5 Months Old

Luckily Mckinley doesn't stick her tongue out as much anymore. :) Guess she's almost over that phase. I thought she might be about to cut a tooth, but no sign of one yet. I have been busy trying to get ready for our upcoming trip to the States! I spent last Saturday morning (6 hours!) researching brands of baby wipes, food packs, shampoo, laundry detergent, etc for Mckinley for our trip. I made a massive order from diapers.com because I thought it would be easier to not have to lug that kind of stuff halfway across the world. I found a good brand of baby food pouches for M for our travel days, but will still be making her food for the days we are in Arlington and Albuquerque. (I love when I read a food label and there's only one or two ingredients listed and you can pronounce each one!) Daddy has volunteered himself and Krista to make Mckinley food so we don't have to do that when we get to their house. We will be stopping in Washington first, then on to Texas! I'm kind of nervous about using disposable diapers for 2 months. I know people use them all the time, but M hasn't had any problems with the cloth diapers we are using. I hope she doesn't start getting diaper rashes with the disposables.

Little Miss M is 5 months and getting bigger each day! She is around 6.5kg (14.3lbs), 25.5in in length, and 16.75in for her head circumference. She can roll both ways now - tummy to back and back to tummy! She started solids around 4.5 months old and loves trying new foods. She eats rice cereal, potatoes, sweet potatoes, zucchini, pumpkin, apples, pears, carrots, and turnips. Pears are her favorite. She had her first dip in the ocean at the beginning of the month and wasn't too excited about it. When you live 3 blocks from the beach, you're bound to have a little fishy! We will keep taking her to get used to the water. She loves the spa at Alex's parent's house. It's a nice warm temperature. M got hear ears pierced at the end of September and was so brave. She sat up for the first time for our 5 month photo shoot! (see below)

The 5 month photo shoot of my little bunny has been my favorite so far. I had about 5 minutes to prepare for it (pick out an outfit for her and Josh and get my camera gear loaded up) and a window of about 20 minutes (because the sun was setting) to snap some pics of M. She cooperated the best for this shoot out of all the other shoots. I had so many favorites from this session, but didn't want to overload our blog with even MORE pics of M. :) Enjoy!

So happy I was able to capture her sitting up for the first time!