My little baby Lizzy, you have grown. You are still quite chunky (love it), and your chin touches your neck almost all time, so its constantly got a red rash from where your slobber sits and dries.
You love watching Sydney. Anytime she is moving or talking you look for her.
You love to smile. And you are only waking up once a night, and sometimes not at all. It's so wonderful. Now if only I could go to bed earlier.
You love to be outside. Which I love, because I wasn't very good about taking Sydney outside when she was little. It also helps that you have an older sister who has enormous amounts of energy that need to be expelled. You love walking the dogs with us at night. Daddy puts you in the backpack and you don't make a sound. You just watch.
You are in 6-9 month clothes right now. The sleeves on the shirts are a little long, but they fit in every other way. You obviously can still fit into some 3-6 month things (mostly pants), but I'm tempted to just put all the clothes in that size a way.
You are so close to rolling over. You lie on your back and roll from side to side and all I have to do is give you a little nudge and you are on your tummy. But even without rolling over completely, you can move across your play mat by rolling side to side.
You really don't like to be held when you're tired. You'd rather lie in your bed and make noises/cry until you fall asleep. You are getting better though, because now it only (usually) takes 3-4 times of putting your binky back in for you to fall asleep. And depending on how hard you are crying, I try and let you cry it out a little before I give in and go give you your binky. There are a lot of times where you take the binky out of your mouth and try to put it back in, and sometimes it works and sometimes you miss and it falls. It's cute to watch do it though.
Your daddy and I went to a concert on Saturday (the day before you turned 5 months) and I thought you would take a bottle like you had in the past. But we came back from the concert and Grandma Arnold (her and grandpa babysat you and Sydney) said you absolutely refused to take it. You ate all the banana/rice mix she feed you, but you screamed she said for 15 minutes before taking your binky. I was gone a little over 3 hours got back. You were awake, and tired, waiting to be feed. And the second I walked in the door you smiled at me (which I loved) and then looked at me as if it was about time I got there.
But yes, You will now eat (the amount is different every time) some baby bananas mixed with rice. I love that you are making progress.
You have been teething for a month. You slobber and chew on everything. Your toys. My shirt. Everything.
You always stare and smile at daddy when he gets home from a work day. And he loves it.
We both love you very much. You are such a delight. And I love watching you learn and grow. Every time I hear about a mom having trouble getting pregnant, or having a miscarriage, I am reminded how lucky I am to be your mom. And that I wouldn't trade you for anything in the world.
Love,
Mom
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| we went to Disney on Ice and You did not like how loud it was. So this was what you were like the first 30 minutes. |
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| Family picture at Disney on Ice |
