5 months and counting

I can't believe that Erik is 5 months old today! I would take a picture of him today but he is still sleeping and so I am going to use this time wisely...............by blogging : ) He is definitely way bigger than he was just a few weeks ago. Right after Alex and Haley he hit a huge growth spurt and is like a little giant. Ok not really but the difference has been noticable. A month ago he was taking 7 ounce bottles and he now takes 9! He about ready to start rice cereal and that should be interesting! I had to put all his 3-6 months clothes into storage. It was a very interesting experience to put his newborn and small sizes into totes, label them, and them put them away for another child or to give away in a few years. I love our little man and am so excited for the coming stages but I have loved having him be little. But he is definitely a fun little one and so tall. Even some of his 6 month sized clothes are getting short on him and I am freaking out a little bit! He has a good amount of this size clothes and they are all so cute, but at the rate he has been going he may not be able to wear them all, that is crazy to me! I am guessing he is about 16 pounds but he wont see the doc until next month.

Erik had some lovely visitors this last weekend! They came all the way from Arizona and it was such a nice visit. The big Erik's parents Chuck and Ilona came to see us. It was a blast hearing them reminisce with Linds and learning about stories I hadn't heard before. Ilona made an awesome scrapbook with pictures full of LIndsay and Erik all growing up. I didn't know this before but the boys met in 4th grade and were the best of friends up until Erik passed away.

This was another one of the awesome things that they brought for us. Its a huge blown up picture of Lindsay, Erik, and some of their other friends just after Lindsay(far right) and Erik(center in blue coat) had become friends. We are debating where to put it. It came from their elementary school hallway. And Ilona has been saving it for years. I love it.....it is so fun!

Chuck has a great sense of humor and personality that reminds me a lot of my dad. We went to the base one day and went to the flight museum which I am pretty sure Chuck thoroughly enjoyed!

Ilona is just a sweetie and helped to play with Erik or talk to us while I was getting him ready for bed or whatever. We are sooooooo glad that they came to see us and meet our Erik, they definitely are special people and we can't wait to see them again. We feel lucky that they could take the time to come and visit with us....pizza and all!