Happy 5-Month Birthday, Declan!

The guy has officially made it to 5 months and his personality is really starting to shine through. He's such a happy little guy and will usually give away smiles to damn near anyone. If you hold him up and make him dance back and forth, he giggles with delight. Tummy tickles work for that too. Declan is loving the exersaucer these days. If he drops or loses a toy that he was playing with, he stomps and yells like you wouldn't believe. He cries like you're breaking his legs. Hand him back the toy and it's all quiet again.
Declan LOVES his big sister. Mika seems to think that Declan is OK too. She comforts him if he cries in the car, brings him toys, always wants to share what she is eating with him, and on it goes. When Declan wakes, Mika is right there with me to go get him. When Mika wakes, she asks for Declan to come and hang out in her crib with her for a few minutes, which he also loves. Declan isn't used to crib life though and ends up with his legs stuck through the bars in a matter of minutes.
Mika even gives Declan her favorite can't-live-without-it Gritty Kitty when he is upset.
Declan is still rolling, rolling ,and combat crawling around. He's almost ready to stand on his own and is having fewer crashes when sitting up on his own. Soon it will be time to buy some Baby Mum Mum's for him. - he's growing up much more quickly than Mika - I swear!
Anyway, he is a very well-loved little boy.