Five Months Old

Adam is 5 months old today!

I think he's getting used to these photo shoots because he's now posing for the camera like he's hot stuff.

He is now officially laughing - tickles on his shoulders and his thighs are sure fire ways to get him giggling. 

He can roll over with no problems now - any direction.  There have been a couple times I have left him on his blanket for a couple minutes and returned to find him across the room and stuck up against  his bouncy seat.  Oops!

He is bringing objects to his mouth now but gets extremely frustrated if he drops them.

  Holding him while eating dinner is starting to become a challenge because he's grabbing anything within reaching distance.

Sleeping is the same...Poor Mom is tired.  Adam won't sleep longer than 4-5 hours at a stretch.  Bootcamp is coming...So he better enjoy his late night feedings while he can still get them.

And finally the biggest change this month is that I returned to work about a week ago.  As everything has been this time around, it was a much different experience.  I want to say it was harder than it was with Owen, but for so many different reasons.  With Owen, I was having such a hard time adjusting to being a mom, that I think it was helpful for me to get back to work in order to give myself a little bit of a distraction.  Also, Owen was such a cute baby and the love of my life, but let's be honest...babies are kind of boring.  Work provided some mental stimulation that I had been missing as well.  Finally, we left Owen with our good friend Tracy when Steve wasn't home (which wasn't that often) so I felt like he was in good hands without me.  The hard part was just getting over my extreme anxiety around him being away from me. 

This time around, I didn't have the anxiety about returning to work...I had more sadness that the time I had spent at home was really enjoyable and that it was over.  Adam was such a happy and easy baby - and I had already experienced what life with an infant is like, my days were not as filled with as much anxiety and worry as they were with Owen.  And, having Owen home with me made the days go by so fast and each day was always a little different.  I'm not going to say they weren't stressful or exhausting, but the time passed so much more quickly than it did the first time around.  And lastly, we hired a temporary nanny to watch the boys.  Leaving them with a person I barely knew was really unnerving and made me extremely uncomfortable.

So I was sad to go back, but the boys have been doing great without me.  And the best part is seeing how happy they are to see me when I get home (you would think the best part is getting to each lunch as slowly as I want...or holding a conversation with someone without being interrupted once...or using the bathroom by myself...but nope, it's coming home to their perfect little faces!)

Case in point...see below.

Happy 5th Month Birthday, Adam!