5 months.

hayesie maysie!!  you turned 5 months old on november 29th.

you are such a fun girl!  you are a happy girl (finally)!  you still could just live in someone's arms.  you love your mommy's arms still, but your daddy's are really great too now.  you like to know where i am and sometimes when i leave the room you whimper.  

you have a really sweet disposition.  you smile alot, but we do work for it.  you often smile very shyly - you bury your little head while smiling sometimes.

other things to note:

*you sleep through the night.  we put you down between 7:00-7:30.  you always wake up sometime in the 6 o'clock hour - either fussing a little or "talking."  if i go up to see about you & your eyes are still closed then i offer you a paci and you'll go right back to sleep for another hour or two.  this is almost always the case.  but if your eyes are open and you are all smiley & bright-eyed, then i know you're ready to start the day!  

*you nap for 2 to 3 hours in the morning. your afternoon nap varies - anywhere between 1.5 to 3 hours...sometimes we have to wake you up!  

*i supplement with formula or pumped milk from time to time now.  when you started sleeping through the night my supply hit rock bottom!  i feel like we'll probably be exclusively bottle feeding sooner than i thought - maybe just a morning nurse and then the rest either warmed mama milk or formula depending on where we are and what we're doing. 

*hayes, you are HUNGRY!  you will drain a 6 oz bottle without "coming up for air" one single time.  seriously.  i like bottle feeding you because i like to know how much you are getting.  you need your tummy to be full or else you are cranky!

*we started solids during your 5th month.  you LOVE it all.  oddly enough you seem to prefer the veggies, but you like the fruit as well.  you've had pears, apples, bananas, squash, peas, sweet potatoes and carrots.

*you sleep on your tummy.  we put you down on your back and before we even leave your room you usually have already flipped.

*your relationship with your pacifier has turned into love.  y'all started as acquaintances who could give or take each other.  then y'all became friends and enjoyed each others company.  and now y'all are so deeply in love.  

you like your play gym, especially if someone gets down on the floor and hangs out with you while you enjoy it.   you kinda look like your uncle jon-jon so i guess it's fitting that you have some of his personality which includes the following:  can't stay in one place for too long (you like all your play stations but rotate through them pretty quickly), you do not like to be alone (being with people is fun for you), and finally, your mommy thinks you can do no wrong (jon-jon can relate to all of these).  wink - wink. (your aunt ashley got a good laugh out of that last one even if no one else did...heeheehee.) 

okay baby girl, mommy needs to go to bed.  there are a billion things i could write about you.  you are a blessing to our family. we all love you so much.  i could eat you up.  i guess i say that alot because the other day sk started yelling, "somebody get mommy a spoon!!!  somebody get her a spoon, she's gonna eat me up!!"  ha....it's true, i kinda want to gobble up my girls.

oh, and one other thing that makes you light up and smile right through that big ole paci in your mouth is when i put you to bed - i always sing jesus loves me when i'm putting you down and you love this especially if sk is in the room to help.  so sweet.

 happy 5 months little mary hazel lucy.