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5 Months

5 Month Stats

Height: 26.5 in. - 95%

Weight - 16 lbs. 9 oz. - 80%

Head - 41 cm - 50%

Has it really been 5 months?  Some days it feels like 5 days, while other times it feels like 5 years!  As with every other set of parents, we think OUR baby is absolutely perfect!  She really is so much fun.  This past month she: *started rolling from her front to her back, but only occasionally...she still prefers her stomach

*started eating solids and LOVES them.  Any time you put the spoon in her line of sight, she dive bombs for it!

*smiles at everybody and everything EXCEPT she screams, screams, screams when being held by a guy

*LOVES tearing up things.  We get an obscene amount of magazines at our house so rather than just throwing them away I would let her tear them all apart. Each magazine kept her entertained for probably a half hour.  However, I have since decided that since I don't want her to destroy every paper that comes in her path, I should probably stop this fun activity.

*is still sleeping like a champ; however, we neglected to inform her of the time change...she had a few mornings where she was up bright and early!

*has the cutest pouty lip/face.  I really need to try and get a picture of it, it cracks me up.

*was the cutest little BYU cheerleader for halloween

*still loves bath time.  When we are draining the tub, we let her roll to her belly.  She loves splashing and kicking!

*she LOVES to scream! It isn't a mad or sad scream, but rather a scream to hear herself scream.

*she is very good at pulling her pacifier out, but really struggles putting it back in.  I feel like I am constantly helping her get it back it.

*loves sitting in the stroller facing forward! (versus snapping the car seat into the stroller which faces backwards)

Play Date

Easy: Going over to the next door neighbor's apartment (by next door, I mean 5 feet across the hall) for a baby play date.

Hard: Taking a group picture of all the said babies.

Meeting Minnie

This weekend we met up with some friends at Disneyland.  It was sooo much fun!  The highlight for me was riding the California Screamin roller coaster for my very 1st {and 2nd} time! (Every other time it hasn't worked out for me to ride, but let me tell you, it lived up to the hype!)  The highlight for Kyle was meeting Minnie Mouse!  The highlight for Hadley was getting to stay out until midnight!  We have learned all the tricks to getting on and off the rides as quickly as possible, so feel free to come and learn (just bring a child and a stroller, that helps tremendously!) We love being so close to so many fun things!

Dental wives take a trip to Huntington Gardens

Don't even think we weren't a spectacle {not pictures: 3 more strollers, 6 more kids}. That's how we roll around here. A couple of weeks ago a few of us (few being 6 moms) decided to go to lunch when it was too rainy to go to Disneyland. Among us there were 8 kids. At one point a man in the restaurant stood up and loudly started counting how many kids there were, and announcing things like what are they doing with so many kids in here. Oh it is fun being in the land where the norm is to have 1.3 kids beginning when you are in your mid-thirties.