Big Boy!

I've been lectured for not blogging enough, so I'm going to try an force myself to do at least one a week. You wouldn't think it would be hard, but I either can't find the time; don't have anything to talk about; or am just plain lazy. I'll work on it though, I promise!

As of today, we've only got 9 days to go until Bowen is 6 months old! I really can't believe how fast time has gone since he was born. He's developing into such a smart little boy! (Okay, maybe not so little, but you get the point.) He can now sit up by himself pretty good, and actually has been doing that for a few weeks now. He's still working on balance, but we're getting there. We've also started swimming in the bathtub! He's such a little fish. He'll swim around on his belly until he's as wrinkly as a raisin. It's adorable!

Sitting up - Easter Day

Swimming!

Our next new adventure is going to be eating. Within the past week he's really shown an interest in in it by watching Ben and I, so we went ahead and tried some cereal last night. He enjoyed the first few bites, but he got too inpatient and wantaed his bottle, so I didn't force it on him. I don't foresee him being too picky though, so it will be interesting to see what he enjoys most. I know when I was little I loved things like peas and squash, so I'm excited to try those with him!

I don't think we're anywhere close to crawling yet, but that's something else I'm looking forward to. He's gotten pretty active on his tummy, so it will be fun to see when he figures it out. Until then, I'll enjoy watching him squirm around on the floor.

5 Months

I haven't blogged for awhile now, so this could end up being a long one! We've been keeping busy at the Schwake house over the last month and Bowen has been growing like a weed. Between the two of us though, we've been passing colds back and forth and are just now getting back to our healthy selves. We first went through a week of a colds, which eventually developed into croup, with then another cold and fever the following week. And if that wasn't enough, I think it's now safe to say he's now teething. I wasn't sure at first, but he's been sporting rosey cheeks the past couple days, with tugging at the ears and has been drooling like crazy! He's been a trooper though, so I've got my fingers crossed it doesn't get too horrible for him, or me.

On a happier note, I'm proud to say that Bowen is officially sleeping in his crib now and he's been doing awesome! He has a few off nights wher he wakes up around 1:00 or 2:00 and wants a bottle, but he hasn't dont that for over a week now. He usually goes down around 7:30, has one bottle at 9:30, and sleeps until I wake him for daycare around 6:15'ish. On the weekends, he'll sleep in until 7:00, which is really awesome! All those talks I had with him while he was in my tummy must have paid off!

Bowen turned 5 months old on the 24th of March and weighs in around 18 or 19 pounds. Heck, he may even be 20 by now. I haven' weighed him at home for awhile, but I can definitely tell he's put a few more pounds on! I weighed the same at his age though when I was a baby, so I think he's taking after his mommy, considering his daddy was a little runt!! Ben weighed 20 pounds when he was a year old! Other than being a chubby baby, he's doing well at sitting up on his own and he reaches out when you ask him if he wants to come to you. It's so cute!  I wish I had a recent photo on hand, but I have sadly been slacking. I'll work on that!