Tristan at 4-5 months

Tristan is growing for sure! At his four-month checkup he was 13lbs, which was about the 25% for weight but he was about the 50% for height. He is a fairly easy baby as long as he's fed and he's around people. He could watch his siblings for hours and they are always trying to corner him and play some sort of "game" with him. However, he is my worst sleeper yet. He is so inconsistent, sometimes sleeping up to 6 hours at a time, other nights waking every 2. As long as I'm not feeling too tired, I'll pull him into bed with me, feed him and then send him back to the cradle. There are nights when I let him cry himself back to sleep. I'm hopeful that he'll start sleeping longer as we introduce solid foods into his diet. Tristan can easily roll over from back to tummy but he often gets stuck there. He gets frustrated with tummy time very fast so he'll often end up howling soon after rolling over. He just started laughing at 4 months and now that he's 5 months, it's pretty easy to get him to giggle. He's also very ticklish, especially on his sides and under his arms. His hand coordination is getting better and he can hold onto a rattle for a bit or move a soft toy or blanket towards his mouth. Although usually he just chews on his hands (the whole fist sometimes) and drools while doing it!

The three of them, never looking at the camera and always moving!

We went out to breakfast at Hi-Lo's and even Tristan got a turn on Jamie's bicycle!
We ate in the VW bus:

First time in the walker:

His deep-blue eyes:

Tummy-time:

First food, rice cereal:
Did more end up on his bib or in his mouth?


First laugh:


Tristan tried out his walker for the first time:


Tristan at 4 months old, day before we traveled to Houston


Tristan tries rice cereal for the first time: