Calista 5 Months

Calista is five months old!  I can't believe she is that old already.  It really does go fast.  She is a slobber monster.  Her clothes are always covered in drool.   She also started rolling over from front to back, always on accident, but she does it all the time now.  She love, love, loves toys.  If you put something in front of her she will get so excited she will start shaking.  She just wants to touch and hold it so bad.  She will be so happy if you give her a piece of paper, and as long as you are willing to pick it up for her every five seconds when she drops it, she will play with it tearing it apart, sucking on it, pulling it from her other hand over and over again for like a half an hour.  But if you don't pick it up for her when it falls man does she get upset.

Calista still really wants to be held constantly. If anything it has gotten worse this past month.  She pretty much lives in our arms or her carrier.  And she does not sleep through the night despite our best attempts.

Calista really does smile at us all the time.  Getting her to smile for the camera is quite the challenge though.  She will smile really big for me, but the moment I lift up the camera her smile vanishes.

 I love this last picture.  I'm sure she was like, "Mom, what is this poky stuff you put me on and why aren't you holding me."  Of course she started crying a second later.

Five Months

This past month Leon has really started to like to hold things in his hands.  He now likes toys and loves it when I put something in his hands.  He even gets excited when I put a burp cloth in his hands.  He will grab and it and try to eat it for a while before he gets bored.

This next picture has become the classic Leon face.  Whenever I play with Leon I don't want to look away until he gives me one of these huge open mouth smiles.  It usually takes about five seconds because he is such a happy guy.

5 Months

This is coming a little late but Scarlett Turned 5 months last week!  She can roll over in both directions and she even does pretty well during tummy time.  Tucker has been great with her these past couple of weeks.  He will get down and play with her when she is crying and she really loves it.  I have heard her go from crying to laughing because of Tucker a couple of times.

Scarlett loves to stand up!  We have to balance her %100 but she likes to be on her feet and her legs are strong enough to hold the weight and have been for a while.  I tried getting her to sit up but she has a ways to go still. Maybe next month.  Oh, and she does move backwards and turns while on her tummy.

 Here feet have been supper interesting for her lately.  She always grabs them and plays with them.

Scarlett has also started to try to stick everything in her mouth.  Originally I thought all babies did this but Penelope never did so it is kinda fun to see Scarlett doing it. And Tucker thinks it is hilarious when she puts something like my phone or the remote in her mouth.  Penelope is always taking Scarlett's hands out of her mouth and telling her no.  I can't blame her because we tell Penelope not to suck her thumb.  I can see how it is confusing.

Scarlett is growing nicely and we are going for another appointment on Friday to see if her head is less flat or if she is going to need a helmet.  I think it has gotten better since last month.