5 Months

Sweet Clara is 5 months old! She is so much fun. 

At 5 Months Clara....

---Giggles all the time.  She especially likes being pulled up by her arms and having her feet tickled

I have a cuter, zoomed in version of this picture, but I can't get it off my phone.  So just imagine it zoomed in.  Thanks

---Finally finished off her last box of size 1 diapers and has moved on to size 2

She has perfect skin.  And the cutest little dimpled rear end.  I'm a little obsessed with it.

--Has dark grey eyes.  They are a darker version of Erik’s.  We wondered if they would turn brown like mine, but she is moving out of the stage when they would change.

She still loves her car seat.  She actually sleeps in it overnight, just not strapped in.  When she sleeps in the crib or the pack-n-play she rolls over to the edge and gets stuck and fusses.

--Loves to kick and stand

She also loves to suck her toes.  Yum yum. Also, check out those thighs.

--Has actually regressed a little sleeping.  I need to sleep train her, but I’m not sure what approach to take.  I am definitely open to suggestions/ anecdotal information.

She is definitely wearing a fur vest and pulling it off.  Unfortunately this picture was taken right before she blew out the back of her outfit.

--Had a great visit with her Nona.  My mom has perfected the bottom-pat, pacing method of getting Clara to sleep

This is one of my favorite pictures ever taken.  A Nona and baby sharing a coke. 

--Wears size 3-6 months clothes and 6 month clothes.  All the fall baby outfits are so cute that I can’t stop buying them

We are practicing sitting.  She enjoys her (Aubrie's) Bumbo.

--Loves gadgets. She will be all smiley and cute, but when I go to take a picture she gets too distracted by the phone or the ipad and won’t smile.

She's been into toys this month.  Mostly into eating them, but also hitting them around.

--Watches Baby Einstein a couple times a week.  There’s one part that cracks her up where blue and purple dots swirl around.  In fact, she is watching Baby Einstein as we speak. 

When my mom was here we were at volleyball with the cheerleaders for like 5 hours.  Clara held up best out of all three of us.

--Has started having a tablespoon of rice cereal before bed at night.  There have been some strange diapers as a result. 

This is Erik feeding Clara her first bites of solid food.  She loved it and rocked the spoon.

--Likes having stories read to her as long as they don’t last too long

Erik and Clara at homecoming.  It was a little chilly.  I know that her suit is for a boy, but it's blue and that's one of the school colors.

--Spends a lot of time chilling on her belly

I enjoy counting the chins in this picture

--Won’t wear shoes and pulls her socks off

"Hmmm....should we do the two-for-twenty, mom?"

--Tries to bite everything.  She’s working on a tooth and it makes her want to gnaw

I would like to snuggle this picture.

--Has much lighter hair than she had when she was born.  It’s still pretty short, but super fuzzy and soft and smells yummy

A homecoming close-up.  Clara was ready to go home.

--Likes to watch the wind blow the trees outside the window

I love that sweet face

 Being a mom to a baby is so much more fun than I expected.  We are too busy playing for me to blog much :) Come visit and you can play too.