What do you do with a 5 month old?

I know several of you guys reading this have kiddos, and I was wondering what kinds of things you did or do with them around Noah's age.  Being a stay at home mom is great...but it can be hard staying cooped up in the house all week.  I try to get out and do fun things but am running out of ideas.  I have him signed up for baby music classes starting in June, and we like to visit the animals in the pet shop, and I take him for walks everyday.  I wish it would warm up here, but it is still a little to chilly most days to stay outside for long periods of time.  So any ideas?

The Zoo

Noah enjoyed the aquarium so much when we took him in NY that I decided to take him to the zoo today.  It is a fairly small zoo, so it only took about 2 hours to do everything which is a perfect amount of time when you have an infant!  Noah loved watching the animals, especially the giraffes who got quite a few laughs out of Noah.  We were able to get about 5 feet away from them and they were huge!  Noah also liked watching the ducks swimming and he got a great deal of amusement out of a ceiling fan in the bird sanctuary.  

Silliness

Playing can be so tiring!

finger paining

We decided to try finger painting since several friends with kiddos suggested I try it with Noah.  He had so much fun!  

My 25th Birthday

We can sit!!!

Just shy of 5 months and we are sitting up!  

Bulldogs are funny looking!

Noah has started laughing every time he sees our dog.  I got a quick video on our last walk.

Fingers crossed!

Noah has been sleeping better the last couple of nights.  We still are not back to our 10-12 hour stretches, but we are doing 6-8 again.  His appetite is also going back down to normal too...he is still eating more than usual, but a lot less than he has been eating! 

On a side note...I feel like the worst mommy in the world today.  Noah rolled off the couch this morning.  He was right next to me, but I got up to let the dog in and he decided to roll.  He bonked his head, but I think it scared him more than hurt.  He cried for a minute but was quickly content with just snuggling for a few minutes.  

We have "the curse"

So I had been hearing about this "curse"....AKA "the 5 month curse", when babies who have been sleeping through the night start to wake up all night.  Well, Noah went from sleeping 10-12 hours to 4-5...if we are lucky!  He was going to bed around 8, waking at 6-7, then going back to sleep until 8.  Now, we go down 8-9, wake up to eat sometime between 10-12, then wake again to eat between 2-4 and are up again around 7:30.  

Still I can't complain too much, but it really stinks when you are used to sleeping all night!  I think it is a combination of waking up hungry, wet, and uncomfy from teething.  He has been super fussy the last few days and I think his gums are really starting to hurt.  Also, he has been waking up very wet, so we are wearing size 3 overnights to sleep in.  And finally the kid eats non stop!  I am only nursing once a day (teething isn't so much fun for mom) and pumping and having to give him a bottle or two of formula as he has been eating 45oz plus the nursing session, and solids 2x a day!  He is like a bottomless pit and there is no end in sight.