I haven't posted in awhile. I thought I'd do a quick update since I have a few free moments.
Jon got a new job a couple months ago. Due to a pay cut and reduced hours at the gym, he started looking for a new job this summer and found one doing tech support for Apple. He also is doing some personal training on the side at another gym. He works a lot, but when he's not working, he is working around the yard or playing with Evan.
I started school again a couple weeks ago. I'm in my pediatrics class and am loving it so far. Only about 7.5 months until graduation! When I'm not at school, I am loving every second with my boy. He is such a joy to be around all day and I am beyond blessed to be his mom!
Evan is 5 months old now! It's so hard to believe. He literally gets more cute and fun every single day, and it is so much fun watching him discover new things all the time. He's so happy most of the time and keeps us laughing. He is still as expressive as ever, and I have a feeling he will be laughing - like, real laughs, not just happy squeals - soon. He loves to smile at people, especially women, but I think we are going to be entering the stranger anxiety stage soon. He seems to be becoming a tiny bit more attached to me than usual lately.
Another big thing is that Ev is beginning to eat solid foods. I chose to skip the rice cereal stage and go right into giving him big chunks of soft foods. It's more just for fun right now than for actual nutrition, since he still nurses constantly and gets plenty to eat from that. He gets to touch and squish and squeeze the food which is great for developing his motor skills. And if some of the food makes it into his mouth, it's a bonus! He has had bananas and cooked carrots so far, and has enjoyed both.
Other things Evan is doing (for my own sake of documenting so that I remember in 10 years!):
-Sitting up on his own. Sometimes he tips over, but I'd say he's doing pretty well for only being on his first week of doing it!
-Transferring objects from one hand to another.
-Learning his name. He will look your direction now when you say his name.
-He loves animals. He watches our cat and dog intently, and notices animals when we are outside, at the zoo, etc.
-He growls, squeals, and babbles all the time.
-He's definitely teething, but no teeth poking through yet. He bites so hard and drools all over the place.
-His sleep habits are still so different every day. Lately, he hardly naps at all (maybe a couple half hour naps a day, if I'm lucky), but still doesn't sleep all night. Most nights he wakes up a few times to eat. I gave up on trying to get him to go back to sleep without nursing, because it was getting to the point where I would be up for one or two hours trying to get him to go back down, and then I'd end up nursing him anyway. Now, I just nurse him every time he wakes up and then he immediately goes back to sleep. Last night though, he slept for 9 hours straight! (He didn't nap though for 2 days in a row.)
-I'm still waiting for him to learn to roll from tummy to back. He's been rolling back to front for about 1.5 months now.
That's all for now!
