Mason at 5 months

Every mother says this, but it seems like yesterday that my baby was born.  I can still feel what it was like to touch his warm, slimy, soft, squishy skin for the first time.  He was so round...his tummy...his cheeks...his thighs.  At 9.1 lbs, there was a lot to love!

Fast forward 5 months.

Mason is still cute--and round--as a button.

His weight is just shy of 18 lbs, a feat his older brother didn't accomplish until he was nearly a year old!

The days sometimes seem long, but they are flying by.  In the craziness of parenting and working and living,  I like to slow down and try to stick some of these moments into my memory.

Here are the things I want to remember about my 5 month old baby boy

...how he molds perfectly to my body when I hold him, like a little koala bear.

...how he blows raspberries when he's having fun.

...how his eyes squint up into little crescents when he laughs.

...how he tries to hug--and eat--his brother when we read stories.

...how he stares with eyes that melt you when you take pictures of him.

...how his legs pop into the air as soon as you lay him on the floor.  (This kid will do anything to suck on his toes!)

...how his thighs are so squishy!  They are nearly as big as my biceps!

...how he grunts as he babbles, like he's talking straight from his diaphragm.

...how he stares and takes in the world.

...how he wags his tongue in and out and in and out when he tastes a new flavor.

...how fascinated he is by people.

...how much I love to hold him.