Jax is 5 months (20 weeks) old! He now weighs over 15 lbs and is 25" long. He had lost all the hair on the top of his head, but now it’s growing back much lighter.

He recently started rolling over both ways, which is making getting him to bed interesting. He’s in the early stages of teething, and everything goes in his mouth. He loves to smile and laugh, and he recently learned to squeal.

We love him so much!

I can’t believe little Jax is 4 months old already! And the "little" guy had a growth spurt and now is 14lbs 7oz and 24.75" long. He is still exclusively breast fed, so it’s great he has gained so well! We are blessed that that has gone so well.

Jackson now:
"Talks" all the time.
Grabs and holds toys or anything you hand him.
Has started rolling over from back to tummy.
Laughs and smiles – even at strangers.
Sit up with a little help.

We are loving every second with him! We have started introducing him to art and music. He made his first painting for his daddy using his feet. And he loves this music we’ve found by Rockabye Baby that takes rock music and turns it into lullabies. We need to collect them all!

Jax is now half bald. Poor guy has been going bald like a little old man – from the front backwards. But he has the cutest pale peach fuzz growing in!

The last 4 months have been a blur! Someone slow down time!

Ignore that I’m exhausted and have no makeup on! And that I need to wash my hair…

Yeah, no braids… I have to be able to redo my hair in one evening now that I have a baby. This style has wavy plastikhaar added in for fullness and length. I found some leftovers in the basement. My natural hair had been wavy lately, so this blends better.

14 lbs and 14 weeks, originally uploaded by punquin.

We will soon have a bald baby. It’s so sad to see his soft newborn hair coming out in clumps. But, I’m curious to see the new hair that grows in. Maybe he’ll be blonde?

14 lbs and 14 weeks, originally uploaded by punquin.

Our little man has doubled his birth weight! At 14 weeks old, he weighs in at 14 lbs. I’m still exclusively breastfeeding him, which certainly isn’t the easiest route at times, but I’m willing to put in the work. He’s a big comfort-nurser, which has me up with him at least 2 times a night before sunrise. That and his internal alarm clock that’s set to 5am.

Jax had snowsuits when he arrived home from the hospital, but all of them (whether newborn or 0-3) were way too huge to wear. Dan was bummed Jax never got to wear the cute gray bear suit he picked out. Well, it fits now… just in time for summer! I had to take a photo because he is just too cute.

On the 5th Jax turned 3 months old! Time is sure flying… He has started losing all that super soft hair he was born with. I miss it already! He has been “talking” all the time. Here is a video of him cooing at his toy.

Here are some photos from today. You can check out all our vacation pictures here.

We made it in one piece to the Outer Banks in NC. Jax had some melt downs towards the end of the drive, but he was a trooper.

We just enjoyed our first full day here. We walked on the beach, went swimming and rested by the pool (Jax and I in the shade). Jax did well in the pool. It was cooler than his baths, but heated.

We are looking forward to a week of no stress and lots of relaxing!

Photos of our trip so far can be found here:
www.flickr.com/photos/punquin/sets/72157623984701506/

He’s getting so big…