Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Five months

Five months. How is that possible already? Julia's fifth month was a little rough- she got her first cold and was pretty miserable for a few weeks. And so were her parents; for one, we hated seeing her not feeling well, and for two, it totally messed with her sleep so we felt like zombies for a few days from getting up with her in the night (okay, to be fair, it's Jeff that gets up with her in the middle of the night 99% of the time to get her back to sleep but I did have to get up some when she was inconsolable and I didn't get my eight hours of sleep!).

Anyway... Julia now great head control, seems close to sitting up, likes playing in her piano exercauser, starting to take naps in her crib during the day (still has to be swaddled), loves getting kisses, puts everything she can get her hands on in to her mouth, likes standing up with our help, and is an overall easy, happy, smiley baby that we can't get enough of. She rolled from her tummy to her back a few times before turning four months, but has only done it a handful of times since then. She is now working on rolling over from her back to her tummy, but hasn't quite figured that trick out yet. She also started giggling this past month but those are still pretty rare.

We went to the doctor on the 12th since Julia had a fever over the weekend and developed a rash and was not sleeping well during the night, so we got to see how much she weighs. She weighed in at 15 lbs. The nurse measured her, but neither of us can remember what she said. Oh well. Also, the doctor couldn't explain her fussiness or sleeplessness. We were hoping for a magic cure, but I guess whatever she had just had to run its course.






Dear Julia,

Every day just gets sweeter and sweeter with you around. 

Your first cold might have been harder on your parents than it was on you. We just hated seeing you not feeling well. How we wish that we could've been sick instead of you! I'm going to keep doing my best to keep you healthy.

It seems like you grow and change every day, it's amazing watching you learn new things. 

You make our days brighter and we can't imagine a life without you!

Love,
Mommy

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