Meghan: Rolling Over, Toe Grabs, and Spitties!

Branson is 5 months old!

Outtakes

He has discovered his feet and loves grabbing them!
Speaking of grabbing things, he's really been busy figuring out how to use his hands. I swear it's like overnight he was all of the sudden reaching for everything. He still drops things after a minute or two, but getting better all the time!
Jeanni discovered a magic way to get B to sleep. Put him on his side with a binky in his mouth, then put a blanket between his arm and the binky, and against his face. The first couple of times I tried it I couldn't believe it! He was wide awake and then it was like he just melted and drifted off to sleep. Amazing! Also, this means we have successfully gotten another kid addicted to Aden and Anais swaddle blankets. (I say 'successfully' because I like the fact that their special blanket is not a one-of-a-kind, can't-ever-put-it-in-the-laundry-or-they'll-FREAK-out thing. We buy as many of them as we want to put into rotation and in theory (though we haven't tried it yet) should be able to replace them without too much fuss. Yes!( I think we should buy some A&A stock ☺
Speaking of sleep. Ugh, we had several rough nights last week. Nolan would wake up crying (which almost never happens), then 2 hrs later Branson would wake up, then an hour later Nolan would fuss again, then B. Oey. We were so tired. I think that was just a fluke though luckily. And Branson is getting better. More often than not he only wakes up once during the night and we just have to put his binky back in and he's back to sleep. He has been going most nights without eating, yay!
He's a rolling machine and is even trying to push his legs and get some movement forward!
He's still super drooly and wet all the time. And still spits up on you when you're least expecting it. But we sure love him anyway.
He's easy to please. Just feed him, change him, give him attention, and let him stand up on you and he's happy. Also, I absolutely love his smile. He smiles with his entire face and he just looks like he's so happy to be alive!
He's been doing 'spitties!' lately and is so loud with it that he often gets chuckles from people around him. Especially because he has a super serious face when he does it, like he's really trying to get it out.
He's always watching what big brother (or daddy) is doing - sometimes craning his neck at ridiculous angles so he doesn't miss anything. I have a feeling this is just the beginning and that little boy will be a cute little shadow for Nolan and daddy.
He's over 16 lbs and has started wearing size 3 diapers.
Just like his big brother he loves kicking and putting his feet on whatever or whoever is near him.