5 months

Five months ago I sat in a hospital bed for twenty-three hours. Five months ago I held my precious baby for the first time. Five months ago I fell so completely in love with my daughter. I know I say this each month, but I can't believe that Lilybelle is five months today. In those five months she has grown and developed so much. She has gone from a sleeping, eating, and pooping baby to a playing, talking, sleeping, eating, and pooping baby. We have been fortunate that our baby has always seen sleep as a priority, but I love those moments when she wakes up in the morning talking to you and when you go in her room to get her up, she starts smiling and kicking her legs. She has also really started rolling all over. It's her mode of transportation these days.

She also started to become more aware of her surroundings. If she hears a sound, she looks to see where it's coming from. It's cute, but not when we are trying to feed her. She has dropped the bottle on more than one occasion because she turns her head suddenly to look for a sound. She is also more interested in what the dogs are doing. She seems to study them, especially when they climb up on the couch to sit with us.

Getting this month's picture was a little harder that the previous months. She stuck her tongue out for most all of the pictures. Tim claims that she is just taking after her mother who doesn't like to have her picture taken. I hope she isn't starting this early. It took me to adulthood to quit liking having my photo taken.

Check out those leg rolls, aren't they cute?!