Five Month Milestones

It's only Wednesday and already it's been a monumentous week for Micah. On Monday, he cut his first tooth. The bottom left tooth is up and out. The bottom right tooth is not far behind.

We also started with rice cereal again, this time much more successfully. There's been much more swallowing.

Monday he also very willingly allowed me to switch him from
eating every 3 hours (6 times a day -6,9,12,3,6,9ish) to every 3 1/2 hours. This means that he only eats 5 times a day (6:30,10,1:30,5,8ish) and goes to bed earlier.

On Tuesday, Micah decided it was time to start crawling. He figured out how to alternate moving his hands with far fewer face plants than ever before. His little bottom half looks like a fish tail, squirming all over the place. He reaches his destinations quite quickly. He's also sitting up very well these days. He loves to walk around holding my hands.


Today he decided he needed to chew on the plastic house on his exersaucer. Because of its location, he couldn't bend over to get it into his mouth, so he pulled really hard. The house popped off of the exersaucer and he could hold it and chew. Britt came out of the bathroom and asked, "Did you take the house off or did Micah figure out how to get it off?" It was all Micah and was certainly good for a laugh when I turned around and saw him holding and chewing on the house.

I think I better get to bed. Who knows what he'll figure out tomorrow!

Hangin' Out with Hannah Rhodes Again

Laura Beth, Hannah's mom, goes to the chiropractor in Seoul. Micah and I tagged along one day. After her appointment, Laura Beth and I splurged at Starbucks on coffee and pastries. Our little sweeties had a play date, while we sipped and nibbled.

Micah and Hannah checked out the carpet up close.

I wonder what comments were made about the carpet.

They are both working quickly towards crawling.

Hannah's been wrinkling up her nose when she smiles for the camera - so cute!

Our smiley guy keeps drooling, but no teeth have popped out yet.

In the chair, Hannah and Micah had a little lesson in gentleness.

Here they are trying to be sweet and gentle.

Toes

Who knew that toes could be so fascinating? I thought about denying Micah my toes, but decided to get the camera instead. The toes had recently been in the shower and Micah was having so much fun. . . I couldn't resist.

Floor Exercises

Micah and Britt play on the floor, practicing standing and crawling skills.

Jason got down on the floor with Micah to play. Look, Micah is giving the bear a ride on his back.

Sometimes the floor is just a great spot for watching Baby Einstein or Bach.