almost 5 months old

Samuel loves to practice standing. He rolled from back to tummy for the first time this week, after going from tummy to back since 2 days old. He travels all over his crib by rolling now. On his tummy, he tries to scoot forward - scrunches up his legs and puts his butt in the air and/or wiggles forward with his arms and chest. Watch out world!

His verbal development is much the same as last month - lots of growling, squealing, and vowel sounds. He seems to still be nursing well, and we are working toward a sleep schedule. His smile is huge and almost always easy to get. He has started really manipulating things with his hands, including purposefully spinning the toys on his swing and attempting to put his binky (and everything else) in his mouth. No teeth yet, but lots of drooling and mouthing things.