Carson is 5 months old!

We traveled back from our Voegtle family Kentucky Lake trip on Carson's 5-month birthday. He travels pretty well, but not quite as easily as last month's trip to the beach when he was in a separate car from his brother (with Nana & Papa in the Mazda) and could sleep the entire way without being woken up by Collin's excitement. Normally it's great to watch Collin entertain Carson in the car and watch Carson laugh at Collin's "Peanut Butter Jello", but for a trip longer than a few hours it's best for Carson to sleep. Carson is a lot more animated and interactive this month which makes things really fun! He's found his feet over the last week or so and pulls on his toes or puts them in his mouth, which Mike thinks is really gross. He still loves to kick his legs and move his arms a lot, especially when he gets excited. He's been teething for over a month now but there's nothing breaking through. He wants to put everything in his mouth but has shown less interest in the pacifier recently. My finger is a favorite, but he's also interested in toys and teethers now, like his apple or frog.

He's still such an amazingly flexible and happy baby but does best when I keep him on a consistent schedule. I'm pretty good about making a morning nap a priority, which varies any time between 8:30 and 10, depending on what we're doing and what time we awake. This makes it a little hard to get out in the morning like we used to, but Collin's been having more friends over which he enjoys.

Carson still has a blond streak in the front of his hair but all his hair has lightened a bit and maybe even thinned. This makes me sad to think that he might loose his beautiful baby hair...I can see some blond hair coming in so he'll probably be blond too. It will be interesting to see if everyone still thinks he looks like me when he has blond hair like his brother and dad. Other unique features are a dimple on his right cheek and an indention in his chin. He has rather dark complexion, as much as I try to avoid the sun with him...Tall, dark & handsome!

He's starting to "talk" more, especially when talked to. He wants everyone to pay attention to him and loves when I touch his toes to his nose. I try to do tummy time each morning on the back porch, while I do yoga and exercises. He doesn't love tummy time but can tolerate it for a short time as long as I'm doing it with him. I'm guessing he won't be crawling super early, since he's a big baby and so laid back.