5 Months and other stuff

 Roan is 5 months. To be honest month 4 and 5months have blurred together. I think he is the same just more wiggly and awesome, of course. We haven't had him weighed or measured so I am gonna guess and say 17 lbs and an inch longer than last month. We will know for sure when he has his 6 month appointment.

I swear his arms are longer. He can reach out and grab anything within reach. It is really cute to carry something by him and he throws his arms out to dance for the object. When he is hanging onto something and it falls he tries to regasp it but misses. 

He went from being a chatterbox to a spitting bubble maker. We  now call him, "bubbles" and his friend Dane will hence be known as "Chuckles". Bubbles and Chuckles will be going on the road with their act in the Fall. Advanced tickets go on sale next week.

Roan is able to sit up with some assistance now.

When he feels like it he is a rolling machine and moves around a lot. I see the boy coming out in him more and more and though I am excited for his new endevours and interaction with the world, I am also a little freaked out that he is going to be that kid who gets into EVERYTHING! He is startled easily and jumps if someone catches him off guard or is suddenly loud.

He still loves to eat his feet.

He loves the swing.

Roan and Dane are the best of friends. It is so much fun to watch them interact and try and eat eachother. One time when they were together someone made Roan cry and Dane immediately, (seriously within a breath of Roan's cry) Dane started crying too. How sweet is that? He cried with his friend because he felt his pain. We let them hug a lot and I am so glad he has someone his age to play with.

He is still sleeping through the night. He is a very loud sleeper at times and bangs his feet on the matress. He is still in our room and that will be changing very soon because frankly I am loosing sleep.

Roan has sensitive skin. He has a constant rash on his face from drool or something. He also get them around his legs from time to time. We tried keeping it dry and now I am using a cream that was recommened to me. I have been told 101 things to do about it by 101 different peoples unsoliciated advice.

***Just a side note that one of the MOST ANNOYING things about being a parent is getting constant unsolicated advice. I realize it comes with the territory. I try to be polite and not let it get under my skin. For the most part I can handle a few people but when I am tired I seriously don't want to deal with them and begin telling people what they want to hear just to get them off my back. I know my son and I can take care of him and I am awesome at it! Sure I have days where I feel terrible and inadequet but I don't need people making me feel that way and tell me what I am doing wrong by just looking at my son and opening their mouths. I deal with that enough in my own head. When I want advice I ask for it. I don't mind discussion and learning new things. Thanks but really NO THANKS especially when I am tired. Side Note Over ****

As for me life has seemed to be busily passing by. When I started work a few months ago I was working earlier in the day. Now I am working a later shift so by the time I get home I feed my family and do a few things and then it is time to go to bed. I do get play time in with Roan before I go to work. I really look forward to weekends because it allows me really family time. We are settled into our life routine/schedule which will be changing up after July as Lars will be a stay at home Dad while he looks for work.

I haven't jumped on a scale for 6 weeks because I have been afraid too. I weighed myself last week and I have lost 7lbs since returning to work. HOORAY! I still have a little ways to go to reach prepreggo weight and then a little more to reach my new goal weight. I am on my way and feeling more confident. Clothes are fitting better and it is almost like a new wardrobe when I fit back into my old clothes. My goal for July is to hit up the gym once a week. My wrist has been feeling better. I don't have to wear the wrist brace as often. The tailbone isn't as noticable but I am still taking Ibprohen daily for it.

For Father's Day this year we celebrated by doing whatever Lars wanted to do. He said he wanted to test drive Ford trucks and cars and that is exactly what we did. Roan was so good the entire time and Lars had a blast. Then we went on a crazy adventure with our friends and enjoyed each others company. I didn't take a single picture. SO happy Lars is my man and a wonderful Father to Roan.

I love being Roan's Mom. He is so special!

Here is a video of his bubbles performance. I love the constant changes of his eyebrows.

Every Girl Has One but Only Some Admit IT

Okay ladies it is time to come clean. The secret needs to come out. Each one of us has at least one and you all know it.  No matter your social status we all have one, maybe two. Some of us try and hide it, other don't even bother fighting it. Now is the time to be honest and open about it. They aren't bad to have, sometimes even funny, and other times a little gross. There are two sides to a coin and this is one of them. Ladies, I am talking about a Nerd Crush. You know what I mean. Like a crush on a bad boy rebel but on a geeky nerd instead. I have one and today I am coming out and saying it. 

I HAVE A NERD/GEEK CRUSH ON.....

Richard Ayoade

He is a writer, director, actor, and comedian. He is very funny and well cute. Especially his character Moss from The It Crowd. Moss is a standard nerd who in his innocence does and says the funniest things. 

Here is one of my favorite "Moss Moments". In this scene his boss, Jen, asked him to lie for her if a certain gentleman came around. Moss tried to tell her that he is not good at lying and doesn't know how to.
This is what ended up happening....

Move over Beatle Mania and make room for Ayoade Mania !!!! America is about to be invaded full force by this nerd because he is staring in....THE WATCH

So there ya go. This is my Nerd Crush. Who is yours?

Actors, Actresses, British Shows....BABY

SO I realize that a lot of my posts are all about Roan now. I can't help it that he is so dang cute and I need to document it for the world to see. This is how some of my long distant family and friends get to see him. I do still have an identity and will share that with you now and it will be baby free. 

Let's talk about actors. 

You know who I find to be the best action actor star ever. 

Jason Statham

Not only is he hot, he does most of his stunts, and is very charming on screen. Over the last year I have been watching every movie he in. That is a lot of Guy Richie movies. 

Let's talk about actresses...

I think that Katherine Heigl is probably one of the most beautiful persons ever. She looks really pretty and normal for an actress. By normal I mean she has some nice curves and seems down to earth. I love all the movies she is in and have seen most of them. But I still haven't seen Grey's Anatomy. 

Ya know what else I have been into lately. British shows! 

Thanks to Netflicks and Hulu Plus I have been watching the following:

 

The only thing sad about British shows is that they are only 6-7 episodes a season. This can be good because they cannot waist an episode on any "filler" story but it also leaves me wanting more. I highly recommend the above tv shows. Especially Downton Abbey, if you aren't on that bandwagon yet then there is something seriously wrong with you. Check them out. 

I am glad we had this blog and you got to see a little more of me that had nothing to do with my fun, loving, hilariously awesome baby boy Roan. Now onto the really good part of this post. 

Scroll below for more pictures of him

Got YA SUCKERS!!!!

Growing in Front of the Mirror and on a Chair

I noticed that there are a few places I always take pictures of Roan. Today I took all those pictures and put them together so I can see how big Roan has gotten in the last few months. 

MIRROR

 

 

 

 

 CHAIR

(This is actually the chair in the Mother's Room at church)

 

 

At times I think he looks like a completely different kid. He went from lump to boy and from a serious kid with a brow to a goofy smiley kid. Even though the changes are fast I love seeing him grow. 

Oh and on a side note.....

he has gotten bigger but I am getting smaller. I can fit into some of my prepreggo clothes now and 

hope to keep that change going. 

Feed Me Seymour

I am a hungry little boy. Let's eat Mommies hair....munch munch munch

Now lets eat this soccer ball.....num num num num

 I think I am ready for something more real and nutricious

Gimme gimme gimme

Yep. That is right. We are going to try having some solid food here in the next month or so. Wish us luck. 

Firsts

In the last month we have experienced a few "firsts" for Roan.

First time being sick...kind of. 

After Roan had his four month shots a rash broke out on his back and face. However he seemed happy and content. Only difference to him was the rash and he slept more. We tried not to think anything of it. The next day the rash had spread to his entire body and he was very very warm. Yet still very content and happy. His temperature was taken throughout the day and it was steadily rising. We called our nurse and she told us to bring him in. At the time we thought it was either a heat rash or a reaction to the shots. When we took him in they found it was only a viral rash, like a cold but for your skin. LAME. Don't get me wrong. I am so glad it wasn't anything bad, but being a first time Mom I let myself get all worked up and worried over it so it was kind of a let down and a relief. I was actually more disappointed with myself for reacting the way I did. Next time I will do better. How he got it....we aren't really sure. It is only contagious through saliva. The rash went away after a week and he was none the wiser about it. He still smiled and played and acted normal. I love this kid for that.

Here he is being happy

It looks a lot worse in real like than in the picture, and that is not first time Mom talking :)

First hair cut....

I never would have guessed that I would be giving my kid his first hair cut at 4 and half months. I put it off for a long time because I loved his moppy hair. But it was getting out of control and would not style and he (and other kids...DANE) :) were starting to pull on it. So we trimmed it and it is already growing back full force. I kept almost all of it for his baby book. He is even blonder now as the edges of his hair were brownish like mine. Now he really looks like Daddy.

Before

 

 After

Almost looks like two different kids.

This is just the start of a whole new world of firsts. I hope I can handle them all with grace and ease. 

4 months

It has been 4 months and Roan is a Growin'

weight: 16 lbs

length: 27 inches

He started sucking his thumb. He still sucks his hand a lot. In fact he sucks any and everything. His face and hands are constantly wet and it is very cold and slippery when wet. We have started to call him Slimmer. His drooling has also kicked up a notch. He is soaking shirts and chewing on anything he can get his hands on. Yep. The teething process has begun. He has a few teeth we can see but they keep disappearing and reappearing.

Roan also likes to lick things still, it is really cute. However, he doesn't like to get licked. He got licked by a dog, a Boxer named Axel, in the face for the first time. It startled him a bit.

Roan is becoming a break dancer. He is all over the floor when he plays. He lays one way and the next minute he is facing a completely different direction. He has also started to roll from his tummy to his back. EEK! He is a wiggle worm and we can't leave him anywhere high without strapping him down. Speaking of tummy has become a tummy time champ and can lift his head up real high and sit on his elbows.

It is wonderful seeing him discover the world though his eyes. I can always tell when he finds something new as his eyes widen and he stares and then eventually smiles and talks to it. He loves to "people watch." Sometimes I wonder what he is thinking about as he watches things or people.

He is still a little chatterbox and a laughing man. He loves to be tickled and rough housed with Dad. His chattering has changed some and often time he is found talking to his toys or at nothing (I like to think he is talking to angels). Sometimes he moves his month in a talking fashion but nothing comes out. When he does go on his rambling he usually only has one volume...LOUD. He loves it when people talk to him. He starts to smile, his cheeks raise up, his eyes close, and then he wiggles his head and acts shy. If no one is talking to him then he will cough for attention.

Roan is easily startled at times and has a special whimper to express his discontent when he either hears a loud uncomfortable noise or if he is caught of guard.

He is grabbing everything. It is becoming a battle to change his diaper or get him dressed as he will grab and hold onto my hand and fingers while I am in the process. He will grab and pull on his feet and toes. He is very good at grabbing and pulling on my hair and Lars' arm hair. When we carry him around he is so strong. He will sit up and look around and hang onto our shoulders for grib while he hangs out to get a new view of the world.

He is sleeping through the night now, most of the time. It is the best. I love sleep and even though I still wake up to pee or check on him, I feel great getting more consistent sleep and he seems to like it too. Speaking of sleeping. My favorite part of the week is Saturday morning. Because when Roan wakes us up we all cuddle together as a family in bed and goof off. I look forward to it every week.And how does he wake us up, either by lifting up his feet and slamming them down on the best or by scratching the matress with his hands.

Overall, this kid is the best. He is seriously a geninuely happy kid. When he is wired he is funny because he will just talk and smile. He shows how pleased he is by how wide he opens his mouth. The wider it is the happier he is. His mouth is open and moving around a lot.

He does everything with his best friend Dane nowadays. I think he misses him when he goes more than a day without him. Seriously, he sleeps longer when Dane is not around. They actually talk and notice each other too. One evening Roan was whinning and Dane sat by him and listened and anytime Dane talked back Roan stopped talking and listened. I haven't a clue what they said but it helped settle Roan down and he was happier.

As for me things are pretty good. I finally feel like my tail bone is beginning to heal. My wrist is still sore but I have a brace I wear that is helping. I am back at work and the first 2 weeks were awfully hard. I tried working from home here and there and it was tough because I was there but I wasn't and it was emotionally draining. Now I have a pretty consistent schedule and that helps a lot. Anytime I am missing Roan I text my friend watching him and she sends pics. I have a million pictures of him posted around my work area. I admire them during the rough times of the day. I like being back to work and everyone knows that to get me talking all they have to do is ask about my little boy. I am extremely grateful for the ladies who help me with watching Roan while I am at work. I would still rather be at home playing with Roan but that will happen in its own time and in the mean time I am SUPER STEPHANIE!