Baby E turned 5 months old on 4/13/13. HOLY picture overload this post will contain. You know how I am with my disclaimers ;) But seriously, my lack of posting between months 4 of 5 of Baby E's little events leave me no choice but to post 'em all right here! So enjoy..a look at her fun little life between months 4 & 5..
Is it just me, or does having to retire those soft, teeny tiny favorite outfits at a rate of about five per day make everyone else just as sad? Those sweet little outfits -- the ones I spent hours washing with perfectly scented baby detergent, followed by neatly folding or precisely hanging each one while drifting off into sweet thoughts of my soon-to-be newborn modeling off each beautiful piece -- they make me so sad each time I realize and say "well, that's the last time she's wearing that outfit."
Speaking of clothes, the shirt in this photo above was the shirt that the hospital put on her the day she was born :)
But as with most good things that change, it opens up doors to bigger and better things, all while remembering the past. Well, that's how I try to look at Baby E's ever-changing little life. With each wonderful phase transitioning into the next, I realize just how fun it is to tuck away her wonderful past tendencies in my memory jar to welcome her new characteristics and qualities that bring out her unique personality. And this will be a life-long lesson to remember. She will always be changing, no matter how small and sweet I want her to remain. But the change certainly brings good!
We are loving the little personality our newly 5 month old is taking on.
She is full of love, laughs, energy, and -- if we're being honest here -- gas! Ha..what baby isn't?! But honestly, her smiles and laughs are the absolute best. I can't explain to you the feeling it brings to both J and myself when her eyes light up followed by the biggest smile her little lips can make. It's truly amazing.
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Before I overload you even more with my little beauty's beauty, let's jump to the...
5 MONTH FAVORITES ::
1. Graco High Chair
2. Oatmeal to Go - For Momma!
3. Munchkin Spoons
4. Jumperoo
5. Gerber Rice Cereal
6. Ameda Purely Yours Pump
7. Kidco Go Pod
8. Sophie the Giraffe
9. Remote Control Toy
10.Wrist Rattles (we have cupcake and heart rattles)
Some of these favorites were repeated from previous months, but that's just because we still use 'em like crazy!
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5 MONTH STATS:: We don't know :( No doc. appt this month
MILESTONES::
{Scootching} She's learning to make her way around. She moves backwards these days, cause she's cool like that!
{Responding to her name} Seriously..how is she this old already?! Yup..just say her name and she'll turn to look right at ya.
{Stretching those feet to the mouth} Haha...definitely not a milestone you'd see on a baby expert's chart, but hey, she did it, so why not mark this one down?! Haha..Every diaper change or back time on the play mat, those feet curl right up so she can play with them, and she's recently gotten the toes in the mouth a few times. Way to go, Baby. ;)
{Rolling, holding the bottle, talking/babbling lots!} Same of these as last month ;) However, I think she decided to get a bit lazy on us and realize rolling 24/7 isn't that cool because she doesn't roll from her belly to back as much these days. She seriously used to wind up for it. It was hilarious.
{Playing with toys} She's actually 'playing' with toys these days. As in, they don't just sit there and look cool on the floor. They are actually moved and scattered and thrown all over the place from none other than her. :)
SLEEPING::
About 10 hours a night. And she's officially begun to sleep un-swaddled. Sad story. It does take her a little longer to fall asleep without being completely swaddled though. She used to go right down, but now she decides to move her arms a little and kick those legs like crazy before actually going to sleep. Once she's sleeping, she's good to go. Oh, and she's become quite the side sleeper.
EATING::
Still breast milk. And, I'm happy to say that breastfeeding officially stopped hurting like hell right after she hit 4 months. That. Took. Long. Enough! Andddd, she started eating rice cereal. Our big girl ;) She seriously hated it at first. Like made her repeatedly gag. So I didn't force it. Took about 4 or 5 tries before she started liking it..and now we're good there. (Unless she is really hungry and getting angry -- then she just wants her bottle!) We'll start actual baby food at some point this month.
MISC.::
She celebrated 2 holidays in between 4 and 5 months..woohoo! St Patrick's Day and Easter. :) All these little holidays made me realize just how awesome being a Mom is and having kid's for holidays makes them that much cooler!
Leave it to Grizz...Oooh, what'd we get, what'd we get?
Baby girl got seriously spoiled byus, her grandparents, and her aunts the Easter Bunny ;)
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She got to visit Daddy at the hospital a few times. Cutest little doc at the hospital, by farrr ;)
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Baby E hadn't seen her grandparents since Christmas. J's parents came to visit over Easter so she got to spend a while with her grandparents, having fun, hanging out, relaxingall cool, shooting some bball outside of a school.
She loooved laughing at them, and especially sticking her tongue out.
Yay for Grandparents! And she gets to see her other Grandma (my momma) when she comes to visit in a few weeks. Woohoo!
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We spent a day in Piedmont Park in the ATL..beautiful weather, by the way!
And, maybe more importanly, look who officially became BFF this month...
There she goes, scootching off her playmat! Grizz was trying to tell her the deal...
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Perhaps you can see why I've been a bit slow to post lately. There have been mucho (wonderful) things going on, in addition to launching the new items in the Etsy Shop and filling orders. It's been a great & busy month around here.
And as you can see, Baby E is certainly growing by the minute and filling our lives with pure pure joy.
She is such a sweet girl. I'm assuming we are not the only parents in the world who don't stop talking about how incredibly amazing our child is..? Someone shed some light there..haha. We can't stop telling her how wonderful she is. Nor can we stop talking about how beautiful she is.
Pretty sure we could all just burst with love around here. We love, love, love our little family and our five month old is only making it better by the day for us.
I don't think I'll ever stop thanking God for our little blessing :)
Happy five months, sweet baby of mine!
Is it just me, or does having to retire those soft, teeny tiny favorite outfits at a rate of about five per day make everyone else just as sad? Those sweet little outfits -- the ones I spent hours washing with perfectly scented baby detergent, followed by neatly folding or precisely hanging each one while drifting off into sweet thoughts of my soon-to-be newborn modeling off each beautiful piece -- they make me so sad each time I realize and say "well, that's the last time she's wearing that outfit."
Speaking of clothes, the shirt in this photo above was the shirt that the hospital put on her the day she was born :)
But as with most good things that change, it opens up doors to bigger and better things, all while remembering the past. Well, that's how I try to look at Baby E's ever-changing little life. With each wonderful phase transitioning into the next, I realize just how fun it is to tuck away her wonderful past tendencies in my memory jar to welcome her new characteristics and qualities that bring out her unique personality. And this will be a life-long lesson to remember. She will always be changing, no matter how small and sweet I want her to remain. But the change certainly brings good!
We are loving the little personality our newly 5 month old is taking on.
She is full of love, laughs, energy, and -- if we're being honest here -- gas! Ha..what baby isn't?! But honestly, her smiles and laughs are the absolute best. I can't explain to you the feeling it brings to both J and myself when her eyes light up followed by the biggest smile her little lips can make. It's truly amazing.
~~~~
Before I overload you even more with my little beauty's beauty, let's jump to the...
5 MONTH FAVORITES ::
1. Graco High Chair
2. Oatmeal to Go - For Momma!
3. Munchkin Spoons
4. Jumperoo
5. Gerber Rice Cereal
6. Ameda Purely Yours Pump
7. Kidco Go Pod
8. Sophie the Giraffe
9. Remote Control Toy
10.Wrist Rattles (we have cupcake and heart rattles)
Some of these favorites were repeated from previous months, but that's just because we still use 'em like crazy!
~~~~
5 MONTH STATS:: We don't know :( No doc. appt this month
MILESTONES::
{Scootching} She's learning to make her way around. She moves backwards these days, cause she's cool like that!
{Responding to her name} Seriously..how is she this old already?! Yup..just say her name and she'll turn to look right at ya.
{Stretching those feet to the mouth} Haha...definitely not a milestone you'd see on a baby expert's chart, but hey, she did it, so why not mark this one down?! Haha..Every diaper change or back time on the play mat, those feet curl right up so she can play with them, and she's recently gotten the toes in the mouth a few times. Way to go, Baby. ;)
{Rolling, holding the bottle, talking/babbling lots!} Same of these as last month ;) However, I think she decided to get a bit lazy on us and realize rolling 24/7 isn't that cool because she doesn't roll from her belly to back as much these days. She seriously used to wind up for it. It was hilarious.
{Playing with toys} She's actually 'playing' with toys these days. As in, they don't just sit there and look cool on the floor. They are actually moved and scattered and thrown all over the place from none other than her. :)
SLEEPING::
About 10 hours a night. And she's officially begun to sleep un-swaddled. Sad story. It does take her a little longer to fall asleep without being completely swaddled though. She used to go right down, but now she decides to move her arms a little and kick those legs like crazy before actually going to sleep. Once she's sleeping, she's good to go. Oh, and she's become quite the side sleeper.
EATING::
Still breast milk. And, I'm happy to say that breastfeeding officially stopped hurting like hell right after she hit 4 months. That. Took. Long. Enough! Andddd, she started eating rice cereal. Our big girl ;) She seriously hated it at first. Like made her repeatedly gag. So I didn't force it. Took about 4 or 5 tries before she started liking it..and now we're good there. (Unless she is really hungry and getting angry -- then she just wants her bottle!) We'll start actual baby food at some point this month.
MISC.::
She celebrated 2 holidays in between 4 and 5 months..woohoo! St Patrick's Day and Easter. :) All these little holidays made me realize just how awesome being a Mom is and having kid's for holidays makes them that much cooler!
Leave it to Grizz...Oooh, what'd we get, what'd we get?
Baby girl got seriously spoiled by
~~~~
She got to visit Daddy at the hospital a few times. Cutest little doc at the hospital, by farrr ;)
~~~~
Baby E hadn't seen her grandparents since Christmas. J's parents came to visit over Easter so she got to spend a while with her grandparents, having fun, hanging out, relaxing
She loooved laughing at them, and especially sticking her tongue out.
Yay for Grandparents! And she gets to see her other Grandma (my momma) when she comes to visit in a few weeks. Woohoo!
~~~~
We spent a day in Piedmont Park in the ATL..beautiful weather, by the way!
And, maybe more importanly, look who officially became BFF this month...
There she goes, scootching off her playmat! Grizz was trying to tell her the deal...~~~~
Perhaps you can see why I've been a bit slow to post lately. There have been mucho (wonderful) things going on, in addition to launching the new items in the Etsy Shop and filling orders. It's been a great & busy month around here.
And as you can see, Baby E is certainly growing by the minute and filling our lives with pure pure joy.
She is such a sweet girl. I'm assuming we are not the only parents in the world who don't stop talking about how incredibly amazing our child is..? Someone shed some light there..haha. We can't stop telling her how wonderful she is. Nor can we stop talking about how beautiful she is.
Pretty sure we could all just burst with love around here. We love, love, love our little family and our five month old is only making it better by the day for us.
I don't think I'll ever stop thanking God for our little blessing :)
Happy five months, sweet baby of mine!