5 months

Levi is growing like a champ and has been up to so much these days.

• He is talking more than ever (sometimes screaming)
• He loves to laugh but its usually because we tickle him. So far he is most ticklish on his neck, feet, and sometimes on his knees
• He's sitting up by himself, so doesn't really spend much time in the bumbo anymore
• While he rolls over front to back and back to front, he doesn't do it consistently, which we are thankful for
• He doesn't spend much time on his back on the play mat anymore because sitting up is too much fun
• He still loves his activity saucer and is able to play with pretty much everything. His new favorite thing to do is slam his hands on the buttons that play music. He'll do it over and over again
• He's still getting used to being in the jumper and could use another couple of inches to jump a little more consistently
• He's getting more interested in food, so we have him at the dinner table with us. He plays with his toys and we pick them up because he has discovered this thing called gravity. We are pretty sure he's going to love food when he gets his hands on it
• He has discovered how to knock things over and loves knocking over his stacking cups before or after we build the tower with the cups
  He loves banging things together and onto the table, which makes for very musical dinners
• He was almost sleeping through the night, but now there is too much exciting stuff going on in his world to sleep plus he's started to teethe
• He's had his second cold, and thankfully the only part that bothers him is the snot sucker and the not sleeping well part too
• He's starting to teethe and loves to gnaw on our hands and his hands mostly. He's not to into the teething toys yet
• He started daycare and so far so good. He's happy when we drop him off (if he's awake) and excited when he sees us at the end of the day
• He still loves his doggies. I wouldn't be surprised if his first word is da (as in dog not dad - sorry Jeff)
• He's getting a little attached and definitely likes to be held a lot more

A few 5 month photos of the little man: