We have a house guest!

Well,
The new thing in our home is our new "renter" out in the garage apartment. My brother-in-law has moved up to good ol' SC from Florida! Before he moved, Madilyn asked literally every day when Uncle Stephen was gonna be here. It was so cute! He came in late Saturday night and is gonna be living with us for a few months while he gets himself established in Columbia, SC. It's gonna be sooo nice to have more family near us. There is just something about having family near by. Growing up, I was ALWAYS surrounded by family. I played with my cousins on a daily basis. I was friends with my 3rd cousin. We had large family reunions about every other year. I know my 4th cousin quite well. Family is very important to me. Needless to say, we're very excited to have Stephen here. I felt so sad that he was way down in FL and couldn't be here for all of the big events and Holidays. Now... compared to being on your own down in FL, he's in for a bit of a loud and wild ride being around a baby and an (almost) 3 year old... but I think he'll fit in just fine! :)

5 months!

My little man is 5 months old! I can't believe it! He's done so much in the last month, and I haven't done great at keeping up with documenting. Here goes!

- He is rolling over both ways... he can roll tummy to back, and back to tummy.
- He is eating oatmeal baby cereal.
- He has tried sweet potatoes, peaches, apples, pears and bananas. His favorite are DEFINITELY bananas. He opens his mouth wider, and makes cute  noises while he's eating them. :)
- He is reaching for my face, and can reach and grab things. He grabs and pulls things to his mouth. He still drops things if you hand him a second thing if he already has something in his hand.
- He is so ticklish! It's very easy to get him to giggle. Just tickle his ribs, and it gets him!
- He LOVES his big sister! He'll just smile and coo at her. He's a big fan of hers, and she adores him!
- He's a talker! He just coos, and makes noises. That's how I know he's up in the morning. He'll just sit in bed and "talk" until I go get him. :)
- He has started to grab everything! My hair, my earrings, my mouth... etc. Anything and everything!
- I have started trying to get him to sit. I think Madilyn was almost sitting on her own at this age, but I don't think I put Levi down as much as I did Madi. I was so worried about spoiling her... lol! He's kinda got the "tripod" sit down, but he's very wobbly.
- He's the cutest boy I've ever seen in my entire life. Just sayin'...