Grand Ave. for Grand Ole Days and got ourselves some yummy Grand Ole Creamery ice cream, although you didn't get to have any on this trip. Maybe next year. Then we went home. What a weekend. And what a month!