Happy 5 Months Bekah!
Bekah,
This month has been so much fun! You are a real little person now, with real emotions. You love to laugh at your sister and the world around you. You also freak out and cry when you are scared. I now know, you do NOT like being tossed in the air. Your big sister loved to “fly”. You? Notsomuch. I get it. We’ll try again another day and see if you change your mind.
This month you have become more entertainable. You love to sit at your toys and watch the lights and balls go. You are even enjoying time in the Exersaucer. The Bumbo seat is still used all the time, and the swing and bouncer are being used less and less. You do an awesome job of sitting in my lap, and you are even learning to sit all by yourself! Today you sat for quite a few seconds before loosing your balance and leaning to the side. What a big girl! You finally decided TODAY that rolling from your tummy to your back might be an ok thing to do. Up until today you would roll side to side and spin in circles, but that dreaded rolling from your tummy to your back eluded you. I finally decided that you would probably figure out how to roll from your tummy to your back before you got married and I didn’t need to be concerned, and all of a sudden you bust out the new skill. Way to make Mamma sweat it out a bit…
As far as your sizing goes, the scale here says you weight 16lbs. I haven’t gotten out the measuring tape to see how tall you are. I know you are growing, but you are still quite capable of fitting in 0-3 month clothes. You can wear 3-6 months too, but a lot of it is still really baggy. I’m a little surprised by your clothing size considering you are bigger than your sister was, I expected you to be in 3-6 months clothes by now, if not 6-9. Your size 0 diapers still fit, but they’re not designed for a kid as big as you, so we’ve got a few new diapers on order to see what we like to replace those newborn diapers with!
This week you have found your toes. You LOVE to suck and chew on those toes. It’s become a common occurance to find you laying down sucking your toes. SO adorable! You also learned how to grab things and pull them to your mouth. If people don’t believe how strong you are, we let them hold you. And then have them offer you their finger to hold. It is usually a split second before you have grabbed that finger and shoved it in your mouth. You even grabbed my Chick-fil-a cup and tried to lick the condensation off the outside. If it’s not tied down, it is in your mouth. Speaking of your mouth….
You love to make noises. If you are not talking you are blowing raspberries. Your mouth is NEVER quiet. I think you come by that honestly, and at this point, it’s still cute. Well, cute when it’s not in the middle of a wedding. Just sayin’… That tongue! It is ALWAYS doing something. One day someone is going to grab it, and you are NOT going to like it. Just so you’re warned. 
This month you also celebrated your first Mother’s Day, and my first Mother’s Day with more than 1 kid. I had a blast taking some really cute photos of you and your sister. I just haven’t gotten them edited yet. I need to work on that.
We took our first long walk last weekend. You slept in the sling through much of it, but Ashleigh did pick you some flowers and she checked on you a few times. Daddy even carried you on his shoulders for the last 1/8 of a mile. You spend the first 2 7/8 miles in the sling. It may have been hot, but you were still happy and cozy!
I captured a video of you and your sister today. She was playing princess and you were loving it. You love any attention, but you really love it when your sister plays with you. I love hearing the laughter from the two of you together. I hope that you two contine to enjoy playing together. You are very lucky to have a big sister who loves you so much! I’m so excited to see the two of you interacting and I hope that this video is just one of many to come!
I love you little girl, and I can’t wait to see what the next month has in store for us. You’re only 1 month from being half a year old. That scares me a bit, I’m not sure how that happened SO fast, but we’re loving watching you grow!
Love,
Mommy