5 months old!

My little girl is growing up so fast. I just can't believe that she is five months already. I feel like yesterday I was saying get this kid out my belly and running up and down steps praying for contractions. 

So much has happened in this past month. She has done lots of firsts. I'll start with her first Christmas! We had lots of fun in St. Louis visiting family. Emma got so many toys and tons of clothes. We ended up having to borrow a suitcase from my mom to bring it all back. She is one spoiled little girl. :)

At the airport waiting for our flight that was delayed 2 1/2 hours

 Christmas dress #1. It was a 3-6 month outfit that she could barely squeeze into. Actually those aren't even the tights that it came with. 

Great Papa

Pappy

Mimi, Pappy, Grace, Sophia and Emma!

First family Christmas photo. 

Grandpa Charlie

L-R Grace, Emma & Sophia 

Aunt Jenny 

Poppy

Nanny

Grammy

Aunt Jean

Cousin Abby

After we got back home Emma and I quickly got sick. Upper respiratory something. I just got over it and Emma is at the tail end I think. It was very scary. Over the weekend she had a fever of 100.5, diarrhea, vomiting a horrid cough and a nose full of snot. She also went almost 9 hours without a wet diaper. I was so scared. I started crying and Mark had to calm me down a few times. I was very close to packing her up and heading to the hospital. Luckily she showed some signs of improvement. I ended up sleeping in her room until I found myself waking her up with my horrific cough. So I left around 2am. She has been getting better each day. :)

Now on to the rest of the firsts....... Emma can now sit up on her own!

She can roll over from belly to back. But she doesn't like to do it very often. She figures, hey why should I do it when mom  will do it for me! Her new thing the past few days is to roll from back to belly and start screaming because she can't get back to her back. Once I turn her over she does it again. It's a vicious cycle I tell ya. Her favorite toy is her talking book and the fish on her excersaucer. Unfortunately the fish had to go to fishy heaven today. She puts it in her mouth and chews on the fin. She sometimes gags on it but today it made her throw up, twice. That thing isn't easy to take apart and put back together so I opted to put mr fishy away. 

I have noticed that when I say her name now she looks at me. I was in the kitchen and said Emma loudly. She stopped what she was playing with and quickly looked around for me. :) She know her name! That's crazy. It seems like such a small thing but for me it's huge!

We tried solids again after coming back from Christmas in St. Louis. This time I mixed it with half oatmeal and half prunes. I went with prunes because the prevacid for her reflux constipates her. The prunes do the trick! :) We have done squash as well but she prefers prunes. 

Sleeping...... We are still struggling a little but things have started looking up. We have a great routine down. Starting at 6:45 We eat our oatmeal/prunes, bath if it's bath night, tummy time with daddy and then story time! Usually around 7:30 after story time I nurse her and rock her to sleep. I know I shouldn't do it but if I don't rock her to sleep she is a screaming angry baby for hours! So I just do it. Maybe in a few weeks I'll try to put her down without it. I also have to swaddle her. She has a bad gag reflux and right now she can't keep her fingers out of her mouth. Well, she has made herself puke 3 times now. Swaddling it is! 

She is usually up around 1 am to eat. Ever now and then she will go until 4 or 6. But usually it's 1am and then again at 6-6:30. I guess I should just get up at that point but hey if I'm gunna be a stay at home mom I'm not gettin up at the crack ass of dawn! So we usually get up around 8:30. 

She usually does 2 long naps a day 2-3 hours. And 1 cat nap in the evening for about 30-45 min. She is also still exclusively breastfeeding. She won't have anything to do with a bottle or soppy cup right now. I'm letting her warm up to this cup I just got her. It has handles on the sides. She chews on it but gags if there is anything inside. So I just keep it empty for the time being. Maybe soon she will change her mind. 

Oh I should also add that we are still using the tucker sling for her reflux. If your baby has reflux I highly recommend this. I think this is a huge help. 

She is currently in 6 - 6-9 month clothing. Still is size 3 diapers. They are getting a bit snug though. I think I'll finish up what I have of the 3s and then just move to my size 4 stck pile. She is just growing like a weed. At this rate she will be in 24month clothing by her first birthday. Lol

Her eyes are turning brown in the center. Mark has hazel/green eyes and I have brown. So we still aren't sure what the end result will be. Her hair is coming in white! She has the brown hair she was born with and then a ton of blonde now. Mark had white hair when he was a baby. I had red. So I'm pretty positive it will be blonde. 

Emma is so much fun right now. Each day she does something new. She is the light of my life and I love her so much. I look forward to the next day with her. Time is just passing to fast. I am so blessed to be able to stay home with her. I can't imagine leaving her with anyone during the day. My heart drops just thinking about it. 

 

That's all for now! Here are some more pics!