Five months and new adventures

What a tough last week it has been! I have returned to work after being gone for 5 months. Though it is nice to have a break and get out of the house it has been tough. Right now I work just Mondays as a therapist and then Tuesdays I work for the church for MOPS. Jim has Mondays off now in exchange for working Saturdays. This schedule change has been great because now Jim is able to stay home with Bryce and save us from having to find childcare. My first day back was rough. I cried myself to sleep the night before and then all morning. Once I got through my first patient though it got better. I showed off pictures of our sweet boy and the five hours went by fast. But I got to say.. it sure is tough for a nursing mother to find a good quiet place to pump out in the work field!

Bryce has figured out how to roll over. He was already able to go tummy to back but now he has got back to tummy down. He rolls all over the room now! it fun to watch and he is much happier. If a toy gets out of reach he just rolls to it. He also gets up on his hands and knees now but then gets a look on his face like "ok now what do I do?" I know crawling will be coming before I know it!
My mom came for a visit this month for my cousin's wedding. That was a fun visit. This was the first wedding that Bryce decided he had something to say. The last ones he was quiet for but not Andrea's! Marlies and Dave came over for dinner as well which was a fun visit.

In a couple of weeks Jim and I hope to start some home remodeling. We want to put in a pass through to our kitchen. Jim is excited to do the work himself. He enjoys working with his hands and I love seeing him with tools in his hands! I just hope it doesn't end up like his parents house...never done.

Here are some new pictures for your enjoyment.


Bryce with Oma



Bryce with OmaOma (great Grandma)



Bryce playing with both Omas



Auntie M (Marlies) and Bryce




The little thief stole my granola bar!





When you don't have a playpen you create one

Look at me grow!

Bryce will be 5 months old on next Thursday. He is such a big boy weighing in to close to 17 pounds now! I love just watching him play and explore. He is a good eater too an efficient eater as the nurse said. There are several new things he has learned or experienced this month. He now consistently rolls tummy to back and can almost go back to tummy. He is pushing up onto his knees but can't quite get his arms to support him. I often find him in all kinds of crazy positions in the morning when I get him from his crib. He starts off on his tummy horizontal, I go get him in the morning and he's either on his back and vertical or diagonal or under the blanket. He's also discovered his feet and loves to grab them when he's on his back. He hasn't pulled them to his mouth yet but he would if his belly wasn't so big!

He also started this thing where strangers can hold him but only if mommy is right next to them otherwise he cries. At the bridal shower for my cousin Andrea he was a little shy and unsure of all the Aunts trying to hold him. :) what can I say except that he's a momma's boy! And that's ok with me:)

Here are a few new pictures of our sweet boy.

I can sit on the couch too!

Fun in the sun


Look! I have feet!


When we went to visit my friend Katie's boy James (Jaime) Bryce tried out Jaime's new toy. He really liked it so I got one for him.

Jim calls this the old man picture.

Here's the video of Bryce's first cereal experience.