5 months!

Little Miss Anna Claire is 5 months old! She's growing and eating and having a blast! I don't know how much she weighs but I'm pretty sure she's close to (if not over) 18 pounds and I swear she is growing right before our eyes! She seems to be working on more teeth although I haven't spotted them - she's just gnawing on everything she can. She is laughing at us and talks ALL OF THE TIME! She likes to growl at us and have us growl back and she is a total social butterfly - it makes her day for someone to talk to her and give her attention.

She has tried rice cereal, applesauce, and for the first time today, bananas. She LOVES to eat!!! She gets excited when I show her the food and she'll giggle and open her mouth, ready for the first bite. She even takes her thumb out and turns toward the spoon.

For the past couple of weeks she hasn't been sleeping well at night - she's waking about every three hours to eat. I don't know if it's because it's been colder in the house or she's not feeling well (she's had a stuffy nose for most of this time) or because she's hungry - I think this may be the reason.

She is rolling very efficiently from her back to her tummy and still needs help to flip her over "sunny-side-up" after a few minutes but now she puts weight on her hands and pushes up with her chest off of the floor. She loves grabbing my face and tries to bite my chin or my fingers when she can (and those two tiny teeth are pretty sharp). She grabs toys and will hold on to them enough to carry them while I hold her. She enjoys looking at books and will sometimes giggle while we read them.

Well, that's all I can think of about her development right now. On to other family news...

Last weekend, we went to Baton Rouge to meet Curious George at the Farmer's Market and Owen and I took a picture with him! Owen was excited about meeting him until it was our turn to take a picture at which point he promptly buried his face in my legs and said, "George might be scarey." We got a picture though - with no tears but no smile either. Although, as most of you saw in your Christmas card, no tears is good enough!

After the farmer's market, we went to the zoo and had a wonderful day. The weather was perfect and there were hardly any other people there - I think most people were shopping for Christmas. Owen had a blast and Anna Claire seemed to enjoy being outside for the most part. We had a neat time with the giraffe - he came right to the fence and stayed there for the longest time. Keith got to touch his head and I think the giraffe would've licked Owen if I would have let him.

Owen is learning to ride his "Kooter" (scooter) and he loves playing his musical instruments and singing into his microphone. He really loves to look through his "binoculars" (two halves of a paper towel roll wrapped in tape) to see what he can see. Curious George is still his go-to guy but he's added Caillou to his list of TV shows (although that makes a list of 2). He now likes to watch a movie now and then and currently loves Aristocats. He seems to really like the movies with lots of music and animals - if the animals are singing it's even better.

Well, I'm going to leave you with pictures to enjoy. I'll be back again soon.

that granola bar is really good! (I love the hand in the pocket)

my little snow baby