5 Months Old

My little is 5 months now. I can't believe how fast she grows. She grabs things and plays with her toys. Her current obsession is sticking her tongue out and making that razz sound, getting spit everywhere. She is looking more and more like her Daddy everyday. 

Flash Back Friday.....to not that long ago...

My Sister-in-Law Jenna sent me these photos of us on Easter and I needed to share them all with you. 

Everly is wearing her hand me down Naartjie dress and shoes from Paige.

This was only a little less than a month ago and already Everly looks so different. She has a lot more hair now. 

This picture kills me

Rolling Over

 Everly Love has been getting stronger as the weeks go by. It is so amazing seeing her transform and learn. She is so curious and wants to grab everything now. Rolling over is something she has been doing a lot of. Mostly from tummy to back, but she is so close to flipping back around. 

This little outfit she has on is from Baby Gap, but I got it from a little store in Visalia called Twice Upon A Time for $2.99. It is a second hand consignment store for kids and baby clothing and toys. 

Twice Upon A Time

The Bean and her many faces

Everly has been changing so much just in the past week. She is getting to the stage where I can actually play with her. I flip her upside down and she opens her mouth wide with a smile, sometimes a squeal.

If you have met Everly you probably have heard her funny grunting and seen her scowling eyebrows. Things you may not know about her if you don't live with her is that she sleeps in our bed. Her tiny little body lays between me and the wall. In the morning she blinks her eyes about 100 times in a row while staring at Joshua and I. Then once she has fully woken up she wont stop smiling. After a few minutes of smiley bliss we go to the toilet. She pees and then stretches her legs and arms. Eats her breakfast and watches as Mom and Dad get ready for the day. Then she usually goes back to bed for an hour or two. She wakes up and goes pee and sometimes poop on the toilet again. Then I take her with me to pick out her outfit for the day and once she is dressed I take her to the mirror so she can see how we look. 

I always say "Mama and Evie"

I think she gets it.

I show her pictures on my phone and she hoots at the photos of herself, me and Joshua. 

She stands firmly now and her head does not wobble like it used to. I can hold her with just ONE arm! So nice. That means I can hold her AND do something else. 

There is just this one thing that this little bean has been doing lately. Finally strong enough to lift her enormous cheeks. She really loves being on her belly and here is some proof.

These last two photos remind me of Paige Ellen Sarr her cousin. 

I am pretty sure I need to remember that we have a NICE camera and not just use my iphone because these Nikon photos are much more like the REAL thing.

3 Months

This little girl is not a newborn anymore thats for sure. She has been doing so many things that surprise Joshua and I. Like today in Church, she was cooing and squealing at the guy behind us, sticking her tongue out, smiling and scrunching her nose at him. I turned her around to try to get her to stop then she started coughing and farting. I had to just take her out because all eyes were on HER! I laughed so hard I almost cried. Every other church service until today there wasn't so much as a peep out of her. 

She plays with my wedding ring when she eats

She can almost grab her monkey but it is more like her just smashing him into her mouth

She gets shy when she smiles and crosses her hands over her face

Her smiles are always open mouth smiles

I can't even tell you how much I am thankful for her. I get to wake up to this sweet little face every morning and see her learn and grow. 

  

In Two Months...Almost Three

In two months, almost three... Joshua and I have been adjusting to being a family instead of just a married couple. I don't know about Joshua but for me the change has not been as big of a task as I thought it would be. You would think that having a baby and then moving two weeks later would put us in the looney bin, but, I have to say that we have been peaceful and happy...more than happy about it all. 

With Everly coming into our world Joshua and I found a different more bonding love for each other knowing that WE together are going to raise a tiny girl into an adult that hopefully will love Jesus with all her heart. Seeing Joshua as a Dad is one of my greatest joys. He loves Everly so much even if she hates his beard kisses. Seeing myself as a mother is something I always dreamed about and still day dream about until I snap myself back to reality and realize that I already am a mother and that my long wondered about baby is laying right in front of me.

When I look past the stretch marks, I love everything that comes with being a Mom. There are some hard parts but nothing too hard. Extra laundry is one of them...but I love laundry so who cares? We find ourselves going out and being social more than when we were just two. I can't really think of any negatives just differences. 

She is just a happy and easy baby. She cries when she is in need of something and thats about it. She gets fussy at night when she is tired but goes to bed and sleeps soundly usually waking up around 4am for a feeding but lately she has been sleeping 8 or 9 hours through the night. I actually miss her waking up at 4 am because she has a huge smile after she eats and the quiet of the night makes for an un rushed 15 minutes of cuddling.  

Not only is she a good baby, she also poops and pees in the toilet which saves me most of the laundry and a lot of clean up. This girl has never had diaper rash and very rarely sits in poop. I will blog about the toilet training in a few later blogs but until then just know it is working well....better than expected.

Here is Everly on her 1 month birthday:

Everly at 2 months old:

We love this little girl to pieces!