Month 5

               Lily just amazes Rob and I on a daily basis.  Sometimes it is still hard for us to believe that she is ours, and other times it feels like she has always been with us.  We are so totally spoiled because she is such a good baby.  She wakes up smiling and spends most of her day smiling.  Her giggles are amazing and she is always talking to us letting us know what is going on with her.

               I am still struggling with leaving her during the day.  She loves to be super cute in the morning which makes it hard for me to put her down and leave for work.  It does get me out of school earlier though, I just can’t wait to get home to snuggle her again.

               Lily got her second round of shots this month.  She was hurting a little more this time around, she is becoming a little more aware of her body and when things are hurting.  She still took it like a champ and made us proud of how tough she is.  She did need a lot more Tylenol this time to keep her happy though.  She also got really stiff the day after, so Daddy helped her work her little muscles.  She is doing totally fine now, but neither of us are looking forward to doing it again in 2 months.

Big Developments in Lily this month: 

She rolled over!  Mommy had to take a sick day and was rewarded with seeing her roll over on her own for the first time.  Mommy got a little too enthusiastic in her praise and scared Lily a little, so she took a break from rolling for about a week.  She would get close but not make it all the way over.  Then one day Lily was hanging in her jungle as Mommy and Daddy were getting ready for dinner.  We look over at that little girl and notice she is now on her stomach, even though we laid her on her back.  We played it a little cooler this time and did just a small celebration.  She has continued to end up on her stomach when placed on her back.  Lily has also ended up completely out of her jungle because she has then rolled back onto her back.  Mommy and Daddy need to be careful about where we put her and what is around because of this new mobility!

               She is continuing to work on sitting.  She continues to pull herself forward when sitting in the boppy.  She has also started sitting next to Mommy on the couch, there is still support from the couch and from Mommy’s side, but she is making progress. Daddy also got video of her holding herself in a sitting position by leaning on her hand for support.  Before we know it she will be sitting on her own!

               Lily has continued to put anything in reach into her mouth.  Anything that is in your hands she also makes an attempt for, whether it be a toy, food, or even paper.  She has gotten a lot more accurate with her hand coordination.  This is a good skill, because she has begun to teeth and needs something in her mouth to help her out.  She has one little tooth poking through on the bottom!  She is also very interested in watching people eating and drinking.  Often times she tries to grab my straw or the food in my hand.  If she is not close enough she just watches and is concentrating on learning how to eat like a big kid.  She loves to grab onto lots of different things, one of her new favorites is Mommy’s hair, which she also enjoys chewing on and of course pulling it.  She is so much more fun now that she has all of these new skills!

Month 4

 

Lily has been making so much progress!  I swear I drop her off with her babysitter in the morning and then pick her up in the evening and she is completely different.  I got used to leaving her and going to work…for awhile.   I had a weeklong break, which we spent in Littleton with the grandparents. Her Great Uncle Harley came out from South Dakota to visit and Lily absolutely loved staring at him!  Going back to school after that week was really hard.  I am struggling to leave Lily in the morning; I would rather just stay with her all day.  All week I look forward to the weekend when I get to spend 2 whole days hanging with my little girl. 

One amazing thing that happened this month was that Lily reached for me.  Someone else was holding her and I walked past and she reached for me!!  Love that she is becoming even more attached to me, especially because I have to leave her so much for work.  She is also becoming a little bashful.  Sometimes when people (especially men) look at her, she will snuggle into me and hide her face.  It is totally adorable!

Lily loves going to the babysitter!  Her babysitter has two teenage children that Lily just loves to talk to and hang out with!  She is well taken care of there and that makes leaving her that much easier.

Big Developments in Lily this month: 

She is, as always, talking more and more, we are going to have a hard time keeping this girl quiet when she is older!  Her sad stories are still continuing, but she has added a multitude of new sounds.  She is also getting a lot louder.  I do believe this is because she spends so much time with her Daddy.

Lily also loves to laugh.  She does, however, need you to keep your attempts fresh.  She does not necessarily laugh at the same thing that made her laugh the day before.  She is too smart and is easily bored by our repetitive attempts!!  Although, it has gotten easier to get her to laugh when she is in the mood.  Mommy and Daddy try to get as many of these giggles on video as we can, because they are so amazing to listen to.  Lily also loves to laugh at her Papa, he can get her to laugh so much easier than the rest of us.

               Lily is wearing size 1 diapers now and is getting close to growing out of them!  She is also growing out of her clothes left and right.  We need to head down to the basement and bring up some of the clothes that we deemed to big for her.  Hopefully, we don’t find a whole bunch of clothes that she has already grown out of.

               It’s started; everything she gets her hands on goes into her mouth.  She is really good at gripping things and picking them up.  She has lifted and held onto things that have surprised Rob and I.  Her strength is amazing.  She picked up a bag of chips that Daddy was eating and she also held onto her toy seahorse with just one hand when I picked her up.  The seahorse weighs almost a pound, pretty impressive for those little muscles, not to mention her iron grip!

               Lily has also been working on spinning herself around in her floor mat jungle.  We put her in facing one way and find that she has spun her little body around to better view a different toy.  She also found the mirror in the jungle and is completely entertained staring at her beautiful little face!