Five Months Old!

My sweet B turned five months old on the 13th!  I am a bit late in posting this but better late than never right??  

Dear Blake,
Your daddy and I love you so very much.  You change so much every day...it is amazing to watch!  I say to him every day, "When did she get this big?"  I feel like every time I come to get you out of your crib in the morning you are bigger than the night before!  You are showing more of your personality as well.  You are the sweetest thing and you LOVE your daddy so so much. You just light up when you see him.  It makes mommy so happy.  We are so proud to be your parents sweet girl!!

Firsts
Blakely tried rice cereal for the first time on 2-21-12..she's not really a fan..

We took B on her first vacation!  We drove to New Orleans and she did wonderful.  She was excited to get in the stroller every single day and go on an adventure!

She had her first Valentine's day!

She held her own bottle for the first time...

2-16-12 was the first time someone else put her to bed besides Lonnie or me.  She did ok and is getting better at it every time.  

first time wearing shoes ;)

first time wearing a hat ;)

Feeding:  We are still exclusively breastfeeding.  She gets one bottle of breast milk a day, sometimes every other day.  I pump in the morning and before I go to bed and that is enough for two bottles the next day.  If I only give her one then I freeze the rest.  I am estimating she takes about 4-5 ounces per feeding.  I'm not sure what my goal is with breastfeeding.  Will I do it for the whole first year?  I don't know.  I think my freezer stash is enough for about 6-8 weeks.  So will I stop around 10 months?  Not sure.  I am just enjoying doing it for now and will keep doing it as long as it keeps going well.  Weaning sounds horrible because the child loves the boob...  Oh, and I will keep doing it through the summer so I can FINALLY have big boobs in a bathing suit :)

Sleeping:  Weeeeeeellllll, this is ok.  I can't complain because she does sleep great.  But, she has been a little off the past few weeks.  She still sleeps good just not as long.  She will sleep until 5 in the morning and then wake up and want to eat.  I then put her in bed with me and we will sleep until 8ish.  So that is still really good, I know.  Mama was just getting used to no interrupted sleep so this has messed me up!  SInce I don't go to bed until 2 or 3 hours after her I am not getting a whole lot of sleep.  My own fault!  I think we are just in a transition period with her schedule.  I think she wants to go to bed a little earlier and then she will sleep longer, weird, I know.  But the few times that I have tried it it worked!  So we will see how this next month goes.  

Diapers:  We are doing cloth diapers all of the time except over night.  I am working on that one.  While we were on our trip we did disposables and it was fine.  I moved her up to a size 3 and we had fewer blowouts.  I think the three is a little big but since we really only use it overnight it works fine because it holds more pee!  And since it goes up higher in the back it did hold the poop better on vacation.  

Clothing:  She is in 6 month clothes or 6-9 month clothes.  Just depends on the brand.  The weather has been awesome here so we have been getting into our spring and summer dresses!  

Weight: On our home scale she weighed a little over 16 pounds.  

Height:  25 inches long.  

Eyes:  They are the most beautiful blue.  They are closer to Lonnie's blue than mine.  Mine are a little lighter than his.  

Hair:  Still rocking the bald spot in the back but it does seem to be trying to grow back in.  It is a light brown color and sometimes looks pretty red!

Daily Routine:  Our routine is pretty much the same as last month.  Vacation messed up our schedule a little bit.  Like I said before, we are kind of in transition so it is not the same every day.  She is still eating 7 times a day and I am trying to get down to 6.  We are up for the day around 730 and go down for the night at 9pm.  Still takes 2-3 naps a day but she has cut out the small catnap in the evening.  

Favorite toy:  She really loves all of her toys.  But I have to say her favorite thing in the whole world is her daddy!!  She smiles so big when he comes home from work and she wants all of his attention :)

She does love her Baby Dotty and her Baby Dolly too.  She usually wants to kiss on them when she is sleepy.  This is Dotty...

She does like "reading" her books now...

A few other things...

Blakely LOVES being naked.  She got a teeny diaper rash about a month ago so we let her be naked on the floor for a little bit.  She had so much fun!  We have been trying to do it once a day now since she likes it so much.  She gets all excited and moves her arms and legs around like crazy.

She is this close to rolling from back to front.  She can get her hips all the way over but she can't quite get her arm out from under her.  She will do it very soon though.  

She talks all the time.  I mean all.the.time.  It is adorable.  Any time we go to a restaurant she talks the entire time.  We can only go to places that are loud.  She and I just talk all day long.  

She loves her Grand Di (my mom).  Since she has been staying here they have totally bonded.  I can go put B on the bed with her and they just play while I get things done.  It.is.awesome.  In the beginning Blake would get fussy after a while and I would have to go get her.  Since mom couldn't stand up with her she couldn't be consoled.  Now Grand Di can console her, sing her to sleep, and play all day long.  I am sure going to miss her when she goes home and so will Blake!  

Blakely loves to be startled!  She thinks it is hilarious!  She jumps and then laughs out loud.  It all started out with peek a boo and has turned into strait jumping out and scaring her.  Here is one of the many videos I have taken of this.  

The weather here has been beautiful this month.  Spring has definitely sprung and we have been taking full advantage.  Here are a few pics of our days at the park, walking downtown, and laying on a blanket in our yard.  

B is not a fan of the bumbo seat.  She acts really uncomfortable when she is in it.  She straightens her legs out so that makes butt pop up out of it.  We don't ever use it anymore.  I try it every so often just to see.  

Nicknames:  We have so many nicknames for our little princess.  We rarely call her Blakely!  
Blake
Blakes
Blakers
Blakey
Blakester
B
Sweet pea
Pea pod...this one is used a LOT

I love being your mommy, sweet girl.  Every day is better than the last and I can't believe how big you are getting.  You will soon be half of a year old!  I remember so vividly bringing you into this world and it seems like it was yesterday.  I am so proud of you baby girl.