Month 5

My baby girl is turning into a women. She is so ready to start crawling. I know that everyone thinks that their baby is the best, but I never thought it would be like this. She is so smart, so strong, such a happy baby. We are spoiled with this one! Gracee is still teaching us lessons as well as learning a few!

1. Gracee is still in a size 2 diaper. We really like Huggies Gentle Care, when she was NB it didn't seem to matter as much what type of diaper but now she has become more active… that's our brand and shape!

2. Gracee found her thumb. She has always been a hand suckers but she found her thumb a few days ago and really likes it!

3. Gracee ate baby food for the first time on the 13th. Squash… at first she wasn't too sure but then LOVED it! She didn't really know what was going on with eating from a spoon but wanted more, it was sorta like a lizard pushing food out of her mouth but wanting so badly to taste it.

4. Gracee likes her milk cold. No more nursing miss Gracee, she used to only nurse in the mornings but the past few days she isn't interested. I will still pump until I dry up. I would really love for Gracee to never know what formula tastes like.

5. Gracee eats a lot more. She now takes a cereal bottle three times a day breakfast lunch and dinner. Four oz of milk 2.5 table spoons of Gerber single grain rice. And at lunch and night time we mix in two teaspoons of squash. She only eats 4-5 times a day now!

6. Gracee can sit like a big girl. She doesn't pull herself up completely yet but if you sit her up and spread her legs open she will sit there and laugh for quite some time. At least 'til she spots those toes then all she seems to think about is trying to get those things in her mouth.

7. Gracee goes to bed at 9pm and sleeps until 7:30am. There for a while she was waking up at 3 in the morning hungry… that is why we started the baby food.

8. Gracee is a big lady! Breastfed babies poop isn't near as stinky as babies who eat formula… but once babies turn into big ladies and eat food the poop changes! We experienced a thicker consistency, more of an olive green coloring, sticky poop now. WONDERFUL!

9. Gracee is a singer… when she gets tired she makes this noise, kinda like a slow noisy sigh… AAAAAAAAA. Not a yell, just a noise. Really, really, really funny!

10. Gracee is getting big, she already weighs 17lbs 6oz and is 25 3/4 long!

Kids are what it's about. To teach is to learn… Jared is a wonderful big brother with such a creative mind I know when Gracee gets older she will be a handful! We are too proud of our kids and thank you all for reading and growing with us.