5 months

18 weeks
This little guy started rolling over this week.  That combined with being introduced to the "Jumperoo", has made for one happy camper!  A friend gave us their old Jumperoo and Jolly Jumper. For any who don't know what these are (like us 10 minutes before we got them), a Jumperoo is a frame that holds a fabric seat with a plastic play tray around it and it suspends with elastic ropes to the frame.  So Ezra can jump his little heart out, or just stand and play.  He mostly chooses to jump.
He has sadly seemed to start doing some "stranger" freak outs.  He does fine for a minute or two when someone else holds him and then just totally melts down.

19 weeks
Ezra has found his big feet.  While great fun for him and for the average observer, including myself, it does present its challenges during diaper changes.  He wants to hold onto his feet for dear life and I want him to put his leg down so I can strap on the diaper.  We are finding our balance!  He is now finally pushing up on his arms when he is on his tummy.  Yippee!  He had his 4 month shots this week and ended up sleeping 10.5 hours that very night.  A parent could definitely get used to that with no problem.  He is now weighing in at 17 pounds 2 ounces and staying steady at 26 inches.  He has been a bit fussier overall this week.

20 weeks
Ezra's happy disposition returns, and he is also napping for awesome 2 hour stretches.  He also dropped the extra nighttime wake up, he had begun again.  So now he get's up to eat when I go to bed and one other time around 3-4am and gets another feed then.  It always goes without saying that any decrease in wake ups on Ezra's end makes Mommy and Daddy even happier with their gained sleep.  We also reintroduced the Bumbo chair after Ezra went over to a friends for the night while Nate and I were out on a dinner and a movie date.  He was reported to do fine in theirs, and I was like "What?!"  Let us try again.  So we did.  I broke off all the plastic safety buckles that seemed to be uncomfortable for him, and Ezra does fine in there, as long as there is something to watch and occupy his interest.


21 weeks
After some thought, I decided it was time Ezra dropped his 4am feeding.  It seemed he was waking more out of habit than need to eat, and at 18 pounds I didn't really think he was suffering any sort of nutrition deficit.  After 3 nights or so of Ezra waking up way more in the morning hours, I announced to Nate before bed, "If he wakes up around 3-4am, I'm feeding him.  I'm too tired to keep waking every hour from 3-7am to do it tonight."  The next morning I woke up at 7:15am.  I joke that when I was weak, Ezra was strong!  Thanks baby boy!  He's been sleeping though after his late evening feed until morning now several nights in a row.  Hallelujah.  Ezra also went in this week to have his head shape assessed.  At his last shot appointment the nurse noticed he still had a bit of a flat spot on the back right side of his head, and made a referral for a physical therapist to take a look.  Today they took a look and said it was very minor but gave some suggestions for carrying him and playing with him to strengthen his neck muscles to in turn help his head shape.  Ezra is currently wearing 9 month clothing and starting to dabble in 12 months clothes.

4 months

14 Weeks

This week Ezra has really found his voice...and loves the sound of it.  He can go quite a while just trying out his baby sounds and yodeling!  He also is enjoying his blankets more and more.  Instead of seeing them as swaddling traps he is enjoying chewing and sucking on them, and as we no longer swaddle him he seems to have made his peace, and even more: friends with these lovely creations!  He has also found it delightful to cough.  Anytime he coughs, he thinks it is funny.  Oh what I wouldn't give to take a peek into his little head and see what he is thinking.

15 weeks

Right around the 15 week marker, I came in one morning and found this little guy had isolated his little thumb and was sucking away.  While he loves chewing his hands/fingers, only sucking on his thumb was a first.  But in all honesty, he way prefers his whole hand shoved in his mouth to one measly little thumb.  We also experienced several nights of sleep in which Ezra slept over 9 hours.  Brief moments of remembering what it was like pre-baby.

16 weeks

Mobility alert!  Ezra is loving his practice time rolling over.  He seems to love the challenge and can focus on this task for longer periods of time each time we practice.  Simply by me anchoring one foot, Ezra is (generally) able to roll the rest of the way, and can occasionally remember how to roll to his back again.  Much to our delight, Ezra is finding his laugh this week too.  It is rare, but he has laughed 2-3 times.  He went into the doctor this week and was found to be quite a long baby 26 inches finds him in the 95th percentile for height and 16lbs and 10oz finds him at the 75th percentile for weight (which the doctor noted is normal for a baby so long to weigh more too).  So Ezra definitely acquired Daddy's "tall" gene.  Also this week, Ezra went back to waking up a few times during the night.

17 weeks

Ezra completed his appointment at the US Consulate in Calgary, and applied for his first passport, which will establish his US citizenship.  So the little guy is besting Mommy and will soon tout both Canadian and American citizenship.  He also traveled with us to Canmore for a few days for the annual general business meetings and conference for the Church of God, and did amazing.  Which minimal naps especially the first day, Ezra was cheerful and pleasant and got a good share of holding by others during his time in Canmore.  Ezra continues to work on rolling, often when put down on his back he goes right to work swinging his legs over to the side lie in this position, and then will most often begin the struggle to get to his tummy.  He has shown some irritation and grumpiness when he can't quite yet get where he knows he wants to, on his own.  On an amusing note, Ezra is moving all around his crib at night and I have no idea how I will find him at any given time.  The sides of the crib have given him leverage to move about much easier by walking his feet around! We also started putting him in 9 month clothing and they fit like a dream.  So thankful for the hand-me-downs given by another family in the church.