Five Months Old!

I think I say this every month, but where is the time going??  Cora was five months old on April 24th and she is growing and changing so fast!  

As you can see from these pictures, she is sitting up on her own now!  She definitely prefers to be sitting as she is always watching and laughing at everything her brother does.  This is such a nice stage, since I can sit her up in one spot and she stays there contently for quite a while. (that is as long as she's watching Wes, has a toy, is not hungry or tired and can see me. She's a little bit of a Mama's girl :)  When she's laying down, she's rolling all over the place and she is grabbing at everything within reach, especially anything we are eating.  Real food is coming up for her, so pictures soon! 

 She's wearing some 3-6 and some 6-9 month clothes, wearing a size 3 diaper, and nurses about 6 times a day.  She's sleeping through the night, but often wakes up once in the night crying and needs her paci to fall back asleep.  She loves to be in her bed for naps and has a hard time falling asleep anywhere else, which makes being out of the house at nap times difficult, but being the second child, she has to roll with it.  She sleeps well, but not long in the Ergo carrier, so it goes with us everywhere!  She's still taking three naps a day, but they are short,  and most days I can get them both down in the afternoon at the same time, which helps me keep my sanity get a few things accomplished. 

Wes loves being a big brother and is kind and gentle with Cora.  He gives her hugs and kisses and asks where she is when she's napping.  He's not always so patient when I need to nurse her and he has to wait for whatever he wants, but he's also almost three, so patience is lacking in most things he does.  He calls  her "Sissy" most of the time and has been saying recently "sissy, you're so cute, I could just eat you up."  Cracks us up!  These beautiful blankets they are sitting on were handmade by the mom of a firefighter friend of Michael's.  Wes loves his so much and it is his new go-to blanket at bed times.  He loves that it has holes in it! 

Happy five month birthday my sweet girl, we love you so much!