*5 Months!*

Our beautiful baby on her 5 month birthday!

This is the photo Hunter took of her! Ha Ha!

Always smiling!!!

5 months!  What a big girl! Here is the breakdown of where Abby is at 5 months old:

• Still rolling over from back to stomach. Only once in a while the opposite direction and most of the time she will roll right back to her stomach again. She loves to be on her tummy!
• Can sit up unassisted for about 30 seconds and then starts to fall over. 
• Has cereal 1-2 times per day. She loves the oatmeal and bananas and tolerates the rice and mixed fruit. I think she will like just about any type of food though. After a couple of bites she gobbles it right down.
• When she eats cereal, she waits for the spoon to come out so she can insert her thumb and suck it down... ha ha it is so funny to watch!
• Happiest baby ever! She wakes up with a smile every day. Just saying her name sends her into wiggles and giggles. It is so adorable. 
• She loves to have long conversations with mom before bed. We lay in bed and just talk. She gets out everything she wants to say and then lets me know it is time for bed by getting ever so slightly whinny. 
• She is still breastfed and takes bottles during the day at daycare. She does really well going back and forth but does have tendency to eat more than I can pump at work. That is ok though, I have backup and can pump more during the night. 
• Her favorite toy is her elephant and of course, her blanky
• Her favorite person is dad by far, he just has to look at her and she can't contain her happiness!
• Brother is starting to pay more attention to her as she gets more interactive. She loves watching him and seeing what he is doing. 
• She loves watching and petting her dog Tucker. He loves her too and frequently will lay next to her on the floor. Perhaps he thinks she is his?
• By the numbers:
• 0- Number of teeth
• 17.2- weight in pounds
• 7- average number of hours she sleeps in the first stretch
• 9- a.m. the time she would prefer to wake up on the weekends
• 3-6- months size of clothes she currently wears (although we are only weeks away from needing the 6-9 months!)
• 100- the number of smiles that come from her every day... she is such a sweetheart! We love having her in our lives. She makes it all so complete and wonderful!