5 months old!

My baby girl turned 5 months! It's weird to even write that. What is new with Cora these days? Well, she is starting to get stronger and kind of sit up with support. She doesn't like to lay on her back anymore and is always trying to sit up-mostly to see what is going on around her.  She is an observer and doesn't miss anything that is going on, who is in the room, where is mommy?, etc.  She will be a happy girl when she can sit up all the time.

Here she is in her diaper and you can see she is little but chunky at the same time.  I love it!



We started her on food a few weeks ago.  She has been so interested in eating, so we decided to try it out and she has done so well.  So far we have only tried rice cereal, peas, green beans, squash, and just the other night we tried sweet potatoes and the girl was SOO excited about that-she loved them! She doesn't seem to mind any of them, but sweet potatoes are her favorite so far.

Here she is tasting green beans for the first time...

"What the heck is this stuff, mom?"

I am not happy to report that she is not sleeping through the night yet.  She still gets up a few times a night and acts so starving that I have to get up and feed her.  Have I mentioned that she is stubborn and when it is in the middle of the night, she will always win.  It will come.  I hope.

She is still a mommy's girl and I love it. She seems like she is getting a little better around other people and will let them hold her now.  She still likes to know where I am at all times, though.  I guess I should write that she is great with her siblings and daddy, too (:  When she sees them or the older kids come home from school she just lights up, makes raspberries, and can't stop smiling-it's adorable!   

She is growing so fast and this month will be filled with lots of firsts, triumphs, and challenges.  It will be so fun at Christmas to see her reaction to everything!