I am 5 months old today, can you believe it?

This is me, crying. I do it sometimes & I thought you should see what it looks like when I'm unhappy. ( I got ANOTHER shot this week)

New news is that I found my feet on Monday. They are so much fun to hold. And I love it when my mom says the word "feet".

I have also discovered that she pushes buttons on this thing she calls the keyboard. I love to watch her do it.

I'm still liking cereal and I'm getting better at eating it, Mom says so.

I'm still not interested in reaching for things and still don't really like rolling over. I'd rather stand thank you very much.

For a while I was a real good talker, mom and I would especially carry on long conversations. Then I stopped doing it. This week I gave in...I'm talking up a storm. It's pretty fun!

So, my Daddy really knows how to give good baths. He's an expert at bubbles. He gave me a full head of bubble hair. Then he gave me a bubble mohawk. He also gave me a bubble beard. I love bath time but I get super sleepy.

This is my new chair, "bumbo" & I look like a very big girl in it. I love it!

So I met this girl in Tulsa. She has weird hair. I tried to talk to her. She didn't say anything. She's tall like me!

Today I tried something different. Yesterday mommy found me this cool chair. I can sit up straight in it. It's called a Bumbo. She found it at a consignment store, took me out of my carseat and plopped me in it. Of course she said I looked so cute in it. It was a great deal so she bought it. She and Daddy put me in it today on the coffee table. They they stuck this thing with a handle in my mouth. On it was milk plus something else. I pretty much dribbled all over the place. Mommy said I did a good job and that she was teaching me how to eat. She said I would get better at it. I get to try this "cereal" again tomorrow!

Today is my crazy aunt celia's birthday! I miss her but she is out travelling America with Uncle Mike. I wish I could eat cake with her today. (and wow you should see the smoke come out of Mommy's ears cuz she can't post pictures, I know Gram is having a fit cuz of it too!)

So, you may not see new pics of me yet but let me tell you what I've been doing.

Over Labor Day I rolled over for the first time. I did it three times in a row. I did it again tonight. Mommy was so excited. Then she got super excited when I was on my tummy and I pushed up with my arms. She's been wanting me to do that for a long time.

A few weeks ago I FINALLY laughed at Daddy. And since then he's even got me giggling. Mommy got me giggling today too. She's been driving me crazy doing ALL kinds of stuff trying to get me to laugh, as if my adorable huge smile (with dimples even) is not enough!

I have seen lots of people too. I met my cousin Laurin (or en?) who lives in Oklahoma. She's only a few months older than me. I took notes so I can do stuff that's she's doing. I met all of her family too. They laughed alot, kind of like my mom. Aunt Melissa & Uncle James still come by a lot, even though I'm usually fussy when they are around. I can't seem to stop crying between 8-9 pm...I'm just so tired from my busy days! My Oma Dina tried to teach me how to give a kiss. Mommy and Daddy kiss my cheeks constantly. When they do I open my mouth. Oma put my mouth to her cheek so I could give her a kiss.

Oh, and my Daddy set up my "exersaucer". It overwhelms me. I like it cuz I get to sit up/stand up like a big girl. But I just kind of sit there and bob my head and loooooooook at everything. Mommy took a picture of me in it, too bad you can't see it yet. She's hopeing it will teach me to reach for things.

Tonight I sat at the dinner table and watched Mommy & Daddy eat. It was fun. I've never done that at home before.

Now that Mommy is avoiding most dairy foods I am even less fussy (except for 8-9pm). I am having trouble napping though. I sleep for about 45 min. then I wake up. I am so tired so I cry real loud but I really just need to go to sleep and Mommy can't figure out why I'm not making that transition into another sleep cycle. Beats me!

I went to my first surprise Birthday Party. Daddy was holding me on the cool fancy stairs when everyone yelled, "Surprise!" It scared me to so I cried but Daddy told me it was okay. I got to watch my friend Avery (she's 6 months old) eat. Now, I just started watching Mommy & Daddy eat but watching Avery was fun. She was messy. I took lessons from her too.

That's all I can think of right now. I hope that helps fill you in on everything I'm learning and doing. I'm having so much fun.

It's official. Mommy is MMMMAAADDDD at blogger. She can't post my beautiful pictures & she wants to kick some butt. Can ANYONE help her?

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ARgh! Mommy tried to post today but couldn't get the picture link thingy to work!

My Opa wrote a poem that I inspired!:

Ivy's World

Hope with each newborn
on what the world can be, not what the world should be
driven by potential, she is not biased to the world.

Let's make her President or Queen
let her decide what the world would be
we can wait patiently until she can tell us
she will have us in a world of wonders
seen through her newborn eyes.

Not talking
she can hold her head up, and try to stand
she can show us to do our best, she can show us there is a time for rest.

The cry of hunger
we can answer, the cry of pain we can soothe
without meanness, we have nought but kindness.

When she is a bit older
we can take her to Fox-Hollow
ans she can tell us the songs the birds sing
and the story of the deer
and the wonder in a leaf.

For hard as we try
there is no more to the world
than what is seen through the babes eyes
and there is no more within us
than is already in her.

We have but to listen
and to watch,
to feel, to hear, to taste
the wonders of the world
that are plain to Ivy if not us.

Thanks Opa!

Checkout this dress & matching shoes! This is an outfit my crazy aunt celia wore when she was a kid like me. Gram gave my Mommy a few more but they're too big. Cool, I'm already walking in her shoes (& I mean that more than one way!).