Annabel is 5 Months Old!

My sweet happy Annabel is 5 months old today! This past month has been lots of fun with her. She is learning so much and getting stronger every day.

Our latest news is that Annabel can roll over from stomach to back. She's done it a few times now, and it's always so sudden, like a flop more than a roll. She's always so startled when she does it, too. Annabel is just a hair away from rolling from back to stomach- every time I think she's going to do it, she falls back. So, any day now I think!

Annabel is also really lifting her butt when she's on her tummy, and those legs are moving up. She's really working on moving, so we'll see when she actually gets the idea of scooting or crawling. Toys are a huge incentive for rolling and and lifting her butt- she's always reaching those arms out as far as she can and that turns into an almost roll or efforts to lift her butt. So cute!

New this month is a little bit of separation anxiety. Annabel wants to know where we are at all times and hates when we are out of her sight even for a second. Very normal, but this makes it a challenge to try to do anything. And since Daniel is also going through some sort of separation anxiety as well, he's always following us, so even Daniel is out of her sight and she LOVES to watch Daniel. We'll all get through this just fine!

Annabel's naps are still pretty short- only two 45 minute naps most of the time. We are starting to maybe get a few longer naps out of her, as of the last few days, once a day maybe a little over an hour or an hour and a half (now go knock on some wood for me so we don't jinx this!). She's on a very predictable nursing schedule now, too, which is really nice- mealtimes and a couple snacks or at nap time to help fall asleep. Annabel does go to bed early still and sleeps great at night, too, until at least 7 or 7:30, or very occasionally until 8 which is when Daniel gets up.

Also new this week is that Annabel has all of a sudden started to suck her thumb- she seems to do this when she's hungry, maybe tired (often they go hand in hand anyway). We'll see if she keeps it up. Daniel started with his thumb around this age, too, and I wasn't too sure Annabel would, but she just might. And toys of course are always in the mouth! You should see the way she literally dives for her toys with her mouth wide open- it's too funny!

Her hair is getting a little longer. It's so cute- she's got these teeny tiny bangs going! I love it! She's wearing mostly 3 month clothes for daytime wear (or as Daniel calls them, morning clothes), although I've started her in 6 month clothes for the chilly weather this week- and those clothes are still a tad big on her. She is outgrowing her 3 month pajamas, but the 6 month ones are so huge, she's sort of in that weird in between for now.

Annabel still smiles all the time and loves to watch everything going on around her. She's so much fun to be around and she's just so adorable. She laughs most for Daniel, but she does laugh for me when I tickle her, which just gives her the hiccups so I don't do that much- it makes me feel bad! She is happy standing or sitting, both with support of course, and is on the move all the time! She's rarely still- I'll be curious to see what kind of crawler and walker she'll be since she loves to move around so much! We can't believe it's been five months already! We're loving every day! Happy 5 Months, Annabel! We love you SO much!