5 Months

Today is Sophia's 5 month birthday, and although I'm tired of hearing everyone tell me how fast she'll grow up, they are right. According to our scale she's over 17 pounds now, and my lower back is feeling every ounce!
Sophia is still nursing, but she's also eating 3 meals of baby food each day. Unlike bottles, she absolutely loves solid food (thank goodness!) and makes happy little cooing noises while she eats. She has also started grabbing the spoon and feeding herself, and even more importantly, she's doing it with her left hand (Will is hoping for another lefty in the family).
Sophia can sit up for short periods, but she eventually does a slow slump forward until her head hits her toes, at which time she cries or topples over. She loves to stand up while holding on and is trying to take a step or two. She hasn't figured out that you need to put all your weight on the foot that is going to stay on the ground, and we're hoping she doesn't figure it out anytime soon! She can also roll over easily from her tummy to her back. She still hates to be on her tummy, so although she can roll from her back to her tummy, she avoids it at all costs.






Sophie is already getting tired of her toys and is much more interested in playing with the remote control, phone, computer, magazines, and Trent's ears! She is also starting to laugh and giggle more when we sing, play peekaboo,make faces and tickle her belly.



She's doing something new every day now and we get more and more glimpses of what she's going to be like as a little girl rather than a baby. Will put it best the other day when he said "I finally understand what the phrase "bursting with love" means."

And I think those eyes are definately going to stay blue!