Can you believe I'm 5 months old!? At my appointment a couple weeks ago I weighed 13.5lbs and measured 26.5". That puts me around 15% for weight and 90% for height. We're all wondering where I get my tall genes from. No one who sees me in the carrier with mom thinks I'm as young as I am.
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| 5 months old and I can hold my own bottle |
Developmentally this has been a BIG month for me. Momma thought I was going to be sitting and rolling by now, but she forgot that babies can only focus on one thing at a time. I picked rolling. I can now roll from my tummy to my back whenever I want; goodbye tummy time! I'm almost rolling from my back to my front, too, but since my tummy isn't my favorite place to be I don't usually go all the way. So now I'll start working on my sitting skills; keep an eye out for pictures of me sitting soon!
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| Working my core - I'll be sitting on my own soon! |
I've also gotten a LOT more verbal this month. I'm still not babbling with consonant sounds much, but boy-oh-boy you should hear my ear-piercing squeals. Sometimes I squeal when I'm upset, but you're just as likely to catch me squealing for fun. When I wake up in the morning, I don't fuss; I just play and talk and squeal in my crib till momma comes to get me. My parents are always looking for ways to make me giggle and belly laugh, too; they think it's so cute and funny.
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| Playing with my new buddy Jackson |
Those pesky teeth still haven't come in, so now I've been teething off and on for 2 whole months. I hope I get a couple by next month! Daddy wonders if I'll be as cute without my toothless grin, but you just wait and see ;-D Momma's been trying to figure out each night if it's teeth or developmental issues or the stomach bug she and daddy had or something else, but this past week I have stopped sleeping through the night and I'm waking up 1-2 times before my 5am feeding. I think she'll be a lot happier when I start sleeping through the night again. And I'm still not completely consistent with my naps, but I've started going to sleep on my own and will often sleep for a couple hours at a time. Not sleeping through the night and all the hard playing I do makes me tired!
My visit with Lola was WONDERFUL. She was sick and kept apologizing for being "lame" or something, but I LOVED having her here. Whenever I was upset (which was a few times thanks to teeth and accidental dairy digestion), she held me and burped me and walked around with me. Plus she makes cool noises with her tongue which I'm still trying to figure out how to make, and sings me the best little songs. Some of them are real, but I swear she makes some of them up on the spot.
Today we picked up Nanoo and Popoo at the airport and they're going to spend a couple days with us at the beginning of this week and the end of the week too. They're going to visit the mountains for a romantic getaway in between, plus they've gotta spend some time with Aunt Lindsey and Elijah while they're here. Don't you think they're going to LOVE hanging out with me?!
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| Dexter and I LOVE playing together |
In July we've got some exciting things planned too. There's a slim possibility that Aunt Christen & Uncle Jonathan & the cousins might come for 4th of July. We're going to go see the new Spiderman movie while daddy has off for the holiday too. Then momma and daddy might take me to Denver on the 7th to meet up with an old friend of theirs, Mr. Justin, who's going to be there for a few days. On the 8th, Aunt Chellie comes to see me and celebrate momma's birthday. And then before you know it I'll be six months old! Half a year; that's exciting!!
