Andy is very interested in becoming mobile these days. If we set him down on the floor on his back, he will twist and turn and rock and roll until he has moved around in most of a circle. Just recently he started pushing his back side into the air when he is on the ground. It's going to be a little bit before he can get his knees underneath him and then push up simultaneously with his hands, but he's working towards it. Andy is also getting better at sitting up, although he can't get himself into a sitting position yet, and he's still working on sitting up unassisted for any length of time.
Andy has really improved his fine motor skills. He can move his fingers independently, and he is getting much better at not only grabbing things but holding onto them. As any typical baby, he loves to wave whatever is in his hand around before letting go so it either falls to the ground or flies off to the side. But it is fun to see him actually playing with toys and moving one step closer to being able to join big brother in playing cars, etc.
Andy is also very interested in talking. He has an increasingly wider range of sounds he can make, and he now moves his mouth in imitation of us speaking. He certainly hasn't gotten any less vocal lately.
Andy is feeling much better after his ear infection this past week. He bounced back from that quickly once we started him on his medicine. Now if we can only get that second tooth to come out!
Here is the 5 month old posing in his new wagon:
