Fred had his first Father's Day on Sunday. He slept in a bit and then I made waffles for breakfast. Yum! After breakfast he wrote a practice GMAT test (wrote the actual test this afternoon to apply to an MBA program - he did awesome, of course). We had lunch at Five Guys, chilled a bit in the afternoon and then had his dad, Todd and Ashton over for steak dinner. Fred cooked dinner, it was delicious! Good thing he enjoys cooking and didn't mind doing so on Father's day!
Fred is a great dad to Lennon. She is always full of smiles for him. It's awesome to watch her face light up when he gets home from work every day. He's been busy lately studying for the GMAT but always makes time to spend with Lennon and help out. He absolutely adores her. She will probably have him wrapped around her little finger in no time, if she doesn't already! It really is the best to watch him with her. Such love! I feel so lucky!
Lennon is 5 months old now! Wow, that went fast. She is now rolling from her back to her tummy (see video) and is completely obsessed with her feet/toes. Every time I lay her down to change her, her feet spring up and she grabs her toes and brings them to her mouth. She absolutely loves her Jolly Jumper now. After a day in the Jolly Jumper she got the hang of it. There's a perma-smile on her face when she's jumping. It's great! We've also started to seat her with us when we're having dinner now. We're starting to think about adding solid foods to her diet when she turns 6 months old. She really enjoys watching us eat and will stare at our mouths as we chew. I think she'll be ready to try!
5 months old!
Babies from our pre-natal class: all around a few weeks old then around 5 months old
A day in the life of Lennon; June 9, 2014. Almost 5 months old! I'm going to start at midnight since all of her night time wake ups are definitely a part of our day! She normally goes to bed between 8:00 and 8:30. Last night it was closer to 8:45 when she finally settled into sleep. We still have her in the bassinet beside our bed. She does take her naps (if we're home) in her crib though.
12:15 am: wake up, eat
12:35 am: back to sleep
3:30 am: wake up, eat
4:00 am: back to sleep
5:00 am: wake up, bring into bed and nurse lying down
This is the only way I can get a bit more sleep and feel half way normal in the morning!
5:45 am: sleeping, I wake up and return her to bassinet
Foot to mouth
6:30 am: wake up, bring into bed and nurse lying down
7:45 am: wide awake! diaper change
8:00 am: quick visit with Dad before he goes to work
8:15 am: eat, diaper change (in one end, out the other!)
8:45 am: play on play mat
She loves to grab for the toys hanging in front of her and pull
them to her mouth. Her newest thing in the last few days is to
grab her feet and try to get her toes to her mouth.
9:15 am: play in exersaucer
Loving the Exersaucer
She's starting to jump a bit more in
exersaucer. Still most of the
activity is trying to pull different
parts to her mouth.
9:30 am: getting cranky, time to start to settle
down for a nap
This involves some rocking and
white noise. It can take 5 minutes to
20 minutes!
9:40 am: sleeping!
During her nap I shower, get dressed, throw in some laundry,
load the dishwasher, tidy up etc. I do as much as I can - she naps
anywhere from 30 minutes to occasionally over an hour,
usually around 45 minutes.
10:30 am: wake up from nap
diaper change, get dressed (can't stay in jammies all day!)
sit in floor seat, play
11:00 am: eat, diaper change
11:30 am: play mat, tummy time
She has still only rolled over a few times. She gets frustrated pretty quickly on her tummy
but isn't consistently pushing herself up to roll over yet.
12:00 pm: Jolly Jumper - video is from a couple of days ago, she loves it!
12:30 pm: ready for nap, read a story
12:45 pm: sleeping!
Again, I try to do as much as I can around the house. Sometimes I do just sit and do
nothing though!
1:15 pm: awake...already, diaper change
1:30 pm: back in the exersaucer
1:45 pm: eating, rather sleepily this time - why not nap longer?!
2:10 pm: half asleep, taking a rest from eating
2:25 pm: back to eating
2:45 pm: load up and go to grocery store
Lennon was very good at the store. Happily chewed on her Sophie.
3:40 pm: return from groceries, fell asleep in the car, napping
4:25 pm: wake up
4:30 pm: playing
4:40 pm: eating, diaper change
5:15 pm: playing on play mat so I can try to start dinner
5:40 pm: Dad gets home, takes over entertaining Lennon so I can finish dinner
6:05 pm: into the Jolly Jumper so we can eat dinner. She really loves the Jolly Jumper!
6:30 pm: gear up and go for a walk
7:20 pm: return from walk, fell asleep during the walk - have to wake up to get ready for bed!
7:30 pm: bath, pajamas
7:40 pm: eating
8:05 pm: fast asleep :)
Well, our house is slowly filling up with and being taken over by baby things! Lennon now has a new floor seat and a Jolly Jumper to play in. We had to get a Jolly Jumper that's on a stand so it takes up a bit of space! She does enjoy playing on her floor mat, in the Exersaucer (still mostly just chewing the toys), in her floor seat, and now in the Jolly Jumper. Although in the jumper she just kind of hung there and chewed on the straps. Lots of things to do!
Exersaucer, Floor seat, Jolly Jumper - so much to do!
We set up her crib this past weekend too. She's had a few successful naps in there. Soon we'll try her in there at night. I'm just not quite ready to give up having her right next to our bed. It's not because I'll miss having her in there (well, maybe a bit) but I'll miss the ease of just grabbing her for quick feeds in the night. And early in the morning I take her in the bed and lay down to feed her when I'm still super tired. With her in the crib I'll have to get up and go down the hall - she's still getting up a few times a night. Ok, we'll try a few days of crib naps and then maybe a night!
Checking out the crib, Nap time!
We've had some good weather lately and have been able to get outside. I put Lennon in the seat of her stroller (rather than putting the car seat on the stroller) for the first time. She liked it and promptly fell asleep during our walk around the neighbourhood.
Singing!, In her stroller, Hanging out on the deck
