5 months

To My Lexi:

As I sit here writing this letter to you, you sit contentedly on my lap.  At 5 months, you are such a happy content baby...as long as you are being held.  You LOVE to be in someones arms.  And who can resist your chubby cheeks, big eyes, and fly away hair!  If I don't quickly come to your rescue, your Daddy or big brothers do.

Although you are held a lot, you have mastered the art of rolling.  For several weeks you have been rolling from your back to your tummy always getting upset that you were stuck on your dreaded tummy.  But in the last couple of days, you have learned just how to go from your tummy to your back.  Each time it startles you but if I follow it with a "Yeah Lexi!" you seem pretty pleased with yourself. You have started rolling from your tummy to your back and back again to your tummy. You are so happy that you have moved and figure out that this gets you closer to Lucy who has laid across the room.

My favorite thing about you this month is the way you flap your arms and kick your legs in excitement when you see something that you like.  It is the cutest thing ever.  I go get you from a nap...you flap your arms and kick your legs.  I come into the room while you are playing on the floor...you flap your arms and kick your legs.  Your brothers do a little dance to entertain you...you flap your arms and kick your legs.  I can't get enough of it.  I hope it isn't something that you quite doing anytime soon!

We have been working on getting you to nurse. This means I spend a lot of time trying to pump so my milk supply will build up. But you are worth every moment. 

I love you to the moon and back!  Happy 5 months baby girl!
Love,
Your Mama