5 months

Dear Colin,

You are now 5 months old. I can't believe how big you have gotten. You now weigh 18.6 pounds and are over 26 inches long.

You are a very happy boy and will smile at anyone and anything. This past month you also got very sick and had to spend 5 days in the hospital with RSV and pneumonia. During that time I did not leave your side. It was a stressful time but you did so well. Even at your sickest you would smile at the nurses when they came in. They would call you the Gerber baby or Baby Love. I would smile but know that your nickname The Wrench is still what Daddy and I call you.

You got the name The Wrench when you were born because we told you not to come until December but you had other plans and you have stuck with them. Whatever plans we have you make sure they don't happen or throw a wrench in our plans.

You were also Baptized this last month and had many friends and family come to celebrate with you. You did great and did not cry at all when they put the water over your head. You did start to pout when the Pastor took you, but when he brought you back so that you could see daddy and me you started to smile again.

You love to play in your exersaucer and roll around on the floor. You can roll both ways now but prefer to lay on your back and look around.

We started cereal but then you got sick so we stopped. We will start that back up this week. I hope you like it because you are eating more and more milk everyday.

You are very smart and know what you want and will continue to try until you get what you want.

You have also started waking up more and more at night. We thought you were going to be our good sleeper but that is turning out to be wrong with you getting up 3 or more times a night. We love you very much and can't wait to see what plans you have in store for us in the coming months.

Love,

Mommy