The Adventures of Grace, Ella and Sutton: Sutton is 5 Months Old!

Our sweet boy just keeps getting bigger and sweeter! Time flies so quickly, and that is especially true with our third baby. We're savoring every moment because now we know how quickly they grow from babies to toddlers to preschoolers. It's so fun (and sometimes exhausting) to have one child in each of these categories. Sutton is really a good baby. He fits right in and most of the time, is just content to be included in our activities. He loves baths and recognizes the sound of the water when we start the girls' bath at night. Lucky for him, he can't sit up quite yet, so he gets his own bathtub.

I still think he looks like Travis. His eyes are still kind of gray/blue, and I'm not sure how they'll turn out. His hair is definitely blonder than the girls, and it's really started to come in the past couple of weeks. Since I missed posting his 4-month stats last month, here they are now:

Weight: 12 lbs 15 oz (10%)

Height: 25 1/4 in (55%)

Head: 16 1/2 in (40%)

These percentiles may seem low, but he's so much bigger than his sisters. My arms are definitely getting a workout these days. He's wearing mostly 6 month clothes, but many of his Polo outfits are 9 months. It's so different trying to dress a boy, but it's still fun. I think he has more clothes than his sisters, and Travis is definitely jealous of his wardrobe :) He's sleeping good and usually sleeps through the night (7:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.) at least 3 nights a week. The remaining nights he just wakes up once for a middle-of-the-night feeding. He his first cold this week, so that messed up his sleep schedule because he couldn't breathe well, but I'm hoping he'll get back on track soon.

Sutton takes a bottle every 3-4 hours, usually 6 ounces at a time. Because I'm gone all day, I usually only get to nurse him during the night and on weekends. He's also started solids, and so far, he's tried rice cereal, oatmeal, green beans, pears, sweet potatoes and carrots. I'd say oatmeal, sweet potatoes and carrots are his favorites because he's literally gagged while eating everything else. These are pictures of the green bean experience, and you can tell how much he liked them from his expressions. Gracie loves to feed him and remains a great helper!

This month, he's really enjoyed exploring in his exersaucer and is content pushing buttons and pulling on everything. He also likes his floor mat, but instead of staying on his back, he quickly rolls over and props himself up on his elbows. Much to our amazement, he's almost crawling. He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. I'm predicting he'll figure it out before he turns 6 months old and know that this will really change everything. A mobile baby is much harder to keep up with!

His various expressions crack us up, and we crack him up a lot, too. He laughs when he sees Gracie, and they love playing with each other. Ella is still enamored by him and calls him "Sut-ton Janes!" (her version of Sutton James). She's so sweet and loving, but is a little over-loving sometimes. We feel blessed that both girls have adjusted to him so well.