5 months old!!

Westin Kate turned 5 months old on Friday (7-6-12). We were at the lake so I couldn't do her normal chair pictures so we had to make do. I will have to still take some of her in her chair sometime this week. Here she is on her 5 month birthday!!! I just love this sweet picture of her...this is where you can find her hands these days-in her mouth!!! She is such a big girl and wants to hold her own bottle too. I love those big eyes. Speaking of her eyes I cannot tell what color they are going to be. They were a deep blue but I think they look more hazel now. I guess we will have to wait and see.

Since we didn't have her little chair with us we decided to make do and use the boat for her 5 month pictures. I think they turned out cute. She is just the sweetest baby ever. She is happy 99% of the time and we love that about her. I am so glad I took these pictures Friday because Saturday she broke out in some kind of horrible heat rash. She was covered in little red bumps. It was so hot we could only have her outside a little bit at a time.

Here is what she is up to at 5 months old:

• weighs around 16.5lbs
• wears size 2 diapers-though we are moving to 3's soon
• wears mostly 6 month clothes- can still wear some 3-6 months
• size 1 shoes is still a little big-she has a chubby/short foot
• is still just nursing and eats 6-7 times a day
• eats rice cereal or oatmeal (we tried that yesterday and she liked it better!) Eats solids just once a day
• has too many rolls to count
• is starting to get a little bit of blond hair in-she may have hair sooner than Wade did
• loves anything that plays music
• like her exersaucer and bumbo (her legs barely fit in it!!)
• loves her bath or swimming
• smiles all the time but only laughs here and there
• rolls from back to tummy
• is trying hard to sit up on her own
• sleeps in her crib all the time now
• takes 3 naps a day-one hr in the am, 2 hours in the afternoon, and a 30-45 min nap most days around supper time-we lay her down awake and she puts herself to sleep so fast-she is so easy!
• goes to bed around 8pm and usually wakes up hungry around 10-11p, eats and goes back to sleep until 5-6am. (Wade actually slept better at this age than her-he had dropped that late night feed)
• LOVES Wade and could watch him all day
• has only had one cold so far (we are SO thankful for this)
• Squeals so loud if she is bored or people are not paying attention to her (Wade did not do this at all-this must be a dramatic girly thing!!)
• LOVES her daddy so much-if she is really fussy he can usually calm her down better than me
• still no teeth but she is chewing on everything

WK we love you so much and have had so much fun with you the past 5 months. Can you please stop growing so fast; it makes us sad!! You are such a fun and sweet girl and we can't wait to see how you change and grow over the next 5 months.

Love, Mommy (& Daddy)