The 5 month update!

Yes...I know I'm late...again...on posting the latest goings-on.  I have great excuses, I promise! :) (and I have more pictures to make up for it)

First, it's been crazy at work.  Everyone gets crazy with work, I get that.  This time of year for us is especially crazy.  We've got all these students wanting to come in at the last minute, so we're working on acceptances, moving students in to the residence halls, etc.  Plus we started recruitment for 2014, so that's been a lot of fun getting back in to doing :)  

Also, we finally SOLD THE CONDO!!!  Yes, nearly a year and a half went into it, and it's finally sold.  Within a span of a week we not only got the condo sold, but we purchased a house as well.  So it's been a cleaning/packing frenzy on top of everything at work.  Yet we are so thankful to have sold the condo and for our new home.  September's gonna be a great month! :)

To the update on Dean!

He is now 5 (and a half) months old!

 How precious!

As far as how his meds are, everything is still going great.  His levels the last time we had his blood work done were well within normal ranges.

Some milestones this month: we've started eating rice cereal!  At first he did not like it, not one little bit, lol!  So we kept at it, and he's gotten now to where he attacks the spoon as soon as it's within range!  Now our feedings look something like this:

Yummy!

It's nice that he's eating rice cereal too, as it's easier to give him his meds that way.  

He's rolling from back to tummy, and sometimes he'll get from tummy to back.  Still doesn't like being on his tummy.  While he does sleep through the night, he'll wake to find himself on his tummy and he'll cry until one of us comes in to roll him back.  Then he's right back to sleep!

Dean was also baptized this month!

With Michael Lester, who performed the baptism

There's our little family!

It was a wonderful occasion, as my family and John's family were all there, plus some of our closest friends.  Thank you again to everyone who was able to make it!

Dean's also gotten to where he reaches out to grab, whether it's a toy, or hair, or Gizmo.  :)  He's been keeping Gizmo on his toes, that's for sure!  Although Gizzie seems to be enjoying it.  He lets Dean reach out and "pet" him, but it's wearing him out:

Tired puppy :)

Dean is sitting up assisted, and can last a few seconds unassisted.  He's doing better at pushing himself up using his arms, so I'm sure we'll be crawling before too much longer.  Teething has started, so he's gnawing on everything he can get to his mouth.  He's also "talking" a lot more, which I swear makes complete sense to him.  So we encourage the babbling by repeating what he's just told us.  He seems to enjoy it. :)

Overall, he's a happy, healthy, smiling little man!

Exciting things coming for us this month, so I'm sure the next update will have more tidbits.  Until then!

Have a great day!