Happy 5 Months Avery!

It has been such a happy 5 months.  I love being a stay-at-home mom!  It is a blast.  And I can't believe that 5 months has passed already.

Avery is the best.  She is rolling over very consistently (back to front, to the right mostly) and loves tummy time, she loves to stand up (with assistance obviously), she LOVES to roughhouse with her dad (the scarier the better in her opinion - I freak out), she has enjoyed licking new foods, she enjoys playing with her feet but hasn't started sucking them yet and she will hold her legs up to her chest when we are changing her diaper, she is sitting for long periods of time in her bumbo (and can sit for a little bit on the floor by herself), she squeals with delight, she loves to put her blankets in her mouth and suck on them, and lately she has been wanting to hold my hand while she nurses.  And she sucks her various fingers, but not all the time.  She is adorable.  My other favorite thing that she does lately is when she is sitting on my lap, she will throw her head back and kind of to the side so she can see my face.  And she smiles at me when she does.  Its one of the most precious things I have ever seen!

Recently we have gotten her sleeping issues more under control.  I have to keep her on a strict schedule because she is totally incapable of regulating things herself.  When I stick to her schedule, her sleeping goes a lot better.  It is hard to wake her up from her naps before she wakes up on her own, but it helps so much.  She is a happier baby and I am a better mom when she is not waking up every hour during the night.  And she is getting more skilled at falling asleep.  Last night she fell asleep while simply laying in her daddy's arms for the first time since she was a newborn.  And we are able to rock her back to sleep when she wakes up before mid-night.  Major progress!  The difficulties of getting Avery to sleep definitely keep me on my toes.

But Avery is a peach, and is growing up so great.  Happy 5 months baby!