5 Months

At 5 months my best gauge is that Carsten is 18 pounds and 27 inches.  He is now rolling both ways, and arcing his back, getting close to the crawling position.  Carsten was able to take his first dip in our backyard pool.  The big one was destroyed, so it was just the tiny one, but probably the perfect size for him.  Unfortunately his sleeping schedule has really digressed.  Towards the end of the fifth month, he was getting up more than twice a night.  Not so good for one of those kids who slept through the night at 2 months.

This month was very exciting as we had our great friends the Caswells come stay with us for a week.  That put, 5 kids, under 5 years, in one house.  Ahhhhhh!  I think the adults earned a medal during that week!  We visited the Indianapolis Zoo for the first time and spent a lot of time playing outdoors.