5 Years and 5 Months

On Sunday, Waylon turned 5 and today, Caroline is 5 months old.  Waylon celebrated with a few trips to Trusty's, multiple walks, egg sandwich breakfast and a trip with us to Yards Park.  Caroline has really started to notice Waylon and likes to watch him (and has started reaching for him).  Waylon gives the ocassional lick on the hand or face, but otherwise, ignores her.  Here's a few of the dynamic duo:

And here are a few of Caroline from today along with a few notables from the last month:

- Second plane trip (went to Florida to meet her Great Grandma, aunts and cousins)
- First trip to the beach
- First dip in a pool and the ocean (not a fan of the water)
- First tooth (lower left one)
- First birthday party
- Wearing some 3-6 months, but still mostly 0-3 months

Party Girl

Caroline attended her first birthday party to celebrate her friend, Emmy's, first birthday. 

She got all dressed up with her party shoes: 

Chillin in the Bumbo while she watched the older kids play.  There were four other babies in attendance (all under one) and she was the youngest:

Yes, this was the best shot of five - in one, the kids in plaid is eating the shoulder of the kid in white - Caroline did not cooperate for any of them:

The Birthday Girl enjoying her cake:

Buck partying hard:

There was a small baby pool so we tried it out.  As you'll see, she's not a fan of the water yet.  To be fair, it was a little cold and she was hungry.  The older two babies played in the water, but the younger two really weren't fans.  Hopefully, with time, she'll come to love the water:



Four Months

Notables from this month:

• First plane trip (went to Arkansas and she did pretty well on the flights - didn't sleep, but didn't scream the whole time so we'll call it a success)
• Meet her Grandpa (Spanky's Dad) and lots of her great aunts and uncles
• Obsessed with putting everything in her mouth (as you can see from the pictures)
• Really found her feet (and is in love)
• Attended her fourth Major League Baseball game
• Decided it would be fun to see Mommy twice a night (instead of once or none at all and will only accept Mommy - so lovely)

Weight: 13 lbs 1 oz (25%)
Height: 24 1/4 in (50%)

 

 

 

Pretty Outfits

It's finally warm enough to start wearing all her pretty dresses and summer outifts:

Three Months

So, I tried to get a picture on her 3-month birthday and couldn't manage one with a smile and fingers out of the mouth. Here are the "best" ones - there are a lot of outakes...
No trip to the doctor this month so I don't know how much she weighs, but she's definitly growing and gaining weight. She's still in 0-3 month clothes and size 1 diapers. but she's growing out of some outfits length-wise. Since we don't have the weight update, thought I'd post some milestones (some after 3 months, but since I'm late with this update anyways...):

Smiling: started around 6 weeks, but really picked up and in reaction to people/things at 8 weeks
Laughing: you still have to work pretty hard for a laugh, but she started letting out little laughs around 11-12 weeks
Talking: she has a lot to say - the babbling really picked up around 10-11 weeks
Blowing Bubbles: one of her favorites in the evening and when she's really talking - started around 13-14 weeks
Rolling to Side: She rolls to her right side and is close to rolling over all the way over - started around 13-14 weeks
Grasping Objects: She'd been batting at toys on her playmat for a number of weeks, but really started to be able to grab items around 13-14 weeks

Baptism

Caroline was baptised on Mother's Day.  My parents and sister were able to be there for the special event.  It was definitely a great first Mother's Day.

She was able to wear the dress that both my Mom and I wore for our baptism:

Num-num

She found her thumb:

And then went through the others to see which one she preferred (the pointer finger has won out, but she gums it rather than sucks on it):

And a cute pic in her Trusty's onesie: