Giant Baby Leaps

Time flies when you're having fun -- or in this case are incredibly sleep deprived -- and before I realized it Miss Grace was turning 5 months old. Determined to prove that her entry to this world really was a glimpse into how she'll approach this world, Little Miss is hitting milestones fast.

Grace found her toes. Thursday, March 18th Luke showed them to her. She reluctantly grabbed her toes but was wholly unimpressed with them. The next day we took her to have pictures taken. Here's how I imagine Grace's "toe-revelation": Why is this lady making kiss noises at me? I wonder what she's after. Man, this bottom lip tastes good -- maybe mom could put my milk in this so I wouldn't have to wait to eat. Oh here are those toe things Dad mentioned last night. WOW that lady is really excited about the toes. Really? They are that cool? Hmm...I had no idea. Yeah they ARE cool. I like them too! Truthfully it did seem like it took attention from the photographer for Grace to realize that her toes really were worth "hanging on to" (wow that's a bad pun). Grace still seems to think the toe thing is just for daddy because she rarely grabs her toes for me but as soon as she sees Luke she begins to show Daddy what she can do.
Tuesday, March 22nd Grace rolled over back to front. She's been able to roll front to back (benefits of a tummy-sleeper) for a while now but has shown zero interest in rolling the other way. Now? Try and stop her. The minute she 's on her back Grace is rolling over to her tummy. She's also beginning to scoot. She's rarely successful and when success does occur Grace rarely goes far but she's trying.Tuesday, March 29th Grace had her first "table food" experience. Like the boys she got rice cereal; unlike the boys she did not make a mess -- at all. The lack of mess can probably be contributed to two factors: one, we made the cereal much thinner than the boys and two, Grace quickly perfected a method to suck the food off the spoon that resulted in less mess. We are about to move on to oatmeal then barley to round out the grains and then like with the boys we'll move on to veggies. Grace will be pleased -- she's been watching food go from our plates to our mouths for a while with a disappointed look on her face.

NOT happy with being strapped into the bouncer.

Still not impressed -- first bite

Not too bad! If you look close you can still see tears on her cheeks -- such drama!

Happy Girl with a full tummy!

And then, before I could post this last night, Grace sat up. She's far from independent but she did keep her balance while I changed clothes -- and she did it without the baby "tripod" pose (all the weight on the hands). Again I'm sure this will alleviate a little frustration on her part -- Grace is ready to participate in the world she's only watched from the sidelines.

All these milestones are making my head spin!