Moses is 5 Months Old

Moses is 5 months old today! Joe expressed my sentiments perfectly when he said, "It seems to have gone by quickly, but at the same time it feels like he's been part of the family since the start."

People keep asking me how much Moses weighs, so I took the boys to Bed Bath & Beyond this afternoon to find out (since we don't have a scale at home). Moses weighs 20 pounds, which is more than double his (substantial) birth weight. He is over the 95th percentile for weight. Today was the first time I've ever been able to get the twins to cooperate and stand on a scale, so I went ahead and got their weights, too. Caleb weighs 39 lbs and Joshua weighs 42 lbs. Caleb is just below the 90th percentile and Joshua is just over the 90th. So the consensus is that we've got some pretty big boys!

Moses is beginning to exhibit a bit of separation anxiety when he's away from me. Last night we left Moses with Mimi and Papa while Joe and I took the boys swimming, as we often do. He was asleep when we dropped him off, and when he woke up, he apparently cried a good 15 minutes straight until we came to pick him up. Mimi remarked that it was the first time she'd ever actually seen him crying hard. That's pretty impressive, considering all the crying she witnessed on a regular basis when the twins were babies! Moses behaved similarly when we were at Granny and Babo's house last weekend- he would start crying if I wasn't holding him or if he couldn't see me.

Moses isn't sitting up on his own yet (except for a few seconds, like when I placed him on the scale to weigh him) but I'm sure he will be soon. He is at the phase where he's grabbing everything in sight and becomes frustrated if he can't have the object of his desire, particularly watermelon slices which I occasionally let him taste (his only non-breastmilk food yet). He likes to flap his arms around and when he hits you, it hurts! He is still a remarkably good-natured baby, and his older brothers continue to adore him, play with him (they like to play pat-a-cake with his feet), and look out for his well-being. If I let an unfamiliar person hold Moses (for example, at church), the boys grow very concerned and say, "Want Mommy to hold Moses? Want Mommy go get Moses?" Likewise, Moses looks out for his older brothers. Moses became very concerned when he saw Joshua and Caleb "wrestling" with Babo. Eventually he realized that they were just playing, and then he started smiling and undoubtedly looks forward to being able to join in on the fun someday, too.