Wow! Max is five months old! Lately I've been calling him my little angel boy. Not because he's perfectly behaved (though he is usually a very well behaved boy!) but he has just been such a blessing in our lives. John and I often marvel at what a miracle he is. We're so happy to have him in our family!

We would really like him to show more interest and ability in crawling and turning over. He's still very strong at standing, he just needs to work on some abdominal strength and balancing ability. He likes sitting up more than leaning back on something. He did roll over once- but it was because he was on his tummy on the floor and Daddy was standing next to him. He was straining to look up and him and next thing he knew he had rolled to his back! He seemed pleasantly surprised.

We gave him his first taste of rice cereal, and have even given him small peices from the inside of bread. (You should see the "icky" look on his face when we give him one of those!)

He seems to be eating slightly less each day than before. I'm sure he'll hit another growth spurt again and that will boost his appetite again. We still try to offer him five 7-oz bottles a day (one of those feedings includes rice cereal), but since he's going longer between feedings it often ends up being bedtime and we can only squeeze in a couple more ounces.

Another very fun development has been his laughing. We went on a tour of Pixar with John's brother Mark and John was giving him a ride on his shoulders. All of the sudden he just started uncontrollably giggling. We've had a few giggle spurts after that. Usually once every few days. Although he'll do some other laughing each day, sometimes just as he's lying by himself.

He's seemed to be looking at his hands again a little like when he was discovering his hand, but we think this time he is discovering his fingers.

He really recognizes both mommy and daddy and really beams when he sees either of us. Warms my heart. :)

He graduated to size 3 diapers. I think he could do size 2's a little longer, but we ran out and have a big stock of size 3's. I think we'll be in these ones for quite a while. They go up to like 28 lbs!