5 months

Evie is still around the same weight (a little over 12.5 pounds), but she's grown another half inch since last month (now 25 inches long). So she's looking longer and thinner this month. Although her cheeks have not shrunk in size, so she's still chubby looking. We love those cheeks!

Eli loves to give the baby hugs all the time. Whenever he sees her laying on the floor, he has to lay down and put his head on her belly to give her a hug. He gets so excited when she accidentally touches his arm or his head. He always shouts, "Mommy, she touched me!" Eli also always remembers to say goodnight to Evie when he goes to bed.


Elina loves to use baby talk with Evie. She especially likes to cheer Evie on when Evie's trying to roll over. I think Elina is just so amazed at all the new things Evie starts to do every few weeks. The first time Evie ever rolled over in front of Elina, Elina's eyes lit up and she just yelled, "Mommy, she did it! She rolled over! Did you see??" It was so cute.

Here is what Evie is up to these days--

1. She rolls over from back to belly and belly to back all the time now. We'll leave her on the floor somewhere and when we turn around, she's already rolled over! It's amazing how quick she is! She loves to travel around a room via rolling. She just keeps going and going now. This has also changed the way she sleeps. Now she'll sleep on her belly and on her side.



2. She laughs easily now. It used to be difficult to get her to laugh a lot, but now it's a different story. We love it! But the thing is, if she sees the camera videotaping her, she immediately stops.



3. She grabs her toes and holds onto them. She can also reach and grab for things intentionally.

4. She loves her bedtime. We usually put her down around 9pm, but she will stay up for at least 30 minutes just chatting with herself. J said that she probably is glad to have some peace and quiet.

5. She takes great naps. Nowadays, she naps for at least 90 minutes at a time. It is so wonderful that I can depend on this time now. It was always hard to get things done before because I never knew if she'd sleep long enough, but now things are getting more manageable.

6. She has super-sensitive skin. Ever since we took little Evie swimming and to the beach, her skin has not been right...especially her face. For a time she had all these little bumps everywhere and it just looked really awful on her face because heat would make it look worse. So if she cried, her face got red and splotchy. Now her face has started to get better, but I think I set it off again the other night when I put some Aveeno baby lotion on her face. So, no more lotion for her. Hopefully, she'll outgrow this.

7. She pushes me away when she's finished eating.

Besides the fact that Evie still doesn't sleep that well through the night, everything has been pretty wonderful. She only wakes up once at night, but she doesn't sleep for that long in one stretch, which is odd since she knows how to put herself to sleep. Even though Evie is 5 months old, I'm pretty tired. Unfortunately, this means that we will have to train Evie to give up this middle-of-the-night feeding...which is never fun for a parent. Hopefully by the time we post about her 6 months, I will be sleeping through the night as well!