Thursday, April 5, 2012

just bragging.

i love dressing van.
pretty sure we have one of the raddest babies ever.
 i usually find myself giggling as i put him in a new outfit.
i have to get it out of my system now while he cant protest.
 thanks to aunt shasta for the awesome beatles onesie



 look at those cheeks!

one of my favorite pictures of van.
he looks like a little man!

van is 5 months old.
he is rolling over but is pretty lazy and doesnt think its that cool, so it doesnt happen very often.
he will sort of sit up by himself, but realizes he's doing it and falls over.
he will go to sneeze and and cant get it out so he will coo. "ah-ah-cooo" it makes me laugh every time.
he is a night owl and thats when he comes alive, but once he goes to sleep, he will sleep through the night and sleeps in until about 9-9:30am. he definitely is my child.
he LOVES his dad and cosmo can always, without fail, get him to laugh a deep belly laugh.
when his dad gets home from work, cosmo will take van away from me and tell him that he just saved him from the "redheaded devil woman". van thinks its hilarious and always laughs at it.
he loves looking at himself in the mirror.
he rarely cries unless he's hungry or tired....except for this past week...
he is teething big time and is a drooly congested cranky mess, but i still dont feel or see any teeth.
(if anyone has suggestions for teething PLEASE SHARE! i have tried everything! he HATES cold things in his mouth and the gels and tablets only calm him for 5-10 minutes)

he is so happy and melts my heart every time he smiles at me.
he is very social and wants to be a part of things.
he loves flirting with pretty girls and will grin at them super big and then gets shy and will bury his head into my chest.
he loves his turtle that hangs from his car seat, his crinkly elephant, and his blanket.
he has just discovered blowing rasberries with his mouth and thinks its funny to spit all over everything.
he has really strong (fat!) legs that he loves to stand up on and his dad calls them his kick murder legs.
he doesnt like to be held for very long. he will start to fuss and the second you lay him down, he'll grin and know he got his way.
he loves his bath and loves getting his feet rubbed. yes. he's spoiled.
this kid already has us wrapped around his chubby little finger and we love his guts!

6 comments:

Anjane' said...

Kylee turned into a different child when she was teething, so I feel your pain! The only thing that helped her was Tylenol. Honestly, she would have to take Tylenol for weeks at a time, but our dr & pharmacist both said that it was ok. I still didn't like that solution...but it did make our lives somewhat easier. Even on Tylenol though, Kylee just had a really hard time whenever she was getting a tooth. I know this sounds cliche, but it will end someday! It definitely takes a lot of patience... :)

Erica said...

You can help me dress our boy when he's born. I have no clue what I'm doing!!!!

Velika said...

So, I'll admit, I stalk your blog.:) Van is just too cute, I can't help it! Anyways, teething... ugh, I feel your pain, and I'm so sorry! We got Anne an amber teething necklace and it really helps. Honestly, I was a hesitant at first if it would work, but I was willing to try anything. I notice when she wears it she doesn't drool nearly as much and she doesn't constantly chew on her fingers. Here's the brand we got, but I got it off a "baby steals" website for cheaper. Good luck
http://hyenacart.com/stores/inspiredbyfinn/index.php?c=11

Cheryl Elmer said...

He is the best dressed little boy ever. Miss that little chunk!

Shums said...

He is so cute! I love how cool Van is already. Crew has that hoodie, who knew dressing little boys was so fun?!

Adam and Jess said...

He looks a little like James did when he was younger, go figure. I think the way you dress him is just like a little man, so cool.