Wow, I am five months old now. It doesn't seem like it-but when I met Molly, my new cousin, I thought "Dang, I've come a long way from my newborn days." It has been a great month. Some of my accomplishments are: sleeping better in the day and night, sleeping in my big girl crib without the changing pad, taking my first bites of food (they have been holding out on me with this breast milk stuff), turning from my stomach to my back, learning to chew on my toes, stand up with some help and- what I am most proud of- blowing "raspberries" with copious amounts of drool and varying sound effects.
I love being upside down. I don't know what it is about it, but something about the blood rushing to my head makes me feel oh-so-good. Maybe I have some bats in my heritage?
Now that I have the whole crib to move around in, I get a little crazy in the middle of the night. When I am sure Mom and Dad are asleep, (I have a monitor to listen in on them) I practice my break dancing moves that I saw on MTV (shhh don't tell Mom that Dad lets me watch TV when she is at work.) I spin around on my back and practice my windmill move. Sometimes it gets a little crazy and my pacifier and lovie blanket fall out between the crib rails. One time the monitor even fell out! I have to be more careful or they will catch me and all the fun will be over. It is going to be nuts when I hit the club in a few years- I will have all the moves down.
The only bummer in my life right now is my birthmark on my face. It keeps getting infected and blood and pus get everywhere. They keep putting a sock on my hand so I don't scratch it, but I totally figured out how to take that off. I have to see a plastic surgeon next month about getting it removed. Mom and Dad are more nervous than I am. I just want it to stop itching.
In other news, I am starting daycare next month! I am pretty excited. Spending time at my cousins' house last month was SO fun and at daycare they have lots of big kids and toys to entertain me, just like at my cousins'. There is also a woman there who they call the "baby whisperer" I wonder if that means she can only whisper. I hope not because I am really getting my talking down, in fact sometimes Daddy can't even listen to Mommy because I am so loud. Daddy says he's going to have his hands full with two talkers- me and Mommy. Good thing Bella doesn't say much. Speaking of Bella, she is totally my BFF. She always licks me and lets me touch her soft ears. I can't wait to get big enough to play with her!
One of the highlights this month was Nana and Pappy coming to visit for a week! It was great- we played and Nana brought LOTS of new books that look really old (they were Mommy's when she was little.) We went for lots of walks and Pappy convinced them to finally give me so real food. I like him already, I think he is going to spoil me just enough. I also got to see my other Grandma and cousin Logan this month. Wow- he is really big and does lots of cool stuff with trucks. I like to watch him and hope he wants to play trucks with me soon. Grandma speaks a different language than the rest of them, but it is not baby talk either. It has lots of ups and downs in it, I hope she teaches me how to speak like that.
I really love going to church. I get to sing along and get passed around to all sorts of different people. Overall, life is good. I can pretty much do what I want and "they" are finally figuring out what I want and when. I wonder when I am going to have to actually be expected to "behave." I realize now, anything goes! I think I have at least until I am a year old, so I better live it up while I can.
