Callie at 5 Months

Callie turned 5 months old yesterday! So hard to believe that much time has gone by. She has gotten very grabby. In fact, she is getting so good at it, that she managed to dump a glass of lemonade all over me today. Nice kid! She has become so incredibly expressive. Its nice to get a little feedback that isn't just screaming. She is experimenting with her voice. Sometimes I hear her just playing around with her sounds in the backseat. It is the funniest thing! She goes high and low and back again. The biggest news in Callie Town is teeth!

Her two bottom teeth have finally started pushing through her gums. Which is wonderful news!

Another really funny thing she has been doing (but I have yet to capture on film) is she will take her pacifier lanyard that we attach to her clothes and swing it around her head like a cowgirl ready to lasso a calf. It is hysterical! Partially because the whole time she is bopping herself in the head with her pacifier, but she doesn't care, she just keeps going, but she does blink/flinch a little each time.
We are working on sitting a little better. I am trying to get her to sit so we can get closer to working on solid food next month. So that's about it for now. Happy 5 month day Callie!

Callie and the Kitty

4 Month Check Up

We had our 4 month check up yesterday. She is growing well. Still in the 75th-95th percentile for most things. She is now 24 inches long and weighing almost 14 pounds. The doctor was pretty amazed at her dexterity. She was able to pass a tongue depressor between her hands, normally kids aren't able to do that until around 6 months. And she is officially teething. We had suspected she was since she had been drooling like crazy and angling the hard part of her pacifier toward her gums.
She has also managed to "bite" down hard enough on my on my fingers to sprain it. Thanks kiddo.
The doctor also cautioned letting her suck on my shoulder or my chin as that can translate to biting other kids later on.
The only scary part was after her second injection, Callie started holding her breath. The nurse had to blow air on her face to startle her out of it. The rest of the day she actually did quite well! Much better than last time! However, at the end of the night she went ballastic. She was inconsolable. We did everything we could to calm her down. In the end it was the bath that did it. She's still been a bit out of sorts today, very needy. Getting her to nap on her own was definitely a challenge today!

Callie at 4 Months

So Callie hit the 4 month mark the other day. She is starting to roll over.

She is also doing a lot of cooing and gurgling as well as blowing bubbles. She seems happiest when she is grasping at her toes these days. It is quite adorable!



She is also sitting momentarily on her own and is putting absolutely everything is her mouth! She looooves meeting new people. She gets this ridiculously big grin on her face. Sometimes she gets so excited that she eventually has to bury her head in my shoulder because she is too overstimulated. She will also start squealing if she is trying to get someone's attention.

And this is just us being silly:

Mixed Messages

Callie is all about mixed messages these days. Like this afternoon. I got back from my mom's group and an errand and then the screaming begins. I let her cry a bit on her own because it seemed like she might be tired. I don't know why I try that from time to time. It NEVER works. She is not the kid that will cry for a few minutes and give up and take a nap. Ooooh no. She takes it as a personal challenge to cry as long as possible. So I go in to our room, take her out of the co-sleeper and try to feed her because she is rooting. I try to feed her, no go. Still screaming. Until I put the pacifier in her mouth and she falls asleep. And not just falls asleep, but falls asleep in the most adorable way possible. Curled up against my body with her legs against my stomach, her head on my chest, her tiny fingers on my hand and her hand firmly around the straps of my nursing bra, as if to say "I may not need to eat now, but don't go far. I'm gonna need those boobs later." And in those moments of peace, I feel like the luckiest gal on the planet.

Callie and her Pacifier

Callie has slowly but surely been working on manipulating the pacifier with her fingers. Mission Accomplished!

Callie waterglass

While we were at Aqui having dinner, Callie decided to go after my waterglass to some pretty funny results!



And the best quote ever goes to Bill: "Adult cups suck!"