Baby's got her blue jeans on...
Loving to explore, everything...
Tripod: almost sitting?...
OK, so embarrassing- but worth it, at least once.
She is not yet crawling, but she can scale a room in a matter of minutes
Out on a stroll- the leaves are hanging on...
I want to touch & taste EVERYTHING!
Story time.
So, here we are at 5 months. Amazing to the both of us, that Isla could really already be this old. However, she is seeming older with each passing day. At 5 months we have, on our hands, a very active and enchantingly, willful baby girl. She is something else indeed. Isla is a "go getter," if this is even possible at such a sprightly age. She decides she wants to do something and she works to do it. Very, VERY determined. Isla wants to touch and taste and see everything she encounters. She is extremely interested in everything around her. This makes it difficult to feed her at times, as she is distracted by ANY noises or extraneous sights. She truly is taking it all in, as she goes about her day. Some new occurrences, lately, she is sitting in her highchair and she really enjoys it. She can now sit on the ground, supporting herself tripod style. She has been doing this for the past month, but is getting much more solid and increasingly less likely to topple. Speaking of solid, her physical frame seems to be getting more solid as a whole. Yes, she is getting bigger. It is subtle, and of course the growth is much less dramatic than earlier in her life, but it is happening. While this is obvious and expected, it is still amazing & a little wild to witness as a parent. She is still VERY talkative & happily, very easy to make laugh. Isla is also notably good at entertaining herself. She talks to herself and her Sophie the giraffe toy, etc. and to the dogs. It is extremely cute. She has also not only found her feet, but she now enjoys chewing & sucking on them at will.
Some amazingly special things Isla does that we will NEVER want to forget...
When rocking her in your arms, if she is sleepy, she will put her hand in your mouth gripping your lower lip and jaw.
When being held upright she leans out to the right or left, usually with the corresponding arm extended away from you, and appears as if reclining on her side on a chaise lounge, with an exceedingly casual and yet distinctive air about her.
When she is going down to sleep at night or for a nap, she reaches with eyes closed to feel your skin, usually your hand, as long as possible as she falls asleep.
When Taylor holds her she often finds a way to grip his chest hair with one hand (and if you recall her other hand & arm will be extended away from him, casually, of course).
Sometimes when she is in the jumper and you are not looking you may hear her make sounds that appear to represent fussiness, and then when you go to look you will find that she is simply conversing with Xela (our dog!).
She LOVES for you to sing to her. Any song, and at times the goofier, the better. A live song performance (a la mom or dad, sometimes both) can interrupt even her most tired cries.
The giraffe music box calms her just before sleep- she becomes mesmerized.
When she first sees you when she wakes up from sleep or a nap, the smile she gives you is truly to die for- Open mouthed, sparkly eyes and your melting heart.
