Cannon is 5 Months Old & The Top 10 Reasons Why I Hate Driving Ryan's Car

Today Cannon is five months old! To celebrate, he got to eat nectarines for lunch. Of course he loved them! On Friday we are going to try peaches. He has sweet tooth, like his mommy, so he loves all fruits. Actually, he likes just about anything we give him. He has a definite interest in what we are eating, but doesn't understand why he can't have everything we have.

Here are the foods he eats so far: applesauce, avocado, carrots, green beans, nectarines, pears, prunes, rice cereal, squash, and sweet potato. His least favorite are green beans, but he will still eat them. Sometimes I get creative and mix foods together, such as squash-sweet potato-pears. He likes it when I do that. He eats solid foods twice a day. For lunch he will have a fruit or vegetable and for dinner he will have rice cereal mixed with formula and a fruit or veggie. He also nurses six times a day. Lately my milk has been really low for his bedtime feeding, but I have been able to get him to take 5-6 ounces of formula and then nurse. Ironically, I am the only one he will take a bottle for and he will only use the UT bottles Ryan got him for Christmas last year. I would like him to take a bottle for bed so that Ryan and I can go out and the baby-sitter can put him to bed. So far our bedtime routine is working well. He usually goes to bed around 8:00, sleeps for nine or ten hours, eats, and goes back to sleep until 8:00 or 8:30. He is still taking three naps during the day, two short and one long.

Other facts about Cannon:
-He screams like a girl
-Current play list: Jack Johnson, Oasis, Old McDonald had a Farm (with a cow), classical piano (bedtime only)
-He still likes to be swaddled for naps and bedtime
-He must be sung to before naps
-He like to go upside down (a daddy activity)
-Recently discovered Baby Einstein (from grandpa)
-Despite going bald, new growth is appearing
-He has harry legs

Today Ryan took my car to work because his had a flat tire. Cannon and I headed to Sears this morning to get his tire fixed. We ended up having to replace both rear tires because they were so bad. Ryan's car is junked, we are just waiting for it to die so he can get a new one. Hopefully it will last a while longer because we can't really afford a car payment right now. It is rare for me to drive his car, but being in it today caused me to reflect upon it's beauty. Here are the top 10 reasons why I hate driving his car:

10. The doors squeak when you open and close them

9. It smells

8. Ryan hasn't cleaned the inside in over a year

7. The fuel gauge is broken - you could be full, you could be empty

6. If you try to start the car too quickly, it goes into anti-theft-mode and you can't start it for 15 minutes

5. The back seat is falling off - yes, the seat

4. The rear windows fall down - manila folders have been shoved in the crevices to keep them up

3. The Service Engine Soon light is always on - yes, we serviced the engine...is there something still wrong with the engine...probably

2. It has 196,000+ miles - it could die at any moment

1. I'm sick of other cars telling me, "Your trunk is open!"

Many years ago, Ryan tried to tow another car by tying a rope to the inside of his trunk, thus jacking up his trunk. It does look like the trunk isn't closed all the way. I do have to point out that the AC in his car is super cold (nice for Texas summers) and Cannon's infant car seat fits incredible well in the middle spot (the broken seat in on the outboard).

Okay, after this long post, here are lots of pictures of Cannon.