5 months old

Our baby is growing up! Lola Cate is five months old! Lola is the happiest thing! She makes us all smile. My favorite thing is when she stares the boys down just waiting for them to look at her and then she gives them her best smile just to grab their attention so they will talk to her. She loves them and they love her!  

Fun 5 months stats:

She is rolling over!! She rolls from her back to her front and even rolls over sometimes in her crib. 

She loves to coo and talk to us. 

Loves her fingers...no pacifiers for her!

She enjoys her walker at Anny's house and is pushing backwards in it. 

Lola Cate sleeps from 8:00-9:00 typically 13 hours!!! She is definitely our best sleeper. 

Lola takes typically one good nap a day. That nap is usually between 2 and 3 hours long. Then she will take cat naps off and on. 

She poops about every three days and has yucky smelling gas leading up to those poops. 

She is still exclusively breast fed. We will start cereal before she turns 6 months. When she takes bottles at Anny's house she takes around 5 ounces. 

She is in size 2 diapers. Size 6-9 month clothing. 

My girl like to hum when she is nursing. And she also like to rub my with her free hand or play with my clothes/jewelry. 

She likes bath time but doesn't splash yet. Beau loves her bath time also and he tries to get in her tiny bath tub with her. 

Lola Catherine was baptized last weekend. It was beautiful. 

Lola Cate loves Cowboy. Cowboy was lukes most favorite baby toy. It went everywhere with us. Henry and beau didn't care for him so I'm glad Lola has shown some favoritism towards him. 

Lola is with Gail and Phil during the day now while I'm at work so we soak up every bit of snuggle time on the weekends.

She is reaching and grasping toys so well now and has started attempting to grab my food. I think she's starting to notice and the want food we eat. So we are closer and closer to cereal. 

She has been so much fun yet so different from the boys. She is still so girly in the way she talks and interacts with you. I love it!

Wearing a dress my mother made for Rachael when she was a babe. The dress (and Lola Cate) is beautiful!

With her pictures this time it was a battle to keep her baby out of her mouth. :)

Lola Cate and Cowboy. 

Back sleeping. And tummy sleeping these days. 

She is typically on her tummy when she wakes. 

5 months old

Beau is getting so big. I am sure he has grown and I can't wait to see how big he is when we have a check up at 6 months. This month we started veggies. He has had all of the veggies in stage 1 including green beans, squash, peas, carrots and sweet potatoes. Each night he has these and cereal mixed with breast milk. He loves eating time but has begun to prefer the veggies over the cereal. He cries for more food if I don' t shovel it in fast enough. Soon we will begin adding fruit to the mix.

He is getting into size 4 diapers.

Takes 6 oz. by bottle still.

Was sleeping through the night until we went to the beach, then he started waking once in the early morning, usually between 4:00 and 5:00 which will be fine once school starts.

He has a tooth that is about to poke through the bottom (left center) and I think it is causing him some pain.

He is growing out of his 6 month clothes and into 9 month clothes.

He has rolls all over.

I've started bathing him in the big bath tub because he loves to kick and splash so much. It's hard to wash him because he moves so much in the bath. He loves it.

He really wants to sit up all by himself and still has no desire to roll over.

He is still a mommas boy but enjoys daddy time too and loves his big brothers. He watches everything they do.

He wants food. Our food. He watches every bite. He is definitely going to be a big eater. 

His feet are his favorite toys. He usually is holding one or both but hasn't tried to suck them yet.