5 Months Old!

It really is hard to believe...5 months have come and gone so quickly. Everyone tells you that but I never knew quite the extent that it was true until I realized that now we have a "big baby." Five months is a super fun age. Our lives are filled with joy and pretty much sleep (which is really nice). We are so blessed to have such a happy and healthy little girl.


Highlights of the last month:

-Cereal-Ellie got her first try at solid food. She seemed to like eating it but she had a hard time getting it out of her system. So...we decided to wait a little while. But she sure did enjoy the first few times we gave it to her. And she actually got pretty good at eating it.

-Working in her office. Ellie loves to work in her office. A space we set up for her to be safe away from the dogs. My mom coined the term office and I think it is very appropriate. We know it won't work out long in the current location...bricks+baby's heads=bad. So Eleanor Claire's office will be moving soon!

-Daddy's Graduation- Jason graduated from NCSU this month. We are so proud. Maybe Ellie will be a Wolfpack fan...we'll see! Now we are hoping that he can find a good job in this terrible economy.

-Rollover, rollover... Ellie rolled over this month! Now we sing "There were ten in the bed and the little one said "rollover, rollover" all the time! She can go from her tummy to her back by kicking her legs wildly.

-The wonderful world of toys (and drool)- Ellie picks up everything she can reach and it goes directly into her mouth. Which of course means if she can't get something she stuffs her fist into her mouth. This results in a lot of slime everywhere! We don't mind...it is pretty cute! She even tries desperately to get her pacifier into her mouth. She doesn't know yet that there is a right and wrong way to do that so often she just sucks on the handle.

-Springtime! Ellie loves to be outside so spring has been nice. She is pretty content walking around, checking out the garden or even just sitting out on the front step.

-Ellie's favorite things this month: 1. Rainstick toys (lifesavers for us!)- she absolutely loves hearing the little beads hit the plastic all the way down. It is an instant quiet-maker! 2. Mirrors-Ellie loves to smile at the baby looking at her in the mirror. Too cute. 3. Her smiling star- this toy I found at Babies r' Us and it is just a star washcloth with hard corners for teething and crinkle fabric inside. Again...she loves it! Sometimes if we hold it up to her she just grins at smiling star to show her love. 4. Mr. Chicken- a very cute stuffed toy chicken with teething rings for hands. Ellie goes directly for the beak with her mouth. Gotcha! Sometimes she even sleeps with Mr. Chicken in her hand:


-Ellie's song- Ellie seems to enjoy singing so we are constantly trying to come up with tunes to entertain her. Our most used song "Who is the baby, the happy, happy baby, who is the baby the happy girl?" Then response..."Ellie is the baby, the happy, happy baby, Ellis is the baby the happy girl!" She loves it. We sometimes have to change happy to...sassy, grumpy, stinking...use your imagination!

-Laughs! We can actually get Ellie laughing now. It is quite a bit of work, she doesn't think everything is funny. Most likely to make her laugh: 1. her daddy 2. flying her above your head and bringing her up and down towards your nose 3. kisses on her cheeks! Here is a video of her laughing...although I couldn't get her face and fly her above my head, you can at least hear the cuteness.


-Iowa trip!!! Details to follow...