Dear Sophia,
You are five months old now and it seems like just yesterday we were holding you for the very first time. In these last five months, you have grown so quickly. Each and every day you continue to surprise us. Just this morning, you saw me eating my toast, and did everything in your power to try and get a bite too!
You have started eating solid foods and you don't hesitate to tell your daddy and I what you like and don't. It's written all over your face! Your favorite food of the moment is peas, which is hilarious given that your daddy has a history with peas! Someday, he'll share that story with you, though he's already warned you not to hide them under the seat cushions at Grandma Sue's! We tried green beans earlier this week and they just didn't sit well on your tummy. We thought your enormous amounts of spit up were bad before, but coming up green, somehow this is MUCH worse! It's ironic; you look like your daddy in so many ways, but you have clearly inherited your taste buds from your mama, thank goodness!
Although you've been drooling for quite some time, and stick EVERYTHING in your mouth, you have yet to get a tooth. As excited as we get about your next milestone, we're okay with this one holding off for a bit. You constantly want to chew on our fingers and we're not quite ready to become your teething ring once a tooth has appeared. But we're anticipating it, and while I'm sure it will bring many tears and sniffles on your part, we're ready and waiting with many snuggles and kisses on ours.
You've finally become a fan of tummy time, and you can hold yourself up for so long. You squirm all around, and make your way in a big circle. Sometimes your feet get going, and it's apparent that you are not content to lay around. Another trait you get from your mama! So we lay down next to you, hoping to entertain you with funny faces, animal noises, and games of peekaboo. But, inevitably, tummy time ends when you stick out your lower lip, furrow your brow, and give us the serious face.
This month, you discovered your feet, and those too, are always in your mouth. I often wonder how long they will keep you entertained, as you seem to be thrilled by them for several minutes at a time. You love when we blow raspberries on them, and you look up at us with the toothless grin when I tickle them with kisses. You love to grab them when you lay in your crib and I've had to resort to new techniques during diaper changes as you wiggle all over the pad to reach your toes.
This time is going by so quickly and every time we turn around, you are learning something brand new. Part of us wants nothing more than to snuggle up to you and stay in this moment, but each and every new phase we go through together is so exciting.
We can't wait to see you crawl, to take your first steps, and daddy's anxious to get his golfing buddy! But as you progress and grow, we feel that each first you've already experienced has been bittersweet. we want you to grow up, to be sweet and independent, and to have an amazing future. But we will miss holding you in our arms, tickling your feet with our kisses, and snuggling you into your crib all swaddled up tightly. But until the day comes when you're all grown up with your own little baby, We're going to enjoy every single moment we spend together. We're going to celebrate all of your firsts and tell the whole world how much we love being your parents.
Happy five months, LoveBug.
***I promise, pictures will be up soon! We're in the middle of a computer transfer!***
No comments:
Post a Comment