It's absolutely amazing to me that Elise is already five months old. The time has passed so quickly and she is growing and learning new things every single day!!!
Above is one of Elise's four month pictures. Because James was working late that night, I took Elise's pictures on my own- so I didn't get any pictures of her smiling. In most of the pictures she was either looking around or grabbing onto the bear or the paper- but having fun!!!!!
The yellow dress that Elise is wearing is from Bryan & Lisa. They had a garage sale before I was even expecting- and I just couldn't let her sell this dress... WOW- must have known we were having a girl?!?!
Elise has been rolling over for over a month now- but at five months old she is rolling everywhere!! When I put Elise down on the floor and step away for a minute- I just hope that she's still on her gym when I come back. She's getting so curious and wants to explore- and will do everything in her power to go after a toy if she really wants it.
Here's a picture of her pushing up on her arms. She's getting so strong. Once she figures out what to do with her legs- she'll be crawling soon... and I will be SOOOOO busy chasing her around the house (let's just say- she definately has her daddy's go-go-go personality)!!
Elise has finally found her feet!! It seems like she was late in finding her feet- but I remember my friend Beth saying that once she took off her baby's socks, that she quickly found her feet. I think the same happened with Elise. I've been keeping her bundled up because of the cold winter- but lately I've been leaving off her socks... and she quickly found out how much fun her feet can be!!!!!!
This past weekend we fed Elise rice cereal. The dr recommnded that we start her on cereal before she turned six months- so we thought that now would be a good time to get started.
She took a few good spoonfuls- spitting most of it out. It's hard to tell from her expression if she enjoyed it or not?!?!
I tried giving her cereal yesterday and she didn't want it at all. So- for now it's going to be trial and error. I'll try maybe every other day and see how it goes. She's still gaining weight and doing great- so there is certainly no need to rush her on eating!!!!
At five months, Elise is sleeping 10 to 11 hours at night. Most nights she fusses around 2AM- but I have started letting her cry a little bit and most nights she falls right back to sleep. She is a great sleeper and knows her schedule. If she's a few minutes late for a nap- she lets you know!!!
James and I have been so blessed with a wonderful baby!!! She is our true pride and joy!!!
