21 wk highlights, Turned 5 months, Getting ready for Christmas

21 week highlights:
-Officially turned 5 months old!
-At 5 months he weighed 18 lbs and was 26 in long.
-Jr got to experience his first snow! Daddy pulled him around on a sled and he made his 1st snow angel. He absolutely loved playing in the snow and being pulled on the sled.
-He can move in a full circle when he's on his back. Jr is all over the place in his crib; he usually ends us completely flipped from where we left him (at both nap and bed time).
-Jr can also move in a complete circle on his tummy.
-He can do a complete push up with his arms and loves to look around at everything in this position.
-Jr loves to sit up and can actually balance on his own for awhile. Out of all the positions (tummy, back, sitting, etc.) he definitely prefers to sit and play.
-To say he loves his jumperoo is an understatement; he goes absolutely crazy when you put him in and loves to jump around nonstop.
-Everything continues to go in the mouth and the drool is nonstop.
-He constantly chews on his pointer finger and thumb. We still can't feel any teeth, but we're pretty sure he can feel them.
-We finally said enough with the paci. He doesn't like it at all and does just fine without it, so we decided to toss it.
-Jr is finally back to napping good (usually 50 mins) on his back and wakes up happy. We usually let him squirm around and hang out in his crib a little over an hour and then as long as he's happy we'll go get him. It took about 2 days of letting him cry it out to get him to sleep longer. We also started using some white noise (water, womb and thunderstorm sounds) during his nap time, which seems to be helping him sleep longer too. He takes a nap in the morning and afternoon and a little cat nap in the evening.
-Jr has really started noticing Rambo lately, he even reached out to pet him for the first time. Rambo just wanted to lick him, but Jr did manage to feel his fur before he got a big kiss from Rambo.
-Most all of his feedings come from the bottle now, because we need him to be good on the bottle so when we take our trip he's good for Grandma and Grandpa. Since giving him a bottle, it has sped up our feeding times to about 30 mins.
-Eats 3 tbsp baby food (only vegetables so far) and 1 tbsp barely cereal for breakfast, lunch, and supper. Along with usually 7-8 oz of milk. At supper and his bed time bottle he always takes more (dinner=10 oz and bedtime= 13 oz).
-Continues to sleep 11 hrs at night!
-He helped Mom and Dad celebrate their 3 year wedding anniversary! Annie and Tina babysat him, while Mom and Dad went and had a wonderful dinner. He did great for them and loves to play with Annie.

We've been so busy lately getting ready for Jacob's 1st Christmas and my family coming into town. Last night we went shopping at Toys R Us and got all of his Christmas gifts. We bought him some toys and a Radio Flyer wagon! I can't wait to celebrate the holidays with family and watch Jr play with all of his new toys. Today A & I are off to finish our Christmas shopping since tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I really can't believe how fast time has flown bye.

"What you are is God's gift to you; what you do with yourself is your gift to God." ~ Danish Proverb