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5 months

5 months, Hazy girl! This was definitely my favorite month so far because we got to see more and more of YOU each day. It is so fun to see your personality develop especially because you are one happy, chill baby.

 

You smile and laugh constantly. I love love love your giggle. You roll. All the time. Mostly from your back to your front (both left and right) but only occasionally from your front to you back. You roll over and immediately pop your head up with big grin to say, "see - look at me!" You have officially become a tummy or side sleeper. I can put you down on your back fast asleep and you are on your tummy or curled up on your side snoring away again in minutes.

 

You were introduced to the jumperoo this month and love it. You aren't jumping a ton yet but love to play with all of the bells and whistles. Your sister will often bring her little chair over right next to you to chat, read a story, or show you how to work all of the toys. She also claims the bouncy station as her own on a semi regular basis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You go through a ton of bibs and onesies everyday with your drool. I didn't know it was possibly for one person to make that much saliva in a day. Everything you can grab goes directly into your mouth. No teeth yet.

 

You reach to grab anything in reach and you have an incredibly strong grip. You love to grab the skin at the edge of my armpit when nursing and it freaking hurts. I love to watch your little eyes cross as you triuphantly lift something up in front of your face.

 

We got you a tub seat and now you get most of your baths in the tub with sissy. You both think it is pretty cool. Your sister wants to hold you all of the time. She's actually gotten pretty good about supporting you and will hold you for a couple of minutes (which is an eternity in toddler land). We still see the fear in your eyes when you are in her arms and are always right there. Don't worry, kid.

 

Miss Sloane loves you.  The first thing she asks to do when she wakes in the morning is see you.  She loves to bring you toys and make you laugh.  You think she is pretty funny.  Seeing you two together makes your dad and I so happy and proud.

 

You are one of the chubbiest babies I've ever seen.  Your rolls go on for days.  You couldn't be any cuter.

 

Our only setback this month was in the sleep department. What gives?  My wonderful 8pm-7am sleeper now wakes up one or two times in the night. Your parents need their sleep so it would be great if we could get back to snoozing through the night. PLEASE!

 

You make each and every day happy, Hazy girl.  We love every stinking inch of you.

 

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Catching up

Besides our weekend at the beach, a four month birthday, potty training and meeting new friends we’ve been settling into our fall schedule. The biggest development is that I returned to work and have survived my first month back. It was sad, it was hard, it was easy, it was happy. I love my kids and I love being a mom, but I also enjoy some regular time in the adult world where my most commonly used phrases aren’t“no”, “don’t touch that”,“do you need to go potty?” and “Sloane, please don’t make out with your sister.”  I miss them terribly when I'm a work but there's no better feeling then when Sloane spots me as I come into daycare, yells "my mommy's here", and runs as fast as she can into my arms.  Or my first big grin from Hazy as I nuzzle her neck. 

My first day back to work with Sloane 2010 (left) and Hazel 2012 (right)

 

I used to get annoyed when people didn’t regularly update blogs that I followed. I’m sorry that you are busy with your new baby, house remodel, job, etc., but don’t you know that I need entertainment while I enjoy my morning coffee? But I understand now that things get busy and priorities change. Two kids take up a lot of your time, especially when one of those kids is 2 and in the middle of potty training. Plus once you get even a little bit behind the thought of catching up becomes a little daunting. The other day John asked me if was ever going to update the blog again. And since the plan is to turn this documentation of our lives into a baby/family book eventually (doing my 2010 and 2011 books was the one item on my maternity leave to do list that I didn’t get to), it’s time for a giant photo dump and then we’ll get back to our more regularly scheduled updates.