What a month!! You have had so many firsts this month: real food, sitting up, swimming, words (depending on who you ask) just to name a few. You have really grown out of the "baby" phase and you are really getting to be a big girl. I even tried to rock you like a baby the other day and you would have nothing to do with it!!
You are getting to be so fun. While I miss the stage where I could just hold you, you are so much fun. One night we were all sitting in bed. Your daddy was playing on his phone, I was on the iPad, the TV was on, and you were sitting in the middle of us. We like to let you sit up for a little while after you eat to make sure you don't spit up while you are asleep. While we were sitting with you, we honestly weren't paying too much attention to you because we didn't want to get you stimulated while you were trying to get ready for bed. But while we weren't paying you much attention you were reaching for everything and sure enough got a hold of the remote and had the buttons pressed and the screen messed up. I looked at your daddy and said, "We can no longer just let you sit or hold you anymore. You need our attention all the time!" You are becoming so aware of everything around you. You grab at EVERYTHING!!
This month you got to have real food for the first time. I knew you would be excited, especially after I tried the rice cereal you were eating at 4 months. I honestly felt bad about feeding it to you after I tasted it. We threw it away, because I knew you would never eat that after eating real food. The first thing we tried were bananas. You took to this right away and loved them. I still think they are your favorite food out of everything we have tried. Next was carrots (these didn't go over as well - but you warmed up to them after a couple of days). Then we did squash, sweet peas, and applesauce. You have honestly liked everything we have given you! This is good news. Hopefully you won't be a picky eater like your mommy and daddy.
All smiles after bananas!!!
Not the same reaction after carrots!
Trying sweet peas for the first time.
You wouldn't know this but your mommy can't cook. However, I have made all the baby food we have given you. I kind of like doing it actually. I must be doing a good job, because you have no problem eating any of it!
It was also my first Mother's Day with you this year. I guess technically I had a Mother's Day last year, but you were in my belly. I woke up to a sweet card with your hand traced and a beautiful necklace. Of course, the best present is you!! We spent the day with Nanny and then came home and spent the evening with MiMi.
You have become quite the cuddle bug this month. You have stopped letting me rock you to sleep, and instead you want to lay beside me in the bed until you go to sleep. We also do this in the mornings to get a few extra hours of sleep. You give the best hugs and if I pucker my lips and ask for a kiss you will come at me wide mouthed. There is nothing better than a slobbery kiss. You also love to be naked!!
Here are some other pictures from this month....A night out for a family dinner. Of course we took pictures of you sitting in the high chair. This isn't the first time, maybe the second, but you seem to like it. And another picture of you sitting up for the first time - so proud of yourself!!
A few other things about you this month:
* You weigh 15 pounds.
* You started eating baby food.
* You have started to really "play" with toys.
* You have great hand-eye coordination.
* You are becoming a Momma's girl more and more each day.
* You wear a size 2 diapers.
* You wear a size 6 months (some 9 months bubbles, some 3 month dresses).
* You have started taking naps in your big girl crib.
* You love Mickey Mouse Clubhouse - in fact if you are sitting in our laps you will turn your whole body around if you hear it on the TV.
* You sat up for the first time this month.
* You rolled over once or twice.
* You still HATE tummy time - no matter what we do!!
* You started sitting in a high chair when we go out to dinner.
* You love Patty Cake and This Little Light of Mine.
* You love books.
* You had some sleep regression this month. That made for some long nights or mornings with you. Around 2ish you would wake up and we would have to finally put you in the bed to go back to sleep. However, if you got in the bed you typically went right back to sleep.
* You drink 6 oz. bottle still.
* We started giving you apple/pear juice to help with your pooping. You seem to really like this.
You are really growing up fast. I pray every night that as you grow you will be kind, smart, giving, responsible, respectful, but most of all will grow up knowing how much you are loved and wanted. I knew how much I wanted you before you actually got here. I didn't know how much you would change my life for the better. I honestly could sit and watch you sleep or just hold you all night. You are such a good baby that I truly can't imagine having another (mainly because I think another one couldn't be as good as you are). You never cry. Every time we go out someone always asks, "Is she like this all the time." Of course, our response is YES!! You have no idea how much you have changed your daddy and mine's life for the better. I know there will be days and times when things aren't this easy, but I hope you know that even in those times we will love you more than you will ever know.
Love,
Mommy
