5 Months- LDM

On December 13th, Lila turned 5 months old.  She is such a smiley baby and loves to show off her personality. We are so in love with the newest addition to our family.

At 5 months, Lila.....

- is wearing 3-6 months clothes and jammies.

- is wearing a size 2 diaper.

- takes a 6oz bottle ~ every 3 hours during the day.  She has started waking up again once per night to eat as well.  I usually give her a 4oz bottle in the middle of the night sometime between 2:30-4am.  We still haven't started any solids, but I am looking forward to that next month.

- had a cold with a nasty cough for several weeks....the joys of going to school and the changing weather.  

-Her hair is starting to grow back in and has lightened up a ton since she was born.  I have a feeling she is going to end up being a blonde.

- has started belly laughing (esp when you kiss her neck) and is smiling and talking all the time.

- has really become interested in toys and playing.

- always wants to be where the action is.  She hates to be left alone.  

- really loves her bouncer.  She will stay in there and jump for 20 minutes sometimes.  She likes it sooo much more than Addie ever did.

- has started crying a few real tears.  It's so sad.

- is still sleeping in our room....I said I was going to transition her to the crib sooner than i did with Addie, but clearly that is not going to happen.  I just like having my babies close by at night.

- took her first road trip this month.....to Harlingen for Thanksgiving.  We drove at night both ways, and she slept like an angel the entire way.
- is still pretty addicted to her paci.  We don't leave home without it.
- does great being on the run and keeps up with our busy schedule and being dragged around.
-is in LOVE with her big sister.  Addie invades Lila's personal space constantly, and Lila just gives her the biggest smiles.  I hope these two will always have a super close relationship.  

Happy 5 month birthday baby girl!! Mommy and daddy love you so very much!

Girl's Weekend

In mid December, Jason met my dad, brother and a few cousins at the deer lease for a weekend of hunting and time with the boys so Addie, Lila and I had a girl's weekend.  I planned several fun activities to keep us busy and the girls entertained.  We baked, made cookie jars for the neighbors, colored, watched movies, accomplished a few Christmas surprises, looked at Christmas lights, had a slumber party on Saturday night and went to Zoo lights complete with a Chick-fil-a picnic before the gates opened.  It was a such a fun weekend with my girls, and I look forward to many more in the future.

Ad and I made cookies to send with Jason to the lease before he headed out of town.  She loves to help in the kitchen and thought this was great fun.

Walking in mommy's heels

Helping feed Lila bean

While the boys did this.....

and this.......

Addie was having the time of her life doing this.  She adored all the Christmas lights at the zoo, and I loved watching the Christmas magic through her eyes.

My girls

Brandi, Kinley and Parker joined us for Zoo lights

Love this happy girl

Brandi and her girls

The displays were incredible

Lila loved being carried around in the carrier rather than the stroller.  We walked around like this for hours.  She stayed warm and snuggly and happy the entire time.

Pretty lights with my two favorite girls

Christmas Play

In mid December, the girls' school had their annual Christmas play.  This year, rather than have a separate program for the primary school, the girls participated in the all-school play.  I didn't like it as much because I couldn't see them as well, but they were still cute.  Poor Lila had been sick and out of school all week, but I brought her to be in the play.  She felt terrible and wasn't too thrilled.  Poor baby.  Deanna, Jim, Skaife, Jenn and Jackson all came with us to watch the girls, and we had dinner together after.  It was a fun evening as a family.

Our little reindeer

Our sweet little sheep

Once Ad spotted me taking her picture, she started acting like such a ham.  haha

Acting like a sheep

Nana and her girls

Rudolf

The weekend after Thanksgiving, Jason had a bed liner put in his truck up near his Mom's house so he and Jim played golf.  The girls and I headed up with him and went to the mall with Deanna.  We had a great day entertaining the girls.  Deanna took Ad to build a bear to make a reindeer for Christmas.  Addie picked Rudolf and had a blast picking everything out for him.  She has been playing with him non-stop since she got him.  We then had Chick-fil-a for lunch, rode the carousel and went to visit the Santa at The Woodlands mall.  The girls had a fun day spending time with their Nana.

Doing the ritual with her Rudolf heart.

Nana and Lila

Lovong on Rudolf

Bath time

carousel with Nana

Thanks Nana for a great day!!