{griffin: 5 months}

Month five has been full of excitement.  Your sweet personality continues to come through, and we love how vocal, active, and wiggly you are becoming.  Can we talk about how your laughter just melts me?  You started belly laughing in full force, and always let out the biggest sigh when you’re done.  It’s
adorable.

 

As your personality is growing, you are defiantly showing us that you are a little spitfire. You know how to get what you want, and always give a gummy grin, once you’ve gotten it.

 

Uncle Will & Aunt SM kept you while Mama and Dada had a date night.

At 5 months, you are still growing and are 15.8lbs. You’re a little on the shorter side so that makes for some kissable belly rolls. You are still wearing your 3 month clothes. However, I've been mixing some of your 3-6 month items into the mix too.

 

 

You are doing a lot with your hands this month.  Aside using your hands to put every toy/object in your mouth, you have figured that you have fingers attached to your hands and they make the perfect soother.  I hope that you don't continue to suck your thumb, but if you do, at least you are adorable while doing it.  You have also mastered holding your own bottle.  I guess you've decided that if you want it bad enough, you have to do it yourself.

 



                         

 

You got your first taste of rice cereal this month too...and you HATED it!  I think hate is an understatement too.  I just knew that you would love it and I wouldn't be able to feed you fast enough once you got your first bite of it.  Wrong.  I'm not sure why you not liking rice cereal never crossed my mind, but it didn't.  Thankfully, after a week of you pushing your lips tightly together, gagging, and pitching the biggest fit of your life, that hurdle has passed and you are liking it now. 

 

The doctor says your belly may be getting in the way of you rolling over. We are still practicing rolling from front to back, and from back to front. You seem to have an easier time rolling from back to front though.
 

Since you have found your toes, you have loved rolling from side to side.  I feel that you now are more comfortable on your side, so you have decided to sleep on your left side at night.  We have also done away with the swaddle.  You like to sprawl out and seem less uncomfortable without it.  Every night I rock you to sleep and you drift off to dreamland so peacefully. Then, when I lay you down I try and do it so lightly like I am trying to disable a bomb

 

You have gone back to sleeping through the night with the exception of waking up maybe once.

 

                               

You have started having a preference of toys.  You know which one you want and are not happy until you get it.  Once you see the toy that you want coming near you, you give the biggest grin.  Little Stinker.

 

 

You have had some special time with Dada this month.  He has been so busy building your house and time has been precious.  He is really good and getting your giggle box turn on and the belly laughs you give him are so funny.  Mama just sits back and laughs with you.

 

                               

 

You were sick...again.   This time was a viral infection.  You had it for a whole week, but we are so happy you are back to your normal self.  When you are sick, you are a stage five clinger!!  You need to be held so much more and I am perfectly okay with that.

 



                           

 

Month 5 was full of celebrations too! We Celebrated your first Labor Day,

 

                  

 

Your first picture day at Daycare,

 

Your first Grandparent's Day,

 

                                   

 

First Opening Day of Deer Season,

 

  and your first solid Orange Friday. Go Tigers!

We also introduced you to your new Boon Highchair.  Of course you love it, because you'll take anything that helps you sit up and that you eat in.

 

 Life is so sweet with you in it and its hard to believe that next month we will be celebrating your half birthday. We love you sweet boy and are so thankful to be able to do life with you.

 

And just for the fun of it...one more picture of this dough-y little pale skinned boy.

 

 

The Red, White and Blue: Our Weekend

 

 

It's Monday friends!  Have we recuperated from our three day weekend?  Me, I could always use an extra day at home with my boys.  Our Memorial Day weekend was perfect.  Low key and we hardly left the house.  Perfection.

 

Griffin is still obsessed with Mouse (Mickey Mouse).  He always asks for a mouse shirt...which are usually all dirty at the same time, so we had to make do with a mouse spoon and plate instead.  I think he was happy with it.  He loves the different sections of the plate and it is perfect for a little "dip dip".



Over the weekend he was also introduced to Toy Story.  Last week his Ma'amaw had him watch Finding Nemo and after seeing it about 10 times, I was ready for something else.  "Toys" will probably stick around a little longer.

Both boys spent some time in the playroom too.  We aren't in here a lot because it is just easier to have both kids downstairs while we are getting things done around the house or cooking.  It was nice to take a break from everything and enjoy this room.  Playroom tour will come soon.

We brought out the pool one last time.  It was on its last leg so we wanted one more swim.  This picture reminded me on the song "Dirt" by Florida Georgia Line.  "You don't have to see the world to be worldly.  Just raise good children, bake enough pies, and the world will come right to your kitchen window."  Tear jerker, right?

The water was a little too chilly for Coleman, so we promoted him to Head Lifeguard.  He seemed a little too relaxed to me.

With two kiddos, a "perfect" picture is hard to come by.  However, I do love that Griffin's eyes are on Coleman.  He is such an awesome big brother to his Bubbie.

Still, can't keep his eyes or hands off.

 

 

Monday night was full of family and food.  Both were awesome!  Griffin had some great play time with cousin E.C.  I can just imagine how the three boys are going to be in a few more years.  It's going to be fun!





Suddenly I'm 30: Life Lately

Life at the Edwards Nest has been busy to say the least.  It has been 6 months since I have graced this blog and its something I have missed.  I have taken several breaks throughout the years and every time, I miss it.
Today, I turn 30...officially, and I thought it was a prefect day to get back on the wagon. So, here is a little life lately update.

The last I left you, our family was getting ready to expand.  I was also holding out and never released the gender.  Our sweet baby Edwards #2 is a Boy!!  He is just a perfect addition to our family and its like he has been with us forever.

Coleman Jackson Edwards came into the world on the morning of January 5, 2016. 

 

 Griffin has been a great big brother.  I couldn't of asked for a better transition for him.  He takes his role of big brother very seriously and loves sweet Coleman.

 This was taken about 10 days after I had Coleman.  Coleman was delivered by C-section and I was told I would not be able to lift anything over 5 pounds for 2-4 weeks.  Griffin weighs 25lbs.  Griffin did fine with me not being about to hold him, but Mama, not so much.  At 10 days post-op I begged my OB to allow me to carry by boy.  I got the okay to pick up, carry, snuggle, and love on my oldest son and that's just what I did.  This was good for my heart.

 

 

 

 

Coleman is now 4 months old and such a joy.  He is a very content baby and fits in with out family like a dream.  Will be updating you on his month by month soon.

 



 On the home front, things are still progressing.  We moved in this past June and we are steadily doing stuff.  I am one to make it feel like home and want things decorated and done.  Some rooms in the house are complete and others are not.  We were able to get grass planted for the yard and had some bushes planted around the house.  Still a work in progress a year later and I am sure this time next year I will be saying it again. 

 Griffin has grown so much over the past 6 months and even more so within the past 4 months.  Since bringing Coleman home from the hospital he has seemed to really be blossoming.  His language is out of this world and some of the things he says blows my mind and has me taken back.  He is learning so much in school and is getting ready to move to 2K!  He turned 2 in April.

That's a quick update.  More to come soon.  I am so thrilled to be back.  This is a community that I love to be apart of and I love having this forum as a type of online scrapbook for our life.  Hope you all have a blessed Friday-Eve!  I know I will...taking the day off to celebrate my birthday with the ones that I love.