5 Months

Lily turned 5 months a week ago. This month has flown by! Lily learned a lot about a week after her four month birthday. She learned how to roll from her back to her tummy, and she grabs at everything. When I say everything, I literally mean EVERYTHING! It has become close to impossible for me to do anything while I am holding her because she wants it all. My hair is now permanently in a ponytail, because when it's not she is ripping it out of my head. I can't wear any earrings that dangle at all because she tries to grab them and pull them out of my ear. It's like her hands can never stay still. Even when she is nursing or drinking a bottle, she attacks our faces and grabs our lips and pulls. Such a funny little girl:)

She gets up super high when she does tummy time now, getting her entire tummy off of the floor. A couple days ago she started scooting a little. She will pivot herself around depending on what toys she wants, and if one is out of her reach she will slowly be able to make her way to it by pushing herself with her legs. I wonder how long until she actually crawls?!

She has one spastic leg right now. She constantly raises it up and drops it, over and over again. When she gets really excited she does it really fast and its pretty funny.

She doesn't quite sit up on her own, only lasting a couple seconds without flopping over. She's getting close though!

We took her swimming for the first time. It took her about ten minutes to warm up to it and then she loved it. It made her super crazy and hyper the rest of the night.

She does not like clothes...especially pants and headbands. She has learned how to pull her headbands off so they never last very long and I think the pants restrict her movement or something. In the morning I get her dressed with a headband on and give her a toy to play with. By the end of the day, she has lost her headband, usually has no pants on, and is smothered in toys. This is what she usually looks like by the time Luke gets home from work....

We started her on solids this month. She was always really watchful of me when I ate and freaks out if we drink something while holding her because she wants it. We will let her have little sips of water here and there and she LOVES it. Her favorite foods so far are carrots, peaches, apples, pears, and sweet potatoes. She doesn't really care for bananas and HATES green beans. She kept making herself gag after she ate them.

She will randomly sleep for really long stretches at night. I'm hoping it will become a regular thing soon. Last night she slept for 10 hours, from 8:15 to 6:15! Such a sweet little girl to give her mommy such a good mothers day present:) We skipped her third nap that day, and I thinks that is why she slept so well. She was so tired the whole evening without the third nap though that I'm not sure how to consistently do it unless I am able to give her constant attention to keep her from melting down.

We went to Park City for our anniversary. Lily loves being outside so she had a lot of fun riding up the ski lift and walking around.

Lily is such a fun age right now and has become such a good baby. As fun as it is when she starts to learn new things, I wish I could freeze time for a little bit so she stops growing up so fast!