5 Months

Wow, time flies when you're having fun...right!? Taegen is 5 months old today.

Daddy's little monkey

-He is now with dad all day while I'm full time back at work. :( I'm hating being away, and Taegen has had a little bit of a rough time adjusting to only having Jon at home all day (Jon's been having some pretty rough days with him of no sleep and alot of crying!) But I'm hoping that will come to a stop here real soon. But Jon is doing an amazing job with him. He's getting more and more patient with him. He's such a great dad!

-He still doesn't roll over that often. I dunno what it is, but I can hardly get him to do it. Oh and did I mention that I still haven't seen it :(

-He grabs onto EVERYTHING! So beware of your hair, jewelery, clothes you don't want tugged at and/or removed, just about anything he can get his hands on. (he's pulled out quite a bit of my hair just by grabbing it and getting his fingers stuck. It's not a fun experience for me).

-He have to go on our nightly walks or he doesn't sleep well.

-He is still waking up about twice a night. The first time is mainly just cause he wants his binky, then he'll fall right back to sleep. Then he'll wake up around 3:30 to eat. Which I think is pretty good since he goes to bed at 8:30. No I just need to eliminate the first time he wakes up. Wish me luck.

-He's talking so much more now. His little personality is totally starting to show up.

-He loves when Jon rubs his goatee on his face and tickles him. He loves to play with daddy. No one can make him laugh like Jon can!

-He STILL has to sleep all wrapped up. I'm hoping he'll grow out of this one soon. He wakes up in the morning all mad cuz he can't move. But once I go upwrap him he'll sit in his crib and play for a while.

-He's officially moved out of the portacrib in our room and sleeps in his crib in his own room now. YAH!

-I thought he was starting to fall asleep on his own...oh how I was wrong. He's still a little diva in that sense. He just won't do it. We're gonna have a rough week or so when we have to teach him to do it on his own. (I wanna wait until all the change has stopped happening -moving,  changing rooms, etc. I'm hoping Jon'll be able to find a job soon so I can stay at home and work with him on this one, since I think it might be a little bit to stressful of a job for Jon to handle alone).

We're starting a new schedule with him and hoping that this one will work better. He's just not sleeping enough throughout the day. So we'll see how he adjusts to the difference. This new schedule stretches his feeding time out an extra half an hour from what he's use to, so hopefully it won't take him too long to get use to it.
-He's been teething for quite a while now. No sign of any teeth yet though.
-His eyes get so big when he gets excited. You know when you've either made him happy or excited, he kicks and wiggles his arms as fast as he can and goes all wide eyed. It's so cute.

We just fall in love with Taegen more and more each day. We love being parents to this little guy. He's made adjusting to parenthood fairly easy (for the most part). I thank Heavenly Father daily for letting us be the parents of this sweet little spirit. Our lives have changed for the better. We hope to be able to raise him in the way God sees fit.
We love you baby Taegs - You're our favorite little monkey!

Pictures of Taeg

Here's some random pics I've taken the last little bit.
-When he's in his chair (blue one with the toys), he tries to play with all the toys at once. Here's him using his hands and feet to accomplish this.
-Taegen loves to play with grocery bags. Don't worry, I put heavy stuff in them so he can't suffocate. He grabs it and shakes it so it makes a lot of noise. He also does with with the wipes.
- He's getting a lot better at sitting in the bumbo. But he won't sit in it for very long before he gets fussy.
- He's such a happy baby (for the most part, he still has his moments of terror) But he smiles and laughs a ton

Blessing Day

Taegen was blessed last sunday (09/05/2010) We waited until we got back from Illinois, since when we left he was only 3 weeks old. He was blessed by his grandpa Evertsen. The blessing was beautiful and Taegen did so good. He just sat there and looked around at all the men the whole time. We did a double blessing with Kristel and Eric who blessed O'Livia the same day, so we did it in their ward. We didn't get a picture where all 3 of us were smiling or looking at the camera so these will just have to do.

For my rememberance sake here's the men who were in the circle (great grandpa Whitaker, grandpa Evertsen, papa Lindhardt, Daryl Aston and Eric Lamb) Adam and Brandon were out of town and unable to attend.

Swimming

This was the first time I took Taegen swimming. It was really bright, so he doesn't look very happy but he really loves the water. He always has a hayday in the tub. I can't a swimming suit for him ANYWHERE! There is little girl ones all over the place, but little boy trucks or even a body suit is no where to be found. It super frustrating. So he just has to wear a sleeveless outfit. But he hat is super cute! :)

Exersaucer

We've officially moved out of my in-laws and into the basement apartment of my grandpas. It's so nice to have our own space again! Taegen finally has his own room! I think that's one of my favorite things. We've slowly adjusted him to sleeping in his crib instead of the portacrib in our room and last night was the first time he slept in it all night without freaking out! We no longer have to sneak into our room at night to go to bed. I'm so excited!! (If you can't tell) I'm finally able to actually put the nursery together. We'll see how it turns out.

Taegen loves being in the exersaucer. He can turn himself all the way around to play with all the toys. Plus it's helping him learn to hold his own weight. Win - win for everyone :)

I'm working full time now :( I hate it! Being away all day is so hard. I still haven't seen Taegen roll over from his back to his tummy. He's done it for Jon, Kristel and even Steph's kids. I was there for that one, but just barely missed it. I feel like I'm missing out on so much of his growing and learning. Jon's looking for a job, but it's pretty hard. So if anyone knows of anywhere, please please please let us know. Jon's having a hard time adjusting to playing Mr. Mom. He is too much of a busy body to enjoy being home all day. Hopefully he'll be able to find a job soon so I can atleast go back to part time, if not quit all together.

Love this one!

Taegen absolutely loves his daddy. No one can make his laugh like daddy can! It's so cute. I just love his little laugh. This is them at our Evertsen family reunion - camping on Pine Valley.

(5 month update coming soon. And I promise to blog more often than just once a month for the monthly update on Taegs).