5 Months

Wow!  I know I say this a lot, but time is flying by so fast.  How can my little babies be 5 months old? They are not little newborns anymore. This month has been a little challenging as we are transitioning into a new phase.  Beginning solids has made feeding time a little more complicated, now that we have to do bottles and then go to the highchairs to eat solids.  I tried to prop bottles in the highchairs, but it doesn't work very well.  The highchairs recline, but not enough to easily prop a bottle.

Our living room looks like a daycare.  It is baby central filled with pack-n-plays, swings, bouncy seats, exersaucers, jump-a-roo, bumbos, play gym, highchairs, etc.  We will eventually gate this area off to create a baby safe zone when they become mobile.  The babies also got foam tiles to create a large, soft, play space on the floor.  It won't be long and they will all be mobile.

We are now on the go quite a lot.  Thanksgiving was our first trip to Chattanooga.  We have taken 3 trips to Chattanooga in the last 4 weeks and two times we stayed over night.  The babies did wonderfully.  Ben got sick with a fever and cold on our first over night trip to Chattanooga.  This made things a little more difficult, but we worked through it.  The next week the babies all caught Ben's cold, too.  It was inevitable.  It made me very nervous, especially since Derek was also out of town and I was on my own with 4 sick children.  I set the babies bouncy seats in the bathroom for nap and then I would turn on the shower and steam it up.  They took all their naps in there for the entire week.  It might sound crazy, but it really helped their cough and congestion.  I was glad to get them back healthy again especially with Christmas around the corner.  We are so excited about our first Christmas with all four boys, but Ben is the most excited of all.

Chase

Chase is our thinker and observer.  He also keeps everyone on schedule.  He lets me know when it's nap time and time to eat.  He loves to grin and laugh.  He is not a big 'talker', but when he does he is very soft spoken.  He is trying so hard to roll over from back to front.  He just can't get his arm out from underneath himself.  He gets very frustrated that he can't do it.  I love his chubby checks!

weight: 15 lbs. 6 oz

Ryan

Ryan was our feisty one, but he is now the most laid back of the three.  He is usually happy and the most patient.  When he is ready to go to sleep it does not matter where he is.  He will just quietly drift off to sleep.  I often find him asleep in the bouncy seat or swing. Don't let this little bit fool you though! He may be the smallest, but he loves to squeal loudly when he is happy.  He also loves to suck his thumb.

weight: 14 lbs. 2 oz

Tyler

Tyler is the sensitive one.  He cries the most out of all three.  He loves to eat and is usually the first one awake to eat.  He is also the talker.  He is almost always talking. He loves to lay beside his brothers and play with them.  He loves to rub their heads and feel their hair or hold their hand.  It's adorable to watch.

weight: 14 lbs. 4 oz

Ben

Ben is a great big brother.  He loves playing with and entertaining the his brothers.  He has just recently been able to identify each baby and is almost always right.  Sometimes he is still not sure between Ryan and Tyler, just like us all, and ask us for confirmation throughout the day.  He loves to talk about what they will be able to do with him when they get bigger.  He loves to play patty-cake with his brothers.