Dear Aver's

Dear Aver's,

Today you are 5 months old!! I cannot believe how fast time is flying by. I have to admit, I hate how fast it is going, but I LOVE this age with you! You are SOOOO much fun. You not only keep your poppa and I entertained, you keep the puppers entertained and you even have started to entertain yourself. Here are some of the milestones you have conquered in the last month:

- You have started solids!!! Mommy begged Dr. Bell because you were getting up 3-4 times a night to eat. You are growing SO fast & I couldn't keep up with your appetite. Plus, you absolutely refuse drinking formula (Grandpa Dale has given it the name Rodney Strong, a cheap wine. He calls your momma's milk Silver Oak, which is a really expensive wine.), which has made things difficult. We had to strategically plan each day. Now that you are on solids, we have maintained your appetite much better and are on a great schedule!

-You started off with banana's. You ARE NOT a fan of them!! You would make the silliest faces and would gag just like Jim Carey in Ace Ventura. It was priceless! I am sorry your poppa and I would laugh everytime you did this. It was too cute not to. You now are eating pears. You love them!! You have them in the afternoon and at night. If I let you, you would polish off a tub of it with no problem! Tomorrow we start peaches. Yummy!

-At first you hated rice cereal. I had to entice you by mixing in applesauce. I slowly weaned you off of that concoction and now you love it with milk! You get so mad when there isn't any more left.

-You are now sleeping 8-10 hours a night. Big WOO HOO!!!!!!! There are some nights that you still get up and want to eat, but they are becoming few and far in between. Mommy owes you a big thank you for this!!! I was getting sooooooo tired and run down. I think you were too.

-You LOVE LOVE LOVE nap time! You take a 10 minute cat nap at day care, then a 2 hour nap in the afternoon. Sometimes you even take a 2-1/2 hour nap! You still love a little catnap around 5PM too.

-Your poppa and I get to wake up listening to you coo in the morning through your monitor. Lately, you wake us up by blowing bubbles. It is an awesome way of waking up!!

-You are rolling around EVERYWHERE! You want to be mobile so bad....and now you have figured that you can get to your toys across the room by doing this! It is soooo cute but has made your parents realize that we are not prepared for you to be crawling soon, which will be any day now. We need to get the house prepared NOW!

-You love sitting in your Bumbo chair and playing with your favorite toys, measuring spoons!

-You finished your first 5k with your mommy and Aunt Smash! You did great! You slept the whole time in the jogger, BOB. People were amazed that we were running with a baby who was snoozing the whole time. :)

-You are now in 6 months clothes. Well, mostly. You do wear onesies and pj's in size 9 month. They are a little big, but you will have no problem filling them in soon!

-You still hate shoes. You curl your toesies up until you or I take them off. I wish you like shoes. They are so cute on you!

Well, you are now waking up from your afternoon nap. I just wanted to let you know that you are the most beautiful, talented, special little girl on this world. We are so lucky to have you in our lives. It amazes us how fast you are learning new things. You seem to want to explore the world right now!

We love you Princess!

Love,

Mommy and Poppa (and brother Monte and sisser's Grace!)

***I left my camera cord in Salty, so I can't downlaod any pictures right now. Stay tuned for more updates, pictures and stories!!