Clara's 5 months.

Another month has come and gone and we've sure enjoyed every second of it with you.

Sometimes I just have to pinch myself to make sure I'm not dreaming.

You are absolutely perfect.

Here are a few things about you:

*You love to eat. Like all the time. I have felt that I can hardly keep up with you. Sometimes I would feed you and 30 minutes later you would act like you were starving. So your dad and I thought it would be best to introduce you to a little bit of formula and rice cereal.  I still nurse you for most feedings but I usually give you a bottle in the morning and then a bottle mixed with rice cereal right before bed. You seem a lot happier and a lot fuller:)

 *Your sleeping has not been the best this month.  I wonder if you are teething. There have been nights that you will wake up every 1 1/2 and act like you are starving. I of course feed you and you go right back to sleep. It has been a little exhausting. But we get through it. Thankfully your dad has been so good to me and wakes up with Olivia in the mornings so that we can sleep in together until around 9:30 am. He's the best. 

*You are so good at grabbing things now. You love all your little rattles and toys. Olivia is very good about making sure you always are surrounded by them. Your favorite toy is a little elephant with colorful balls as legs. When you pull down on it, it shakes and goes back up. Sometimes you even laugh when we do it for you.

*You are very very ticklish. When I am taking off your clothes before bath time you just bust up laughing. You are mostly ticklish under your arms and your chubby neck. Your laugh is the cutest thing ever!

*You love bath time. And know that around 6:30 pm that it's that time of night. You kick your little legs and make the cutest little turtle faces the whole time.

*You love to play the stand up/sit down game just like your sister did. You get so proud of yourself and so excited about it. We will lay you down on your back on our legs and then say, "okay Clara are you ready to play a game?" You will start kicking around with a little smirk on your face because you know exactly what to do. It's amazing to me that you can stand up with those chubby little legs of yours!

*You are so good in the car. As long as you have your binky and and a little toy to look at you hardly make a peep.

*You still love to be tightly swaddled. When you get tired I just lay you down and swaddle you up like a little worm and you snuggle right up to me and fall right asleep. You love it when I rest my face on your head.

*You absolutely love daddy. You are always lifting up that little head of yours and trying to find him. When you do, you will just sit and stare at him and kick those little chubby legs of yours. (Kicking those legs of yours is definitely you telling us that you are a happy baby!) Daddy of course is obsessed with you and is always wanting to hold you and talk with you. You are very cute together.

*Looks wise it seems as though you have my nose and my eyes and daddy's mouth and chin. (Of course!) You seem to have my coloring as well. But you are changing all the time so we'll see!

You are such a happy baby Clara. We are blessed every day with your sweet smiles and giggles.

We love you so very much!