5 Months of Our Lil' Buddy

I just don't understand how a human being could be so cute. I'm completely obsessed with Kobe. The phrase, "He's so freakin' cute!" is repeated daily in our home. Like, really...how?!

 

Anyway, Kobe is so much fun. I say it all the time but he makes me nervous for our second child because you can't get more perfect than him. He is such a people-person, and rightfully so, because he has many admirers! He's just so happy-- it definitely rubs off on us. He's getting so big and cuter with every pound and mm! I love watching him figure things out. He has started reaching and grabbing (and bringing to his mouth, of course). But oh my, when he reaches for our faces and brings us to his little drooly mouth...I can't handle it! And he is making the cutest noises in the world. He has quite the vocabulary these days. He does well playing by himself as long as he has his reflection/some objects to reach for and chew on, but he is starting to need our attention more consistently. When Daddy has him at night he has been carrying him around in the Ergo so that Kobe is satisfied. He is such a morning person too. He just lays there talking to himself, and when you go in to get him he starts kicking his legs and arms and panting and smiling (still a baby; not a dog). How can you not just melt?! He just talks and laughs all morning. I love it! He has been rolling over more, both from his tummy to back and back to tummy. He is very wiggly. He's not completely mobile, but the next couple months we will need to baby proof because I can see his determination!

 

His cousin, Tate is growing with him. Kobe's growing up and Tate's growing out. We love watching them together; especially now that they're beginning to recognize people. They look at each other and take turns making noises and rolling over. It's true love.

I haven't been a fan of overalls since I was like 12...but Kobe makes me a fan.

He loves looking at himself. I turn the camera on my phone to face him and he just starts talking to himself. And I photobomb.

Lane cracks me up when he mimics Kobe. It's pretty entertaining watching a 6'4" man make movements like a baby.

When Popo is feeling well he says, "Hand him here," holds him for a couple minutes and gives him kisses, then tries to hand him off and says, "mom better take him." He loves his great grandbabies!

I don't know why but I have an obsession with babies' eyelashes when they're wet (after a bath, for example). Pictures don't do it justice. Especially Kobe's eyes with those long lashes and "crystals" he places in his eyes (as Nana says).

Kobe spends a lot of time with the girls (mom and her friends). This is Lana. She's 8 months older than Kobe and she is just the cutest little thing too. These two together = too much cuteness to handle. **Just wait until Kobe gets with his cousin Reagan!**

Grandpa Lyle is quite the fan of Kobe too. He says, "I've never seen a baby so alert and happy," and "He's a smart boy, he is. He's got it all figured out." Grandpa's right!

We have swaddled him ever since he was a newborn when we put him to bed. He doesn't always keep his hands in, but he's been one of those babies that sleeps well in a swaddle so we continue to do it. Just in the past few days he has become Houdini and wiggled his way completely out and across his crib. I'm now thinking I need to find a new word for "cute" because it's becoming redundant.

We got this fresh food mesh feeder that you can put fruits and vegetables (and whatever else you want) in to introduce solids. The baby just sucks the juices out. He loves it! Well, he loves chewing and sucking and it's just another thing to put in his mouth, but it has flavors. He has tried peaches, strawberries, pears and apples in it. So far he loves them all and no allergies!

This is our friend, Laurel. She formed a quick bond with the kid (and me) and spends lots of time with us. She's kind of my baby-whisperer, I decided.

This is our friend, Ranzy. She has been a fan of Kobe, and called him by name since we knew he was a boy. We call her Aunt Ranzy and she also spends a lot of time with us. He loves to snuggle with her...and watch our dumb shows with us!

Kobe loves watching Daddy around the house. He just stares and is so mesmerized and it cracks me up.

We don't take many family pictures, so this is what you get.

These two make me laugh. Pretty much every picture we have of them together, Tate is crying or looking off somewhere else and Kobe is either smiling or has his mischievious grin. This picture I think is foreshadowing their future growing up together.

He likes to attack faces and I consider them kisses. I love them. Lane always makes comments about me wiping his slobbery kisses off, but guess what, I wipe Kobe's off too!

Just getting too big.

This is how close he is to sitting up by himself. He lasts about 7 seconds.

 Kobe and I get to go visit my family in So.Cal next month! I'm so excited because Uncle Devin hasn't met him yet; and he gets to meet some of my aunts, uncles and cousins, and play with his cousin Reagan and Aunt Britt, Oma and hopefully Epop and Uncle Trevor! We can't wait!

In other news, we have been working hard on our yard and finishing up summer house projects. Lane has been working especially hard and put up our first fence!