happy 5-months, little one!

I can't believe our little one is 5 months old! Wow! It's partly b/c he still looks so little, especially since he's still in 0-3 month clothes. =) But we are grateful to the Lord for his health and that he is growing well. Here's an update on Smiles:

We have yet to transition Josiah to the new formula. We had received a free case of Neosure from Similac, so we're finishing that off before we make the change. It'll be soon! Please pray that Josiah will adjust to the new formula easily.

Someone from the Montgomery County Infants & Toddlers Program came out last week and took an initial, general assessment on Josiah in preparation for his neck evaluation. A physical therapist will come in early September to do the actual assessment over 4 comprehensive areas. (Don't remember what they are.) I guess the neck will be included in one of them. And if Josiah seems to be 25% behind in any of the areas, then he will receive services.

Josiah continues to be a catnapper. He does not sleep for very long unless he is held, which makes for long days just trying to get him to go to sleep. Bill and I decided that it's time to have him cry it out, but we're going to wait until after our faux vacation with my family in early September. (Since we can't afford to go away, we're going to pretend we're on vacation only we'll still be at home. More on that later!) =) But we are thankful that he is sleeping about 11 hours at night, although some nights I have to constantly get up to put his paci back in his mouth.

Other than that, we are so grateful for how chill Josiah is. He is such a joy, except for when he's tired and needs help going to sleep... and the fact that he needs to be held most of the time. =P Ok, so maybe he's not such a chill baby, but he's still such a joy. =) It is exciting to see him start to hold things in his hands, look at it, and put it in his mouth. It is awesome watching him respond to William with lots of smiles and sometimes laughter when William is doing something silly. And this is perhaps tmi, but he used to make a big to-do when he was pooping, but now he can weasel in a dirty diaper without anyone knowing.

It is neat seeing how he has changed even in the last month. And I really love how I am able to really enjoy his baby days moreso than I was with William. I was so uptight about everything with William, but since we were pretty much forced to just go with the flow with Josiah b/c of everything that happened, we've had to hold things much more loosely with him. It has been great having him quickly fall peacefully asleep on us, taking naps with him, and just sitting/talking/playing with him. He has been such a blessing in our lives! And we love him so!