Happy 5 Months, Waylon!

Life has been crazy busy around here and there's just been no time for blogging.  We are trying to finish the new house enough to move in the next two weeks and are leaving for Chicago in a few days.  Things I'm planning on blogging about in the next two weeks:

-More detailed updates on Waylon, including his upcoming christening

-My experiences in a mom's group

-Dogs and babies

-Moving!

For now, just know that my little 5 month old Waylon-bear is still delightful and gets more handsome by the day.  He smiles all the time and has such a calm, sweet personality.  He loves avocados, sweet potatoes, beans and broth.  Peas and carrots, not so much.  He still sleeps like a champ and is super alert and engaging for his age (at least that's what other people tell me).  He wants to be mobile so badly, he rolls around a lot and prefers standing with assistance to any other position.  Like I said, more later, but here are some pics I've taken in the last month of the little Sprout.  He's starting to look more like his dad, don't you think?

Here's Waylon getting ready to watch some March Madness last weekend.

Bath time!

So fresh and so clean!

And finally, Baby Badass.

Are you vaccinating?

I can't believe it's been exactly one year since we found out we were having a little Bean Sprout!  I felt so panicky that day, mostly about not fitting into my wedding dress and the fact that I knew absolutely nothing about babies.  A year later and...well, my wedding was fantastic but I still know pretty much nothing about babies.  I just know I got really lucky with mine because he's awesome.  (That's not a humble brag.  I'm not sure I'm emotionally equipped for a fussy baby or a bad sleeper/eater, etc.)

Anyway, Waylon had his 4 month check up on Friday and he's 26 inches tall (81st) and weighs 15 lbs, 10 oz (51st).  Developmentally, he's on pace or a little ahead of schedule.  Again, I had no idea what babies are supposed to do when, so this was nice to hear.  He's very expressive in the face, he laughs all the time (I MUST get video of this, it's the cutest thing), he's pretty good at grabbing at/playing with his toys, and he can sit up very well when propped up and for a few seconds on his own.  He rolls over 3/4 of the way but can't quite figure out how to get his arm from under him.  Oh well, he'll get it.  Here's him chilling halfway rolled over.

The other part of the 4-month visit was vaccines.  Can we talk about this for a moment?  I feel like every day I see something about people no longer vaccinating their children for fear of autism/allergies/I'm not sure what else...is anyone still giving their kids vaccines?  I talked to the doctor for a good 20 minutes or so about this because I was kind of on the fence.  Do people still get polio?  Is there any conclusive evidence that says that vaccines = autism?  I really appreciated my doctor taking so much time to talk to me about my concerns.  Ultimately, I decided to give Waylon the shots (reluctantly) because we are going to Mexico in a few months and I'm just not convinced there's a grand conspiracy among pediatricians to harm the children of America.  But I am very curious about why people do or don't choose to vaccinate.  Do share!

In other news, the new house is coming along.  We have about a month to get in there and it seems like we are on pace.  I can't wait to share some new photos once we are done (with a few of the rooms anyway).  Right now I am so sick of scraping wallpaper I could punch someone.  Wallpaper is not the look, people.  Just say no.  Also, who puts paint on 200 year old hardwood floors?  Not stain, not varnish, paint.  Ugh.