5 months.

Dear Beckett, 

yeah, I'm a few days behind here.  Things have been a bit...busy... around here lately and this month is going to be even busier. 

I can't believe it has been 5 months. 

What's new this month? 

~You can sit up.  Only from a leaning position and you can't hold it yet, but it's something!
~You are rolling like crazy, but only to your left.  :)  This morning, for the very first time, I saw you head to your right, but you didn't make it all the way over.
~You'll chill on your tummy for quite awhile now, with your head lifted and your arms and legs up or down.  That's a big feat considering your giant noggin!  I'm convinced that you're starting to get frustrated that you can't GO anywhere yet.
~You push your arm through the sleeves of your clothes if we put your hand in. 
~You're wearing mostly 9-month clothes at this point, having out-lengthed the 6 month stuff.
~One day after your 5 month "birthday" you got your second tooth.  Yes, you have already bitten me.  No, I did not enjoy it.  Ouch.
~For two days while that tooth made its way out, you refused to be put down at ALL to sleep.  It was rough for Dad and I, but we managed.  Even the baby tylenol didn't help you.  :(
~You have been busted playing with your junk on more than one occasion during diaper changes.  'Nuff said.
~We are still cloth diapering you and we love it.  You haven't had a single diaper rash yet (knock on wood!) and we've only had two "blowouts" and they were both while you were in your carseat.
~You love playing the rocketship game and the "I'm gonna get your ____" game with me.  You know the phrases enough that you start smiling when I say them now.  Awesome. 
~You chew on EVERYTHING.
~Sleeping is still a bit touch and go... good nights, bad nights, good stretches, bad stretches.  You're still swaddled at bedtime, but only with one arm in the swaddle.  We're planning on changing that this week though and then losing the swaddle altogether since summer is approaching.  Dad and I are trying not to stress about your sleep so much and just go with the flow.  Sometimes that means you sleep in our bed (don't tell!).  We have instituted a bedtime routine and you seem to be enjoying that.
~You like your baths... trying to "catch" the water as it pours on you.
~You had your first dose of baby oatmeal in the past week.  You seemed indifferent to it.  And we've kept it secret from all your family at this point, knowing that they'll want to feed you everything in sight!  Soon enough.

Favorite toys: Dieter for naptime, Moritz while out and about, the blocks that crinkle and jingle, your Jungly Tails book, and anything that fits in your mouth

Nicknames: Beck, Becks, Munchkin, Stinkerpants, Mister

It's gonna be a big month.  Your first overnight trip to visit my Champaign girlfriend.  Possibly your first vacation... we'll see about that one!  You'll be celebrating Dad's birthday and Mother's Day for the first time.  And we will say goodbye to Nona and G'pa as they leave for Ohio this month as well. 

You are changing so much.  Every week is something new.  We are enjoying watching you grow and change.  Not too fast though, kiddo. 

We love you.