Long-overdue update!

Hi everyone!

It's been a long time since I've updated this blog and so much has happened with Cabell. Babies keep you so busy!

Cabell is now five months old (21 weeks as of today). The things he does now are amazing!

First off, he is starting to eat some solids. He does not eat them as a meal yet; rather, we're slowly introducing foods one at a time to test for allergies. So far, he's had rice cereal, applesauce, green beans, sweet potatos, and squash. The sweet potatoes are when he finally started taking a real interest in his spoon and actually EATING the foods as opposed to spitting them out. He's now enjoying his solids more and more! Next on the list are peas, peaches, and bananas. Here are some pictures of him eating sweet potatos :

While Cabell still hates tummy time (he screams and screams, so we've had very little success on the whole pushing-up-from-tummy thing), he has gotten great at rolling from his back onto his side and ALMOST onto his stomach. His neck muscles have also greatly improved and he can hold his head up on his own. We've started putting him in his Bumbo seat, which is GREAT for helping them learn to sit up on their own! Here he is checking out the view from his Bumbo:

Now onto the health news. We've watched his weight gain decrease. Unfortunately, now he is only in the 19th percentile for weight, meaning that 81% of babies his age weigh more than him. The problem is he has a very, very small appetite and we are convinced it is due to his never-ending nasal congestion, which makes nursing and bottle feeding VERY difficult for him. We have tried pretty much EVERYTHING and are now trying Allegra and Nasonex at the advice of his doctor. We also have several appointments in the coming weeks for a cystic fibrosis test (his pediatrician just wants to rule this deadly condition out, though we will be on pins and needles until we get the negative results), a follow-up with his ENT regarding his reflux (when we'll also hopefully get some answers about his nasal congestion), and a visit with a pediatric gastroenterologist. We just need ANSWERS so we can get our little guy eating and sleeping better! We'd appreciate any prayers you can send his way. Bradley and I estimate now that we've been to doctors with him more than 30 times since he was born- five MONTHS ago!

With that, I'm going to share a few more recent pictures of our little man:

Doing his best DeNiro: You lookin' at me??

He can be exhausted, but lay him down in his crib and his eyes pop right open!

He is not, however, opposed to taking a nap on the floor!