you are some silly girls!

your friend bella is coming to hang out with you every day this week. aren't you lucky! she is 2.5 months old now, so when you are six months old, she will be half your age. and then after a couple years, 3 months will seem like nothing.

even though you see each other a lot, it's the first time you've really gotten to just hang out together for any length of time.

i think you're wearing each other out, as you're both taking naps right now.

here are some pictures of you two being very silly together. if i know your two mothers (and i do), there's much much more silliness and more giggling fits ahead.

love, mom

you are 24 weeks old!

this week has been interesting.

you have had a bit of a weird sleep routine. you used to sleep kind of late in the morning, but as of last week, you want to wake up at 7, 6, or even 5am. you will eat, stay awake for an hour or two, and then sleep again for about three hours. it has taken a while to get used to this new schedule. the past couple of days you've been sleeping longer stretches at night, so that is definitely a plus.

you are now also a biter, with your two teeth. you'll chew on sam's toys, your toys, fingers, a styrofoam plate, just about anything you can get in your mouth. we're hoping this is a phase. let's just say feeding you has been a little tricky.

here's a picture of you looking like a pretty flower, and smiling in your tie dye shirt that amber and britney and i made you, and also a close-up of your weapons!

love, mom

you are 23 weeks old!

last week was a big week! you got your first tooth early in the week and also your second tooth (sunday). you weren't really that cranky, for teething, so it kind of surprised us to feel those little tiny new chompers poking through.

you went to rachel's 10th birthday party as well and had a good time with all your cousins.

i think maybe your hair is mostly done falling out, and it's actually getting a lot longer on the top.

you are in 6-9 or 6-12 month clothes pretty much exclusively, but your feet are still pretty little (size one or two). it's been pretty hot lately, so we've had fun putting you in all those new little cute summer dresses.

here's a picture of you smiling really really big for the camera. you do that pretty much every time you see a camera, and every time someone looks at and talks to you. what a sweet, smiley baby!

love, mom

all the chewing paid off!

today you got your first tooth! it's the bottom left, and it's barely barely barely coming through. i think it's still kinda painful, as you are pretty cranky this morning. i'm glad that mild warmth that i've been feeling and been in denial about was a teething fever, and not the flu, like your mom and dad had last week.

congratulations!

love, mom

you are 22 weeks old!

since you can practically sit up all by yourself, i decided to see how you do with props. you made friends with the sneetch and the blue fish.

here are some pictures of you looking sweet at 22 weeks old. i couldn't choose between all the good ones.

love, mom

happy five months birthday!

well, just a couple days late.... you turned 5 months old on the 27th, Friday. we went to see you grandma and pappy and nany and all your cousins and aunt and uncle and great grandparents. it was a full weekend.

at five months, you are spunky and sweet, silly and opinionated. and as particular as ever. i have never seen a baby turn her nose up at getting rocked to sleep by your grandma, but you showed us again that you prefer your routine of lotion, pjs, swaddling, and being set down on your side in your bed. familiarity is key.

you're wearing mostly 6-9 month or even 6-12 month clothes. there are some 3-6 month dresses that still fit, since they don't have snaps at the bottom. your feet are still little, though, with short little toes on the ends. your size 2 sandals fall off frequently, so we might have to get some size 1s.

you are still very strong, wanting to stand up all the time. you can almost sit up on your own as well. still no rolling over, but i thought it might happen today. we can't wait to see what you do next!

love, mom

you are 21 weeks old!

i'm a little late taking and posting your 21 week picture, because i left the camera at church. woops.

this past week a lot of that pretty hair you were born with has been falling out. it is surprising, but apparently normal. babies supposedly often lose their hair within the first six months. it's still mostly there on top, and the new hair on the sides and in the back that has grown since you were born is still there. i don't think it'll lighten up a whole bunch, the way it does when some babies lose their hair.

we're still working on the tummy time and rolling over. you are enjoying it only slightly more than you used to, which is to say not really that much. once you get more mobile and don't feel stuck on your belly, though, i think you won't hate it so much.

you like to be swaddled again, but you still wake up about every three hours.

you have been interested in books lately. sam has been reading to you, and i usually read you an oscar the grouch book at night before you go to bed. you always smile at oscar. i think he's a cool favorite sesame street character to have! my favorite was grover.

here is a picture of you being a perky and fun 21-week-old!
love, mom