Jake at 5 months

Today is Jake's five month birthday which seems absolutely incredible. It seems hard to remember what life was like before him, and almost impossible to think about what we possibly did with all our spare time in the days before Kelsey got pregnant. He changes on an almost daily basis so it's hard to try and make a list of all the things that has changed, especially since my last post on here.

However, we thought that a list of his current likes and dislikes would make for fun reading. It's amazing to think that within 5 months of being born Jake is able to express pleasure and disgust with different things and that he has opinions that he likes to make known. An non-exclusive list includes:

Likes:
Being outside
Looking outside
Thinking about being outside
Women with blonde hair
Belly raspberries
Standing up
Pretending to walk
The Jumparoo
Food shopping with daddy
Being tickled on his feet
Britney Spears
Mummy saying "mama" over and over again
Being thrown in the air and getting caught again
Interesting light fixtures
Gnawing on apple cores/his feet/his fingers/other people's fingers/menus
Sunny, Elsa and Beatrice (his favourite toys)
Stretching out after a long nap
Grandpa blowing gently in his face
Row row row your boat

Dislikes:
Any sort of pureed food
Sitting down
The first 5 seconds of being in the car seat
Having a wet nappy
Being offered food when he doesn't want it
Loud laughs
R.E.M. (in particular, daddy playing REM on the guitar)
Tummy time
Anyone talking about tummy time
Anyone thinking about tummy time
Cold milk

It gives you a quick snap shot into Jake's day to day life at the moment. I would say that he spends a lot more time smiling, giggling and chatting nonsense than he does crying which makes life a lot easier all round. The older he becomes, the more fun he is to be around and there is still nothing to beat the big gummy smile that greets me as I step through the door after work each day.