5 Months!

Audrey celebrated her 5 month birthday by sitting her own long enough to get a picture!!  It was hysterical because we were at my work so my parents were there, plus us, plus the two other employees.  Everyone was just circled around her taking pictures, it was like paparazzi!!

 This month was her first New Years' Eve which she celebrated by sleeping :)  And also the month I went back to work.  I was sad and nervous but I'm leaving her with Chris so that makes me feel a million times better.  Plus I was getting a little stir crazy being home all the time.  I mean we ran plenty of errands but just the lack of routine starts to get to me.  I'm not a CPA because I don't like a routine!  We've all adjusted pretty well I think.  I don't get to see her as much as I'd like but its really the best situation we could hope for, so I try not to complain.

We also started cereal on her month birthday!  I was the most excited member of the family for this :)  She seems to like it, some days she eats it all and some days not so much.  We're just doing a tablespoon of dry rice cereal mixed with enough formula to make it edible but not too runny.  It sure makes a mess though!

She lunges for the spoon but I think she most interested in chewing on the spoon! 

Audrey also learned to roll back to belly this month!  She did it a ton when she first learned but now she's not as interested.  She would much rather sit or stand then lay.

This is my favorite picture from this month:

We have a tooth!

I should clarify - we have a tooth nub beneath the surface of her gums.  Not sure how I feel about this : / One on hand its exciting, because it's another milestone.  On the other hand, she's getting older.  Not to mention, teething is apparently absolutely miserable so I'm not looking forward to her night sleep being interrupted.

STTN!!

Last night Audrey slept from 9pm to 7am with only one wake up to re-paci her!  It was my night to get her, so of course I woke up 8 millions times LOL

4 Months!

I know I say this every month, but holy cow!

This was quite a busy month, with her first Thanksgiving and her first Christmas.  She had lots of fun, lots of weird schedules but she handled it all like a champ.

She got tons of presents even though we asked everyone to limit it!  That's ok though, she has plenty put away for when she gets tired of the ones she has out.  Here's our tree Christmas morning

Our uncooperative elf

Her party dress

This month has definitely been a a crazy one!  The end of my maternity leave, the holidays and the fabled 4 month screaming.  She's at the point where she's so alert and interested in everything (which is so fun!) but she wants to move and sit and she just can't do it on her own yet so she gets frustrated and cries.  Which is actually kind of cute when she literally pounds her fist on the ground :)  So we spend a lot of time holding her in sitting position on the floor on standing on our legs or the table of the couch, whatever she's into for right then!

Her sleep is pretty darn good, she'll usually only wake up once or twice to eat then she's right back to sleep.  Naps are becoming more challenging but its the new alertness causing that.

We're still doing cloth diapers and its still going well, loading up on some fitteds because they're so darn cute!

She's really into links, rattles and anything she can stick in her mouth!  She's a drooling machine but no signs of teeth yet.  Apparently it can be a verrrry long process to get to the first tooth.  She's so much fun and we love her more every day if thats possible!

We have a roller!

She rolled from tummy to back for the first time a few weeks ago but then didn't do it again.  Now she's rolling fairly consistently!  It's so fun watching her grow and develop, I love her so much!

3 Months!

This past month was a big one!  Audrey smiles a lot and started to laugh.  It's so cute because its just a squeak noise that comes out but I get her intentions!  We went to the pumpkin patch for the first time, had her first Halloween, first Thanksgiving and she met Santa!  Thanksgiving wasn't quite as big a hit, the timing was wrong since 5ish she starts to get sleepy and wants some quiet play time.  She was the cutest pea in a pod ever though!

Oh boy Chris will hate that I posted that picture of him!  Oh well :) 

She also had an "indoor costume" from her aunt.

I truly can't believe how big she's getting!  At her last appointment in mid October she was 12lbs 7oz and 24 1/4 inches!  She's 90% for weight and 97% for height!  She's developing her own schedule too which is really great.  She goes to bed around 7 and sleeps until 7am waking up once or twice to eat depending on when her last bottle before bed was.  We don't automatically do a bottle at bed so that she gets used to falling asleep without eating.  It's working out well for us, I decided to do it that way after reading the Baby Whisperer. 

She is so so much fun now and loves her jumperoo!  We still go to storytime every Wednesday which she's a little too young to really understand but she loves seeing the kids and it tires her out!  She's not a great napper though which we're trying to work on.  She'll only nap in the afternoon if she's out and about in her car seat in the car or stroller.  If she's at home in her crib - forget it.

We're still doing cloth diapers exclusively and we love them still.  I have to start stockpiling some diapers that are meant for overnight too, hopefully she'll be STTN soon!!  Here's some more random pics from this month.

Christmas Photo Shoot

We got this adorable bloomer and match headband set for a gift and I couldn't wait to take our Christmas pictures with it.  Here are some outtakes....

 The last one cracks me up, she looks so disproportionate!!