5 months old!!

Where is the time going? I can't not believe it has been over 5 months now since Alex's surprise arrival. He is now 14lbs. 3oz. and 26 inches long. He has become our little roller and can pretty much get around just rolling! He is still doing great on his cereal and he had his first taste of some applesauce and baby pears this past week. He is definitely going to be a great eater like his Mommy! He has adjusted well to the sippy cup and loves cold water and juice.
Alex is still so happy and always smiling. He is still enjoying his saucer, activity mat, swing, walker, and Bumbo chair. He prefers to sit up as much as possible especially in the stroller. No teeth yet but that constant chewing and sucking on everything is making me wonder if they are about to make an appearance! He is so crazy about Olivia, his face lights up when she walks in a room and they enjoy playing together in his crib. He will sit up for a few seconds alone before falling over but it seems like he is getting better at it everyday! He is so strong and coordinated that I think it will be no time at all before he is mobile! Yay.
We are still not sleeping thru the night even after trying every possible trick I can imagine. If he would only take that pacifier...So I guess I have to accept the fact that neither of our kids like to sleep! Thanks guys! I heard that kids who don't sleep much as babies tend to be very intelligent, so Olivia and Alex had better be some geniuses! Just wait until you are teenagers and try to sleep all day, Mommy will remember this! Outside of the sleep issue, Alex is really a wonderful baby, always so sweet and content, and a true Momma's boy!!

A trip to the Beach!

Mommy, Olivia, Alex, and Grammy went on vacation to St. Augustine Florida for 4 days in September. We had such a great time! Yes, Grammy actually survived a six hour ride with my "wonderful" car riders! The weather was perfect and we had fun staying at Grandpa Pugh's beautiful condo on the beach. Olivia loved the water as usual and was fearless even when the waves would knock her over! She even told us the salty seawater tastes "good"! Alex also loved being outside by the pool and ocean. We pretty much had the beach and pool to ourselves. We spent one afternoon walking around the beautiful town of St. Augustine and we took a train tour as requested by Olivia. Two hours later, both kids were sleeping and Mommy and Grammy were still sweating and sitting on that train! It was a good tour though and we learned some interesting things about St. Augustine. We were sad to leave and Olivia is already asking to go back to "Grandpa's house"!