Hi Friends and Family,
Another month has gone by already!?! Time really does fly with a little one!
I guess we'll start with some stats . . . or a stat. Berkley didn't have a 5 month appointment with her Pediatrician, but she is weighing in at about 13.5 lbs. She's getting so big! We keep forgetting to measure her, but that doesn't really matter because with my accuracy we may as well just wait for her 6 month check up!
Let's see . . . new things.
Berkley can now roll from her back to her belly. I'm not so sure she likes it, but she's done it three times. We have yet to witness the event, since all three times she's been in her crib. She is loving sleeping on her side, though. We put her down and she immediately turns onto her side. Mommy's little girl!
And not that anyone who is reading this cares (by the way, IS anyone reading this?), but she is now getting formula once per day (in lieu of breastmilk) since she's running mommy right out of the good stuff!
Speaking of food, she's eating solids. We started her on rice cereal at the beginning of her fifth month. She wasn't exactly up for the new challenge the first time we tried, so we tried again a week later and were more successful. I'm including a video of this accomplishment. After a couple weeks of rice cereal, we gave her some oatmeal cereal and that went well.
The Ped. said we could start her on fruits and veggies at 6 months and we cheated and started a day early. We gave her carrots. She wasn't too fond of them at first but has definitely warmed up to them and loves them now. Apples . . . not so much. We've tried twice. She makes an absolutely hilarious face (like it's sour) and shakes. Then she whines and won't open her mouth. She looks so little in her big girl high chair (see picture above).
She got to put her feet in the grass for the first time (see picture above) and didn't seem to mind it at all. In fact, I think she liked it . . . or maybe she just likes Aunt Tracy visiting!
Every day it gets easier and easier to get a laugh out of Berkley. What will get a belly laugh or squeal out of her changes daily and we have fun trying to figure out the day's fun! (We've been having a blast having Jon home until he starts his new job.)
Her new favorite activity is lying on her back and grabbing one foot with each hand. It's so cute . . . except when she's on the changing table and that never seems to fail (new developments in that area with the solids, too, but no one wants to hear about that! :) ).
We're still amazed by her every day. Each night we sneak into her room to watch her sleep. She's so precious and innocent! We're so lucky to have such a beautiful, sweet little girl!
In other news, our stinkin' basement flooded again. Thanks to my dad for helping us (again) and to Mike and Korry for letting us borrow equipment . . . and to anyone who offered to help with the disaster. A note to those using or considering using g Diapers - DO NOT FLUSH THEM! They're "flushable." You can flush them. Yes, you CAN . . . if you want to clean a flooded basement for DAYS! I do not recommend this. That item was NOT on our To Do list.
Besides fixing up the basement (cleaning, organizing and re-carpeting), Jon is on a home improvement spree while he's on his little break, doing random tasks ("Random Task, show them what you do!" Anyone?) here and there . . . fixing cupboard doors, planting flowers, etc. We're also getting new blinds here in a couple of days.
Also, thanks to Erika, Jeff, Evan and Owen for visiting us a few weekends ago. We took the kids to the park across the street and Berkley got to go down the slide for the first time (with a little help from mommy and the Baby Bjorn).
Tammy and Jon
As promised, here is the video of the first time she ate rice cereal (which was the second attempt - the first time consisted of me pouring it down her chin). Please pardon Jon's sweat . . . he had just finished a run. :)
