Liam is 5 months old!

Oh wow here we are at 5 months.  I may or may not be getting a little weepy at the amazing miracle that is this little boy!

5 months brings us much more talking and so much interacting!  Liam has the G sound down and will often wake up saying gah, gee, or grr.  He's a very happy boy most of the time and always has big smiles with dimples for Daddy or me.


Liam continues to reach for toys and usually gets the toys he's reaching for and almost always gets it to his mouth!

His favorite song is 'The Itsy Bitsy Spider' with or without actions

He so far seems to favor his left hand (like Daddy)

He prefers toys that play songs, but will grab rattles or his Sophie the giraffe

Liam often gets frustrated when he's trying to talk to you but you aren't getting what he's saying.  You can often see his little mouth trying to form words and its seriously cute!

He enjoys faces and will reach up to touch my eyes, nose, or mouth while I'm talking, like he's trying to figure out how I form the words.

His favorite puppy is Allie.  When she comes up to him she will put her head in his hand for a few seconds so he can pet her.  He pets her so nicely and when she is done she trots off a happy girl.

This giraffe has no milk!  You can always tell a breastfed baby!

Chilling with his sunglasses and Sophie

After a particularly rough night and day this is my Liam telling me that 'Sleep is for the weak'  Turns out this little guy was getting a cold!

After his 4 month shots (a week late) he was as happy as could be until a few hours later when his legs started to hurt

More often than not Liam grabs the toy he wants and gets it into his mouth

Telling Dad about his rough day with shots and his rough afternoon of sleep (I love how he looks at Matt!)

Tuckered out!  I  never get tired of watching him sleep

On Father's Day we sent Daddy upstairs to take a nap and we stayed downstairs.  Liam just likes to reach out and touch me when he sleeps and I'm ok with that!

Loving on Daddy while Daddy plays for him

There is a story behind this and I can't remember what it is, but since he's our first son he's our #1 son :)

Daddy and his boy!

His special I'm going to sleep for Mommy smile

This is what Mommy looks like after Liam has slept nearly 7 hours straight!  This is what a rested Liam looks like!

Our first time at the beach with our Auntie Megan

Meeting our Grandpa for the first time (Matt's Dad)

3 Generations of Skillman men, too bad I couldn't catch one with Liam's eyes open

Playing with Grandpa tires us right out!

Our happy smiling boy in his 5 month pictures!

God chose the perfect son for us. Even though learning how to be a mom is hard, tiring, frustrating, draining, joyful, exciting, it's everything I've ever wanted!

Liam is 4 months old!

4 months brings us new things such as rolling over from back to front and front to back.  He's learning his consonants specifically the g sound and loves to say gah and gee over and over again.  It's super cute and he literally thinks he's having a conversation with you!  We got to spend about a week with my sister and my youngest nephew.  It was super nice to have her here and see that some of the things I do as a parent are totally normal.  Her best advice was do what works for you and your kiddo, not what some book tells you.  Who knows your kiddo better than you? 

Towards the end of his 4 month my little stinker decided that sleep was for the birds.  He started waking every 2-3 hours.  He seemed to be refluxing more and more especially at night so we ended up making an appointment with a new pediatrician because ours didn't want to dose his reflux meds to his weight.  I increased his prilosec dose on my own and it seemed to help quite a bit!  I also wondered if he was teething because he was chomping pretty hard on mine and Matt's fingers!  So I got an amber necklace to try out.  I'm totally not convinced with the amber necklaces. 

We had our first experiences outside and he kept his sunglasses on the whole time!  It's so much fun to watch Liam grown and change day by day.  

 Playing in his new jumping toy from Aunt Donna and family

 Oh Hi Mom you came to see me!

 Daddy's boy (after he's fed and changed! before then he's momma's boy!)

 Let me hold you up cousin

 I just like to hold my cousin's hand

 My first mother's day, someone didn't want to take a family selfie!

 Mom...hungry!

 I have no idea how my husband did this but he got all three puppies and the baby's foot print in my Mother's Day book!

 After a night of no sleep, sometimes you just give in and sleep with the baby on the couch

 Our first outside experience!

 Such a sweet guy!

 He slept maybe an hour the night before and refused his naps...I tried everything I could think of and he was just fussy!  This is when we figured out that his reflux meds weren't working well and we needed a dose adjustment

 He was so tired but wouldn't fall asleep so we went for a walk...he's still awake and had been for nearly 4 hours.  Poor guy was nearly beside himself

 He finally passed out and slept for 2 or 3 hours!

 Not an awesome day this day either but he was sitting up and balancing himself!

 After yet another night of very little sleep this was the happiest that he was (I believe this was outfit #3 for the day after several poopslosions)

 On his 4th outfit of the day and he's had enough

 All he really wanted was to be naked and take his bath.  Silly bug!

 Sweet guy, I'm not always fast enough to catch a good smile.  He was just smiling a second before I snapped this pic then he was way more interested in Daddy's hands!

 Daddy is often the center of Liam's universe!  I love how Liam likes to 'talk' to him

 Sporting his $1 jeans that I found at a garage sale and staring at his book.  Notice the bulldog 'protecting' his baby boy

 Watching Baby Einstein and playing with his feet.  Notice the bulldog 'protecting' his baby again!

 Crashed after a little snack from mom.

 Oh this?  I'll just pull myself up mom, I'd really rather sit than lay down thanks.

 Mom did you see my toes?

 Oh hey mom, I was just sitting up.  Do you like my elephant?

 4 month pictures, he's loving his toys!

 A sweet smile on a sweet boy!

 Why aren't you in my mouth!

If you're lucky and you get him to laugh he will reward you with this smile where you can see both dimples.  This smile melts my heart and makes me forget how tired I really am!  Even though I feel overwhelmed a lot of the time I know that God chose me to be Liam's mom and that we will always find our 'normal' sometimes it just takes more time than I want it too!