Gus has been here five months

I keep waiting for Gus to suddenly spin his head around and become a horrible baby but we're five months in and he's still the BBE...

BEST BABY EVER!!

I don't look at this as bragging but rather as being grateful for a baby who is so easy-going. (Because his brother is especially challenging right now!)

The way he wakes up tells you everything you need to know about Gus: if I didn't have a video monitor I wouldn't even know the kid was awake. He just wakes up and starts sucking his thumb. He makes no noise. And when I go into get him, he just smiles.

He's starting to "play" now. He grabs at the toys on his bouncy and he loves this little rabbit rattle, given to him by John and Tyler's grandparents--Nanny and Grandpa.

Here's what else is new with Gus:

He's a rolling machine! He actually rolled back-to-front before front-to-back (the latter is easier) because he was rarely in tummy time due to his unfortunate spitting up habit.

But even his spit up is better! On Saturday he spit up on me so bad that we couldn't even go out to dinner because I smelled and looked so awful. But now, after a few more days on his third spit-up medication, he seems a little less spitty.

Do you know what this means? If Gus doesn't spit up then he is perfect! I have no complaints about this child. And if he's perfect, well then, that can only mean one thing...

His head will surely start spinning any day now!! There's no such thing as a perfect baby, is there?

Gus also sports cloth diapers now. He's super hip. But more on that later when I get some cute pics.

Gus and Leo are finally playing together. Gus used to look at Leo with an expression of, "What the heck are you doing?" Now he laughs! He smiles and coos at Leo and thinks everything he does is funny. It is so sweet!