Personal Narrative: My Baby Turned 5 Months

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I still cannot believe my baby turned 5 months old this month! Time is flying by and I don't like it.

We decided since Zander wasn't going to quiet understand this year, we weren't going to go buy a ton of stuff! I know that's not what Christmas is about, but still we give gifts especially for kids. And besides at his age, he gets what he needs/wants(what I think he wants) all the time!

He may not have known the reason for opening presents, but he sure loved the wrapping paper! If we weren't careful, he would grab the nearest present and try to tear it. By the third Christmas gathering he had that part down pat and he was tearing into his presents.

The lights and all the Christmas trees were probably his favorite!! He would lay under the

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