Annabelle is 5 Months Old!

I am sorry that I have been horrible about posting pictures! I have tons, but the computer that I keep them on is in her nursery. I usually post when she is sleeping, so that doesn't work out so well! I promise I'll get to them soon...

Likes: 
Sitting up! She can't do it completely by herself yet, but she would much rather be sitting up than laying down.

Her exersaucer

Reaching for everything in sight

Mojo--everytime she looks at him she laughs!

TV. We were trying to avoid having her watch TV (and still do), but every time it is on, or a computer/ipad/phone is lit up and within her view, she can't take her eyes off of it!

Being worn in a wrap. Everytime she is upset, if I pop her in a wrap, she immediately calms down.


Dislikes:
Car seat (seriously, will she ever grow out of this?!)

Going to sleep

Having something taken out of her hand


Weight: Right around 15 pounds. She seems to be growing longer and skinnier.

Length: 24.5 inches

New things: 
Laughing at everything! I LOVE IT. She has the cutest little squealy giggle and it makes me smile every time.

She is reaching for me, which is so neat. Unfortunately for Jason, she reaches for me when he's holding her, but that's okay. She is really doing loads better at being with Jason when I'm not around. He's been holding her a lot more often when she sleeps at the beginning of the night, so I think that is helping her get used to just being with him. Last week I went out with the girls for almost three hours, and she did great. It's so nice to be able to leave her with him now and not worry about it. Though, she still won't take a bottle, so I can't leave for very long. Oh well. I love her too much to want to be away from her very long anyway.

She has tried mashed potatoes, kiwi, and banana. We put little mashed up bits on her tray at dinner, and she gets some in her mouth just by playing with it. We are doing baby led weaning, so we aren't going to actively feed her. We will give her little bits of food we are eating and if she eats it, great, if not, great. My breastmilk can provide her all of the nutrients she needs, so we aren't going to be actively feeding her anything else.

Her hair is getting really long, it's fun. Her bangs are actually in her eyes if I don't clip them back, so we got lots of super cute bows from Emily's Etsy store, and they are the BEST bows I have seen, and super duper affordable (which is very important to our tight budget!). Annabelle rocks a great bow almost every day now.


Other: 
She sleeps in her crib for every nap now, and--wait for it--she actually has a schedule!! She put herself on a nap schedule, and I didn't have to do anything. She takes 45 minute naps at 9:30, 12:30, and 3:30, and goes to bed between 6:30 and 7, usually. Around 9 p.m. she wakes up again for about an hour, then goes to bed with us. Since we co-sleep it's hard for me to remember how often she wakes up during the night, since we both barely wake up for her to nurse. I think she nurses 3 times between going to bed and the morning. For the hour before she wakes up she nurses a lot, and I think it's her way of staying asleep a little longer. She's up for the day around 7:30. Anyway, I am thrilled with her nap schedule, because I can legitimately plan for when to go out without worrying about her missing sleep. Granted, I am not strict about it, and if she is starting to get tired earlier or later, I follow her cues and put her down when she seems ready for it.

My baby is growing up so so fast. I just can't believe how old she is, and how much she is growing and learning! I held a newborn yesterday, and literally couldn't remember Annabelle ever being so small. And...it gave me a little baby fever, I'm not gonna lie! Since she still nurses all the time though, another baby is not even a thought, or possible. :)