5 months and counting

Yesterday Mitchell was officially 5 months old. Since my last entry, Mitchell is rolling over all the time. He can sit up with very little help. He will sit for awhile but falls over when he leans for something, he is saying da da and ga ga and many other things. When he is frustrated he talks about it in a frustrated way instead of crying. We have attempted to feed him cereal on a few occasions. He seems so interested in eating our food, so we thought we would give it a try. He is really interested in the cereal for about 4 or 5 bites, then he is done. He continues to be a momma's baby in the evenings so if we are ever going to hope to go on a date, it will have to be during the day for the time being. He is also starting to show more favoritism towards his father, if his mother isn't available that is, but dad is better than anyone else.

Mitchell loves going for walks, but the mosquitoes tend to get the best of him. He is not able to wear repellent yet so he gets to ride in the stroller with a mosquito net. It doesn't seem to be good enough. Every day there is a new bite or two on Mitchell's head. Aarrghh. Nate is doing great. He starts preschool in a month. He is very excited about it. He had fun with grandma and grandpa last weekend. He took them to the zoo. Nate spent yesterday with his friend Leah. We went swimming and to a new splash park. They both seemed to really enjoy the time in the water.

We are all sad today because some of our good friends, Matt, Marnie, Leah and Natalie are moving to Minneapolis. We hope to still see them from time to time, but it won't be the same. 5 hours is a lot farther than 10 minutes. Leah is Nate's besty. Leah is the one Nate is hugging in the photo.