Five Months

Our little one is showing more of her personality day after day!  The smiles and giggles she gives us make my heart absolutely melt.  She has found two fingers on her left hand (pointer and middle) that comfort and soothe her and she uses them like a pacifier.  I've tried to get her to use a paci instead, but she just isn't having it.  (I won't lie, Momma is a little bummed she's not a thumb-sucker like I used to be!) Miss Chloe is just like her big brother and loves all the food we give her!  So far she has tried pears, sweet potatoes and plums and she loves every last bit of them!  It's so funny when we feed her because she opens her little bird mouth up, we put the spoon in and in just two seconds she is ready for another bite - it's like she can't get enough!  But now that she has had a taste of yummy real food, she is refusing the bottle altogether.  We're trying to get her to use a sippy cup, but have not had any luck yet..maybe by month six we'll have some luck!   She loves to chatter and talk to me right before she goes to bed.  I'll put her on the changing table and while I'm getting her dressed for bed she just goes to town talking to me and smiling.. it's one of my favorite parts of the day!  She's experiencing lots of new things - sitting in a high chair, playing in the exersaucer, having her big brother try to smother her with kisses and hugs!  Over the past month, AJ has become so much more interested in Chloe and she is loving the attention.  Every night before bed he gives her a kiss and hug goodnight and she gets such a huge smile on her face.  I cannot wait to see the bond these two have as they grow up!

Happy five months, Chloe Kathleen; Mommy, Daddy and AJ love you!

That smile!

Those big bug eyes!

'What do you mean I can't eat my foot?'

She was seriously trying to eat that foot of hers!