The Hall Family: 5 Months

Little girl is 5 months old! Hard to believe! She is BUSY BUSY BUSY! She is so aware of everything that is going on around her. We are continually amazed at the things she tries to do each day.

E continues to laugh out loud...especially when I start talking to TJ about something that happened at school, when we start laughing or when we pick her up in the morning or after a nap and walk out of her room. Sometimes she laughs when we try really hard, but usually she just laughs as she observes us doing normal every day things.

She smiles all. the. time. and I am so thankful that she is a smiley baby. I really wanted her to smile when we engaged with her and she does. She also smiles when someone talks to her that she recognizes and smiles at Buster when he walks by.

Squealing, or as I like to put it...exploring the sounds she makes. E experiments with all the new sounds she hears herself make and when we respond she gets excited. Actually this is how we know she is excited. She loves to lay under things that hang down...oh yea...we are really into grabbing as well....back to that in a minute. When she plays her squeals at the toys hanging down at her and also when she eats apples. One day I came home from work and she was playing. I went over to say hi and she smiled and squealed - love <3

Grabbing...everything. Earrings, necklace, phone, cup, dog, toy, shirt, napkin, brush etc.

Rolling - she rolls from her stomach to her back and from her back to her stomach. She has also discovered her feet, and loves to grab for them, hold on, and rock back and forth.

Tummy time - E is really good at pushing her upper body up with her arms and then looking all around.

Sitting, Standing, and Jumping - She loves to be held up in a standing position, but that's hard to do all the time, so we put her in a jumper. She loves this and has so much fun! E is also showing interest in sitting up on her own (because when she is sitting now she is grabbing for things. This usually results in her going from a sitting to her tummy, to rolling to her back, but she loves that she can move!) I know it won't be long until she is sitting on her own.

Sleeping - we are FINALLY doing better with sleeping which has only just occurred this week, but no complaints here!

Eating - we started stage 1 baby food. So far we REALLY like apples. We also like green beans, bananas, sweet potatoes, and peas. She is not so sure about pears, carrots and peaches yet, but we keep trying.